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nu

See also: Variations of "nu"

nu - English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /njuː/
  • (General American) IPA: /nu/

Noun

nu (countable and uncountable, plural nus)

  1. The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
  2. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.

Translations

  • Arabic: نُو‎ m (nū)
  • Asturian: ni (ast) f
  • Azerbaijani: nü
  • Catalan: ni (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 紐／纽 (zh) (niǔ)
  • Czech: ný n
  • Danish: ny (da) n
  • Dutch: nu (nl) m or f
  • Esperanto: nuo (eo)
  • Finnish: nyy (fi)
  • French: nu (fr) m
  • Galician: ni (gl) m
  • German: Ny (de) n
  • Greek: νι (el) n (ni)
  • Hungarian: nű
  • Japanese: ニュー (nyū), ニ (ja) (ni)
  • Korean: 뉴 (ko) (nyu)
  • Malay: nu (ms)
  • Persian: نو‎ (fa) (nu)
  • Polish: ni (pl) n, ny (pl) n
  • Portuguese: ni (pt) m
  • Russian: ню (ru) n (nju), ни (ru) n (ni) (modern Greek only)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic: ни
    • Latin: ni (sh)
  • Spanish: ni (es) f
  • Thai: นิว (niu)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA: /nu/

Interjection

nu

  1. (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.

Translations

  • Russian: ну (ru) (nu)
  • Yiddish: נו‎ (nu)

Adjective

nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)

  1. (slang spelling) new

Derived terms

Anagrams

nu - Ainu

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/

Verb

nu (Kana spelling ヌ)

  1. (transitive) to hear
  2. (transitive) to sense (a smell)
  3. (possibly obsolete, transitive, + otta) to ask, enquire

Derived terms

  • inu (“to listen”)

nu - Aiwoo

Verb

nu

  1. to drink

nu - Albanian

Adverb

nu

  1. when

nu - Alemannic German

Pronunciation

  • (Zurich) IPA: /nu/

Alternative forms

Adverb

nu

  1. only

Alternative forms

Adverb

nu

  1. now
    • Synonym: jetz

Adverb

nu

  1. Alternative form of no

nu - Ama

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/

Noun

nu

  1. house

nu - Aromanian

Adverb

nu

  1. no
  2. not

Interjection

nu

  1. no

Antonyms

nu - Au

Noun

nu

  1. tree

nu - Blagar

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/

Numeral

nu

  1. one

nu - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /ˈnu/

Adjective

nu (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

  1. nude, naked
  2. (of things, such as trees, mountains, houses, etc.) barren, bare

Derived terms

nu - Dalmatian

Numeral

nu

  1. nine

Pronoun

nu

  1. (second-person plural pronoun) we

nu - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/, [nu]

Noun

nu n (singular definite nuet, not used in plural form)

  1. now (present time), present (current time)
  2. moment
  3. instant

Adverb

nu

  1. now

Synonyms

Conjunction

nu

  1. now

nu - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ny/

Adverb

nu

  1. now, at the present moment
    • Kom je nu of morgen?
      • Will you be coming now or tomorrow?
  2. now, this time (indicating a certain amount of impatience)
    • Wat is er nu weer dan?
      • What is it now?

Synonyms

Descendants

Conjunction

nu

  1. now (that)
    • Nu je het zegt, weet ik het weer.
      • Now you're saying it, I do remember it.

nu - East Central German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nɵ/

Adverb

nu

  1. (Upper Saxon) yes

nu - Elfdalian

Adverb

nu

  1. now, at this time

nu - Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [nu]
  • Hyphenation: nu

Interjection

nu

  1. well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)
    • Nu, li diris, ke li ne volas ĉeesti la feston.
      • Well, he said he doesn't want to attend the party.

nu - Ewe

Noun

nu

  1. mouth

nu - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ny/

Adjective

nu (feminine nue, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

  1. (person): naked, nude
  2. (body, tree): bare

Derived terms

Noun

nu m (plural nu or nus)

  1. nu (Greek letter)

Anagrams

nu - Galician

Adjective

nu m (feminine singular núa, masculine plural nus, feminine plural núas)

  1. naked, nude
  2. bare, barren

nu - Gaulish

Pronunciation

IPA: [nu]

Adverb

nu

  1. now

nu - German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nuː/

Adverb

nu

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of nun

Derived terms

Interjection

nu

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of nun

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [nɵ]

Interjection

nu

  1. (colloquial, regional, Saxony) yes; yeah; expresses agreement or understanding
  2. (colloquial, regional, Saxony) well; fills pause

nu - Gothic

Romanization

nu

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌿

nu - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈnu/
  • Hyphenation: nù

Noun

nu m or f (invariable)

  1. the name of the letter N

Anagrams

nu - Japanese

Romanization

nu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ヌ

nu - Kabuverdianu

Pronoun

nu

  1. we

nu - Kosraean

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/

Noun

nu

  1. coconut

nu - Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nuː˧/, [nũː˧]

Noun

nu

  1. cow

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu˧/

Adjective

nu

  1. talkative

nu - Latvian

Particle

nu

  1. well
    • Nu labi! ― Very well!
  2. now
    • Ko nu? ― What now?

