nu

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /nu/
• Rhymes: -uː

• Audio (US)

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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.

Borrowed from Yiddish נו‎ (nu).

• (US) IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

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

Phonetic respelling of new.

nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)

1. (slang spelling) new

• nu-disco
• nu-house
• nu jazz
• nu metal
• NuTrek
• NuWho

• 'un, -un-, U.N., UN, Un, un, un-

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu (Kana spelling ヌ)

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

• inu (“to listen”)

nu

1. to drink

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Proto-Albanian *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Related to ni. Compare Ancient Greek νῦν (nûn), Old High German nu (“now”).[1]

nu

1. when

• ni

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /nu/

From Middle High German nūn, from Middle High German niuwan, variant of niuwar, from Old High German niwāri. Cognate with German nur.

• no, nun, nur
• nume

nu

1. only

From Middle High German nu, from Old High German nu. Cognate with German nun.

• nuu

nu

1. now

   Synonym: jetz

Historical or dialectal variants.

nu

1. Alternative form of no

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. house

From Latin nōn. Compare Romanian nu.

nu

1. no
2. not

nu

1. no

• ie / e

nu

1. tree

• Scorza, David. Au language word, phrase, clause. Ms. 82pp. (1976)

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. one

• W. A. L. Stokhof, Preliminary notes on the Alor and Pantar languages (East Indonesia) (1975)
• Internet Archive, The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List

From Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

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

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• Rhymes: -u

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

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

• nuesa
• nudista

From Latin novem.

nu

1. nine

From Latin nōs.

nu

1. (second-person plural pronoun) we

• noi

• ju
• te
• jal, jala
• vu
• jali, jale

From Old Norse nú (“now”), from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Cognate with English now.

• IPA^(key): /nu/, [nu]

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

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

nu

1. now

nu

1. now

From Middle Dutch nu, from Old Dutch nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

• IPA^(key): /ny/

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• Rhymes: -y

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?

• nou
• thans
• heden

• Negerhollands: nue, nu, noe, nou
• Skepi Creole Dutch: nou

nu

1. now (that)

   Nu je het zegt, weet ik het weer.

   Now you're saying it, I do remember it.

From Sorbian or Czech. Cf. no.

• IPA^(key): /nɵ/

nu

1. (Upper Saxon) yes

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu. Cognate with Swedish nu.

nu

1. now, at this time

From Russian ну (nu) and German nu, of Slavic origin. Compare Polish no, Latvian nu, Czech no.

• IPA^(key): [nu]
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• Hyphenation: nu

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

1. mouth

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

• IPA^(key): /ny/

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

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

• à main nue / à mains nues
• à l'œil nu
• à poings nus
• cul nu
• demi-nu
• mettre à nu
• nu comme un ver
• pieds nus
• torse nu
• vérité toute nue

nu m (plural nu or nus)

1. nu (Greek letter)

• “nu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• un

From Old Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

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

1. naked, nude
2. bare, barren

• nudez

From Proto-Celtic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu.

IPA^(key): [nu]

nu

1. now

From Middle High German nu, nuo. The form without a final -n remained common in some dialects and was reinforced by German Low German nu, from Middle Low German nû.

• IPA^(key): /nuː/

nu

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of nun

• im Nu

nu

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of nun

From a Slavic dialect, probably Sorbian. Compare Czech ano (“yes”), Polish no (“yeah; well”), Russian ну (nu, “yeah; well”). In the sense of a filled pause touching on etymology 1 above.

• IPA^(key): [nɵ]

nu

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

nu

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌿

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: nù

nu m or f (invariable)

1. the name of the letter N

• -un-, un, un'

nu

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

From Portuguese nós.

nu

1. we

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

no

nu (transliteration needed)

1. Kamas, Tatar

• https://www.infuse.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/e-learning/kamas/o1_kamas.pdf

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñiuʀ. Compare Pohnpeian nih, Fijian niu, Tongan niu, Hawaiian niu.

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. coconut

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese [Term?], from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋwa. Cognates include Burmese နွား (nwa:) and Chinese 牛 (niú).

