adj
Meaning 1
new
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: slang spelling
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Standard Lemma guide
nu
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /nu/
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homophone: noo
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Received-Pronunciation: /njuː/
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General-American: /nu/
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rhymes with -uː
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homophone: new
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homophone: noo (yod-dropping)
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CMU ARPABET: N UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Initialism of nonunion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Topics: acting, broadcasting, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater
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intj
Meaning 3
An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jewish
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intj
Meaning 4
Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jewish
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name
Meaning 5
Abbreviation of Nunavut: a territory of Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Meaning 6
Abbreviation of Nuoro: a city in Sardinia, Italy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Meaning 7
Initialism of National University.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 8
Initialism of University of Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Synonyms: Nebraska
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name
Meaning 9
Initialism of natural uranium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Broader terms: uranium
name
Meaning 10
The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Egyptian
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
Meaning 11
one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 12
Abbreviation of Numbers (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Meaning 13
Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 14
The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 15
A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 16
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
History
Etymology
Phonetic respelling of new.
Borrowed from Yiddish נו (nu). Doublet of now.
Borrowed from Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”).
Abbreviations.
From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Russian: ну (nu) — exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt etc.
- Yiddish: נו (nu) — exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt etc.
- Afrikaans: Noe — Egyptian god
- Afrikaans: Noen — Egyptian god
- Arabic: نوو — Egyptian god
- Armenian: Նու — Egyptian god
- Armenian: Նուն — Egyptian god
- Chinese Mandarin: 努恩 — Egyptian god
- Greek: Νου (Nou) — Egyptian god
- Greek: Νουν — Egyptian god
- Hebrew: נו — Egyptian god
- Japanese: ヌン — Egyptian god
- Korean: 누 (nu) — Egyptian god
- Mingrelian: ნუნი (nuni) — Egyptian god
- Persian: نو — Egyptian god
- Persian: نون — Egyptian god
- Urdu: نو (no) — Egyptian god
- Chinese Mandarin: 怒族 (Nùzú) — ethnic group
- Xibe: ᠨᡠᡯᡠ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (nudzu uksura) — ethnic group
- Arabic: نُو (nū) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Asturian: ni — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Azerbaijani: nü — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Catalan: ni — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Chinese Mandarin: 紐 /纽 (niǔ) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Czech: ný — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Danish: ny — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Dutch: nu — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Esperanto: nuo — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Finnish: nyy — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- French: nu — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Galician: ni — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- German: Ny — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Greek: νι (ni) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Ancient Greek: νῦ (nû) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Hungarian: nű — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Japanese: ニュー (nyū) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Japanese: ニ (ni) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Korean: 뉴 (nyu) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Malay: nu — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Persian: نو (nu) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Polish: ni — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Polish: ny — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Portuguese: ni — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Russian: ню (nju) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Russian: ни (ni) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Serbo-Croatian: ни — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Serbo-Croatian: ni — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Spanish: ni — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
- Thai: นิว (niu) — name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν