Nee
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nee¹
- /neɪ/
Sounds like né, Neagh, nay, neigh (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.
adjective
- Alternative spelling of née.née
nee²
- /neɪ/
Sounds like né, Neagh, nay, neigh (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From French née (“(f)”) and né (“(m)”), past participle of naître, to be born. Mix of both gendered terms due to their homophony, resulting in a unisex term in English.
adjective née
- Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.
nee³
- /niː/
- /neɪ/
Sounds like knee, né, Neagh, nay, neigh (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -iː, -eɪ
Where it comes from
From Old English ne or nā (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.
interjection
- no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na. Nee way man!
Nee⁴
proper noun Nees
- A surname.
NEE⁵
proper noun
- Initialism of NextEra Energy.NextEra Energy ExxonMobil (XOM), once the world’s most valuable company, was recently surpassed in market capitalization by wind and solar company NextEra Energy (NEE).
