see|née
English
Etymology 1
F. term|née|langfr, feminine of term|né|langfr, past participle of term|naître|lang=fr, to be born.
Alternative spellings
née
Pronunciation
IPA|/ni�/, also IPA|/neɪ/
Homophones
knee
Adjective
en-adj|-
- Used when giving the maiden name of a woman.
#:Mrs Smith, nee Jones
Usage notes
As it is not a naturalised word in English, nee is often italicised.
Translations
trans-top|signifies maiden name of a woman
Czech: t-|cs|rozená|f
Finnish: t|fi|omaa sukua, t|fi|o.s.
French: t-|fi|née
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Etymology 2
Possibly from OE. term|ne||no|lang=ang.
Interjection
en-intj
- Geordie no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German term|kein|langde/Dutch term|geen|langnl/French term|rien|lang=fr. Compare with term|na.
#: Nee way man! (No way)
#: Thor's nee watter! (There's no water)
Dutch
Adverb
infl|nl|adverb
- no
Usage notes
Nee is used to show disagreement or negation.
:Nee, je vergist je.: No, you are mistaken.
:Nee, je mag nu geen televisie kijken: No, you may not watch television now.
Nee has a formal form, term|neen, which is archaic in spoken language, but quite common in written language.
el:nee
fa:nee
fr:nee
fy:nee
hy:nee
id:nee
it:nee
nl:nee
ru:nee
sv:nee
vi:nee
zh:nee
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