• IPA^(key): /nuː˧/, [nũː˧]

nu

1. cow

• IPA^(key): /nu˧/

nu

1. talkative

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

nu

1. well

   Nu labi! ― Very well!

2. now

   Ko nu? ― What now?

nu

1. well

   Nu, kas notika? ― Well, what happened?

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.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

nu

1. Alternative spelling of nou

From Old Dutch nu, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

nu

1. now, currently
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Si maken bekent die nu sien ende wesen selen

     They make known to those who are now and will be

2. today
3. here
4. just now

• Dutch: nu
• Limburgish: noe

nu

1. now that
2. since, because

• Dutch: nu
• Limburgish: noe

• “nu”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “nu (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

nu

1. Alternative spelling of nou

Cognate with Vietnamese nâu.

• IPA^(key): /nu¹/

nu

1. (Mường Bi) brown

• 'nu
• n'

From Latin ūnus.

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu m sg

1. a, an

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus.

nu m

1. (Jersey) bare

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː/

nū

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

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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

1. a trough

From Old Norse nú.

nu

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

nu

1. Alternative form of nå

nu n (definite singular nuet, uncountable)

1. Alternative form of nå

• “nu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

1. a trough

From Old Norse nú.

nu

1. (dialectal) now; Alternative form of no

nu

1. Alternative form of no

nu n (definite singular nuet, uncountable)

1. Alternative form of no

• “nu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

nū

1. now

   wat unbidan we nu?

   what are we waiting for now?

• Middle Dutch: nu
  • Dutch: nu
  • Limburgish: noe

• “nū (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

• IPA^(key): /nuː/

nū

1. now

   Iċ eom nū on þǣre cyċenan.

   I'm in the kitchen right now.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul"

     Nerō cwæþ, "Hwæt is nū, Simōn? Iċ wēne wit sind oferswīðde."

     Nero said, "What is it now, Simon? I think we've been defeated."

2. just (in the sense "recently")

   Iċ wæs nū on þǣre cyċenan.

   I was just in the kitchen.

• nū rihte

• Middle English: nou, noue, nu, no, neue, niu, noug, nough, nuge
  • English: now
  • Scots: now
  • Yola: neow, nowe, now

nū

1. now that

From Latin nūdus.

nu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nue)

1. naked

nu m (feminine nue)

1. naked

• French: nu

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

nū

1. now

From Sanskrit नु (nu), from Proto-Indo-European *nu.

nu

1. then, now

nu

1. tumour; abscess

1. 2010, Isaac Costa de Souza, A Phonological Description of “Pet Talk” in Arara (MA), SIL Brazil, page 42.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling نوۡ)

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

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling نوۡ)

1. this (agr: prox nom masc)

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

nu

1. now

• IPA^(key): /nu/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: nu

nu

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

• nuże

• nu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• M. Arcta Słownik ilustrowany języka polskiego/Nu! on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

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

From Old Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: nu

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

1. naked, nude

From Latin nōn. Compare Aromanian nu.

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. no
2. not

• da

nu

1. well

From Proto-Slavic *nǫ.

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu (Cyrillic spelling ну)

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

• ȁli, no, nut

nu

1. that, those

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

nu m sg

1. (indefinite) a, an

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

• IPA^(key): /nù/

nu

1. Ford Liard form of ndu

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11

nu

1. Romanization of 𒉡 (nu)

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

• IPA^(key): /nʉː/

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• Rhymes: -ʉː

nu (not comparable)

1. now, at this moment

From Proto-Tai *ʰnuːᴬ. Cognate with Thai หนู (nǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩪ, Lao ໜູ (nū), Tai Dam ꪘꪴ, Lü ᦐᦴ (ṅuu), Shan ၼူ (nǔu), Zhuang nou, Saek หนู่.

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

nu (𪺹, 𮮬)

1. (zoology) mouse

• Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

From English new.

nu

1. new
2. fresh

nu

1. now

• nuik

• IPA^(key): /nu/

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)

• E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by a native speaker.

nu

1. we (first-person plural object pronoun)

nu

1. he
2. she

• IPA^(key): /nu˧/

nu

1. mother

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45