Standard Lemma guide

ney

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: N EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Nickname for Neymar (born 1992), Brazilian footballer

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A type of endblown flute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Michel Ney, Duc d'Elchingen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: general, full general, marshal, marshall

History

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Nye. * As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from the source of McNee. * As a north German and Jewish surname, variant of Neu. Sometimes shortened from Neuberger.

From Portuguese Ney, a clipping of Neymar.

Borrowed from Persian نی (ney).

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَاي (nāy) — type of flute
  • Azerbaijani: ney — type of flute
  • Bambara: neyi — type of flute
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西笛子 (xīdízi) — type of flute
  • Danish: langfløjte — type of flute
  • French: ney — type of flute
  • Greek: νέι (néi) — type of flute
  • Hebrew: נאי (nay) — type of flute
  • Japanese: ナーイ (nai) — type of flute
  • Kyrgyz: най (nay) — type of flute
  • Persian: نی (ney) — type of flute
  • Polish: nej — type of flute
  • Portuguese: ney — type of flute
  • Russian: ней (nɛj) — type of flute
  • Tajik: най (nay) — type of flute
  • Turkish: ney — type of flute
  • Ottoman Turkish: نای (nây) — type of flute
  • Ottoman Turkish: نی (ney) — type of flute
  • Ukrainian: най (naj) — type of flute
  • Urdu: نای (nāy) — type of flute
  • Uyghur: نەي (ney) — type of flute
  • Uzbek: nay — type of flute