"née" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /neɪ/ Audio: En-us-nay.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From French née (“born”, feminine singular). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|née|pos=feminine singular|t=born}} French née (“born”, feminine singular) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} née (not comparable)
  1. Used when giving the maiden name of a woman. Tags: not-comparable Translations (used to indicate maiden name of a woman): 娘家姓氏 (niángjiaxìngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 原姓 (yuánxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 本姓 (běnxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 舊姓 (Chinese Mandarin), 旧姓 (jiùxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), rozená [feminine] (Czech), født (Danish), f. (Danish), nasknome (Esperanto), fraŭlinnome (Esperanto), omaa sukua (Finnish), o.s. (Finnish), syntyään (Finnish), syntyjään (Finnish), synt. (Finnish), née [feminine] (French), geborene [feminine] (German), geb. (German), γένος (génos) [neuter] (Greek), született (Hungarian), leánykori neve/nevén (Hungarian), nata [feminine] (Italian), 旧姓 (kyūsei) (alt: きゅうせい) (Japanese), z domu (Polish), урождённая (uroždjónnaja) [feminine] (Russian), в деви́честве (v devíčestve) (Russian), rojena [feminine] (Slovene), roj. (Slovene), de soltera (Spanish), född (note: often shortened f.) (Swedish), สกุลเดิม (sà-gun-dəəm) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-née-en-adj-MCoLxD47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'used to indicate maiden name of a woman': 94 6
  2. Used when giving a former name. Originally known as. Tags: not-comparable Translations (used to indicate a former name): nasknome (Esperanto), syntyään (Finnish), syntyjään (Finnish), synt. (Finnish), 旧名 (kyūmei) (Japanese), född (note: often shortened f.) (Swedish), tidigare (Swedish), นามเดิม (naam-dəəm) (Thai), ชื่อเดิม (chʉ̂ʉ-dəəm) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-née-en-adj-iIGeuRj7 Disambiguation of 'used to indicate a former name': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nee

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      "note": "often shortened f.",
      "sense": "used to indicate a former name",
      "word": "född"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "used to indicate a former name",
      "word": "tidigare"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "naam-dəəm",
      "sense": "used to indicate a former name",
      "word": "นามเดิม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chʉ̂ʉ-dəəm",
      "sense": "used to indicate a former name",
      "word": "ชื่อเดิม"
    }
  ],
  "word": "née"
}

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