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},
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{
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},
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},
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],
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"née",
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},
{
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},
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},
{
"homophone": "neigh"
},
{
"homophone": "né"
},
{
"homophone": "Neagh"
},
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"tags": [
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}
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "nā",
"3": "",
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},
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"source": "w"
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{
"word": "nee way"
}
],
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{
"text": "Nee way man! ― No way",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Thor's nee watter! ― There's no water!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na."
],
"id": "en-nee-en-intj-R-Di24st",
"links": [
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"no",
"no"
],
[
"kein",
"kein#German"
],
[
"geen",
"geen#Dutch"
],
[
"rien",
"rien#French"
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[
"na",
"na#English"
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"(Geordie) no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na."
],
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},
{
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}
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},
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"tags": [
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Rhymes:English/eɪ",
"Rhymes:English/eɪ/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:English/iː",
"Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable"
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},
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"Alternative spelling of née"
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{
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{
"homophone": "né"
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{
"homophone": "Neagh"
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"US"
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"text": "Audio (US), pronounced /neɪ/"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Old English",
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/iː",
"Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable"
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "no"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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},
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],
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"args": {},
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}
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"word": "nee-naw"
},
{
"word": "nee nor"
}
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"Geordie English"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Nee way man! ― No way",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Thor's nee watter! ― There's no water!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na."
],
"links": [
[
"no",
"no"
],
[
"kein",
"kein#German"
],
[
"geen",
"geen#Dutch"
],
[
"rien",
"rien#French"
],
[
"na",
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],
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"(Geordie) no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na."
],
"tags": [
"Geordie"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/niː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
{
"homophone": "knee"
},
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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"word": "nee"
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