née

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• /neɪ/
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• rhymes with -eɪ
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• homophone: nay
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• homophone: neigh
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• homophone: né
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From French née (“born”, feminine singular). Doublet of nada, natal, Natal, and Noel.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 娘家姓氏 (niángjiaxìngshì) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 原姓 (yuánxìng) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 本姓 (běnxìng) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 舊姓 /旧姓 (jiùxìng) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Czech: rozená — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Danish: født — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Danish: f. — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Esperanto: nasknome — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Esperanto: fraŭlinnome — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Finnish: omaa sukua — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Finnish: o.s. — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Finnish: syntyään — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Finnish: syntyjään — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Finnish: synt. — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• French: née — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• German: geborene — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• German: geb. — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Greek: γένος (génos) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Hebrew: לבית — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Hungarian: született — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Hungarian: leánykori neve/nevén — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Italian: nata — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Japanese: 旧姓 (kyūsei) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Pannonian Rusyn: дзивоцке (dzivocke) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Pannonian Rusyn: народзена (narodzena) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Polish: z domu — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Russian: урождённая (uroždjónnaja) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Russian: в деви́честве (v devíčestve) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Slovak: rodená — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Slovene: rojena — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Slovene: roj. — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Spanish: de soltera — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Swedish: född — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Thai: สกุลเดิม (sà-gun-dəəm) — used to indicate maiden name of a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 前称 (qiánchēng) — used to indicate a former name
• Chinese Mandarin: 舊名 /旧名 (jiùmíng) — used to indicate a former name
• Esperanto: nasknome — used to indicate a former name
• Finnish: syntyään — used to indicate a former name
• Finnish: syntyjään — used to indicate a former name
• Finnish: synt. — used to indicate a former name
• Hungarian: korábban — used to indicate a former name
• Italian: nata — used to indicate a former name
• Japanese: 旧名 (kyūmei) — used to indicate a former name
• Swedish: född — used to indicate a former name
• Swedish: tidigare — used to indicate a former name
• Thai: นามเดิม (naam-dəəm) — used to indicate a former name
• Thai: ชื่อเดิม (chʉ̂ʉ-dəəm) — used to indicate a former name