nue

• IPA^(key): /ny/

nue

1. feminine singular of nu

From Vulgar Latin *nūba, from Latin nūbēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Compare Occitan niu; Portuguese nuve; Spanish and Italian nube.

nue f (plural nues)

1. (archaic, chiefly poetic) cloud

Very rare outside of the expressions porter aux nues and tomber des nues; the more common literary term is now nuée while the common usage is nuage.

• nuage
• nuée

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

• une

nue

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬえ

nue

1. Nonstandard spelling of nüè.

• 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.

nue

1. Alternative form of noy

nue

1. Alternative form of noyen

nue

1. feminine singular of nu

• nuve (“Nuorese”)

From Latin nūbēs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnue/

nue f (plural nues)

1. cloud

nue

1. water

• Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)