Interjection

nu

  1. well
    • Nu, kas notika? ― Well, what happened?

nu - Mandarin

Romanization

nu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of nú.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of nǔ.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of nù.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of nǘ.
  5. Nonstandard spelling of nǚ.
  6. Nonstandard spelling of nǜ.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

nu - Mauritian Creole

Pronoun

nu

  1. Alternative spelling of nou

nu - Middle Dutch

Adverb

nu

  1. now, currently
  2. today
  3. here
  4. just now

Descendants

  • Dutch: nu
  • Limburgish: noe

Conjunction

nu

  1. now that
  2. since, because

Descendants

  • Dutch: nu
  • Limburgish: noe

nu - Middle English

Adverb

nu

  1. Alternative spelling of nou

nu - Muong

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu¹/

Adjective

nu

  1. (Mường Bi) brown

nu - Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/

Article

nu m sg

  1. a, an

nu - Norman

Adjective

nu m

  1. (Jersey) bare

nu - Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈnuː/

Adverb

nū

  1. so, thus, like that
  2. so, to that extent

nu - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

nu m (definite singular nuen, indefinite plural nuer, definite plural nuene)

  1. a trough

Adverb

nu

  1. (archaic or dialectal) now; Alternative form of nå

Interjection

nu

  1. Alternative form of nå

Noun

nu n (definite singular nuet, uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of nå

nu - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nu m (definite singular nuen, indefinite plural nuar, definite plural nuane)

  1. a trough

Adverb

nu

  1. (dialectal) now; Alternative form of no

Interjection

nu

  1. Alternative form of no

Noun

nu n (definite singular nuet, uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of no

nu - Old Dutch

Adverb

nū

  1. now
    • wat unbidan we nu?
      • what are we waiting for now?

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: nu

nu - Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nuː/

Adverb

nū

  1. now
    • Iċ eom nū on þǣre cyċenan.
      • I'm in the kitchen right now.
  2. just (in the sense "recently")
    • Iċ wæs nū on þǣre cyċenan.
      • I was just in the kitchen.

Derived terms

Descendants

Conjunction

nū

  1. now that

nu - Old French

Adjective

nu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nue)

  1. naked

Adverb

nu m (feminine nue)

  1. naked

Descendants

  • French: nu

nu - Old Saxon

Adverb

nū

  1. now

nu - Pali

Particle

nu

  1. then, now

nu - Pará Arára

Alternative forms

  • nugu (capuchin monkey)
  • idinu (titi monkey)
  • nuptu (squirrel monkey)
  • winu (curassow)
  • pɔnu (trumpeter)
  • nɯnu (coati)
  • pinu (agouti)
  • tɔnu (peccary or dog)
  • ɛŋnanu (macaw)
  • ɛŋnaɾanu (toucan)
  • unu (spider monkey)
  • nũ (howler monkey)
  • næ (tortoise)

Noun

nu

  1. tumour; abscess

nu - Phalura

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/

Pronoun

nu (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling نوۡ)

  1. it
  2. he
  3. this one (prox masc nom)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/

Determiner

nu (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling نوۡ)

  1. this (agr: prox nom masc)

nu - Plautdietsch

Adverb

nu

  1. now

nu - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/
  • Syllabification: nu

Interjection

nu

  1. quick!, forward!
  2. (dialectal) Alternative form of no.

nu - Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • nú (obsolete, now a common misspelling)
  • nù (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnu/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnu/
  • Hyphenation: nu

Adjective

nu (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nuas)

  1. naked, nude

Derived terms

  • desnuar
  • nu-proprietário
  • nuamente
  • nuidade
  • pôr a nu

nu - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/

Adverb

nu

  1. no
  2. not

Antonyms

nu - Saterland Frisian

Interjection

nu

  1. well

nu - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/

Conjunction

nu (Cyrillic spelling ну)

  1. (Croatia) but
  2. (Croatia) however

Synonyms

nu - Shuar

Determiner

nu

  1. that, those

nu - Sicilian

Article

nu m sg

  1. (indefinite) a, an

Usage notes

Nu is used only before words beginning with the letter z or s and a consonant, like the Italian uno

nu - South Slavey

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nù/

Noun

nu

  1. Ford Liard form of ndu

Declension

singular plural
1st person senué naxenué
2nd person nenué
3rd person1) menué ginué
3rd person2) gonué
4th person yenué
reflexive ɂedenué, denué kedenué
reciprocal — ɂełenué
indefinite ɂenué
areal gonué
1) Used for a possessed object when the subject is third person human plural and object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition doesn't apply.
singular plural
1st person senuú naxenuú
2nd person nenuú
3rd person1) menuú ginuú
3rd person2) gonuú
4th person yenuú
reflexive ɂedenuú, denuú kedenuú
reciprocal — ɂełenuú
indefinite ɂenuú
areal gonuú
1) Used for a possessed object when the subject is third person human plural and object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition doesn't apply.

nu - Sumerian

Romanization

nu

  1. Romanization of 𒉡 (nu)

nu - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nʉː/

Adverb

nu (not comparable)

  1. now, at this moment

nu - Tày

Pronunciation

  • (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [nu˧˧]
  • (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [nu˦˥]

Noun

nu (𪺹, 𮮬)

  1. (zoology) mouse

nu - Tok Pisin

Adjective

nu

  1. new
  2. fresh

nu - Volapük

Adverb

nu

  1. now

Derived terms

nu - Wauja

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu/

Pronoun

nu

  1. me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)
    • Pinyanka nu! Katsa umawiu? Nama!
      • Tell me! What did [he] say? Come on!
    • Puputatain nu kuapi.
      • Give me a little [bit of] cotton thread.
  • natu (I,me, my, mine)

nu - Wolof

Pronoun

nu

  1. we (first-person plural object pronoun)

nu - Zia

Pronoun

nu

  1. he
  2. she

nu - Zou

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nu˧/

Noun

nu

  1. mother
Meaning and Definition of nu
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