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ν", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "نُو" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ni" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "nü" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ni" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "紐" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "niǔ", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "纽" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ný" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ny" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "nu" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "nuo" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "nyy" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "nu" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ni" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Ny" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ni", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "νι" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "nû", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "νῦ" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "nű" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "nyū", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "ニュー" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "ni", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "ニ" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "nyu", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "뉴" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "nu" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "nu", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "نو" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ni" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ny" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ni" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nju", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ню" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ni", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "Greek", "modern", "neuter" ], "word": "ни" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "ни" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "Latin" ], "word": "ni" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ni" }, { "_dis1": "94 6", "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "niu", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "นิว" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "33 5 6 22 33", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "35 3 6 37 19", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with language name categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms." ], "id": "en-nu-en-noun-e4GQSoMH", "links": [ [ "constringence", "constringence" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/njuː/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/nu/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "rhymes": "-uː" }, { "audio": "En-us-nu.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/En-us-nu.ogg/En-us-nu.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/En-us-nu.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" } ], "word": "nu" } { "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "yi", "3": "נו" }, "expansion": "Yiddish נו (nu)", "name": "bor" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yiddish נו (nu).", "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "nu", "name": "en-interj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc." ], "id": "en-nu-en-intj-XHuGad8U", "raw_glosses": [ "(Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc." ], "tags": [ "Jewish" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "98 2", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nu", "sense": "exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt etc.", "word": "ну" }, { "_dis1": "98 2", "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "nu", "sense": "exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt etc.", "word": "נו" } ] }, { "glosses": [ "Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.)" ], "id": "en-nu-en-intj-WxL~g2pQ", "links": [ [ "Well?", "well" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Jewish) Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.)" ], "tags": [ "Jewish" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/nu/", "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "word": "nu" } { "etymology_number": 3, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "new" }, "expansion": "new", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "Phonetic respelling of new.", "forms": [ { "form": "more nu", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most nu", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "33 5 6 22 33", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "35 3 6 37 19", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with language name categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "42 4 7 30 17", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with topic categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "derived": [ { "word": "nu-disco" }, { "word": "nu gaze" }, { "word": "nu-house" }, { "word": "nu jazz" }, { "word": "nu-male" }, { "word": "nu metal" }, { "word": "nu skool" }, { "word": "NuTrek" }, { "word": "NuWho" } ], "glosses": [ "new" ], "id": "en-nu-en-adj-EVB6Di9e", "links": [ [ "new", "new" ] ], "qualifier": "slang spelling", "raw_glosses": [ "(slang spelling) new" ], "related": [ { "word": "chu-ko-nu" }, { "word": "nu body" }, { "word": "sheng nu" } ] } ], "word": "nu" }
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name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).", "forms": [ { "form": "nus", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "nu (countable and uncountable, plural nus)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n)." ], "links": [ [ "Ν", "Ν#Greek" ], [ "ν", "ν#Greek" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "glosses": [ "A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms." ], "links": [ [ "constringence", "constringence" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/njuː/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/nu/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "rhymes": "-uː" }, { "audio": "En-us-nu.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/En-us-nu.ogg/En-us-nu.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/En-us-nu.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "nū", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "نُو" }, { "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ni" }, { "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "nü" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ni" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "紐" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "niǔ", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "纽" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ný" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ny" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "nu" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "nuo" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "nyy" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "nu" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ni" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Ny" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ni", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "νι" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "nû", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "νῦ" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "nű" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "nyū", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "ニュー" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "ni", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "ニ" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "nyu", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "뉴" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "nu" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "nu", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "نو" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ni" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ny" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ni" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nju", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ню" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ni", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "Greek", "modern", "neuter" ], "word": "ни" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "ни" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "Latin" ], "word": "ni" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ni" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "niu", "sense": "name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν", "word": "นิว" } ], "word": "nu" } { "categories": [ "English 1-syllable words", "English adjectives", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English entries with language name categories using raw markup", "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "English interjections", "English lemmas", "English terms borrowed from Yiddish", "English terms derived from Yiddish", "English terms with IPA pronunciation", "English two-letter words", "en:Greek letter names" ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "yi", "3": "נו" }, "expansion": "Yiddish נו (nu)", "name": "bor" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yiddish נו (nu).", "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "nu", "name": "en-interj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc." ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc." ], "tags": [ "Jewish" ] }, { "glosses": [ "Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.)" ], "links": [ [ "Well?", "well" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Jewish) Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.)" ], "tags": [ "Jewish" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/nu/", "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "translations": [ { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nu", "sense": "exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt etc.", "word": "ну" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "nu", "sense": "exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt etc.", "word": "נו" } ], "word": "nu" } { "categories": [ "English adjectives", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English entries with language name categories using raw markup", "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "English lemmas", "English two-letter words", "en:Greek letter names" ], "derived": [ { "word": "nu-disco" }, { "word": "nu gaze" }, { "word": "nu-house" }, { "word": "nu jazz" }, { "word": "nu-male" }, { "word": "nu metal" }, { "word": "nu skool" }, { "word": "NuTrek" }, { "word": "NuWho" } ], "etymology_number": 3, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "new" }, "expansion": "new", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "Phonetic respelling of new.", "forms": [ { "form": "more nu", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most nu", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "related": [ { "word": "chu-ko-nu" }, { "word": "nu body" }, { "word": "sheng nu" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English slang" ], "glosses": [ "new" ], "links": [ [ "new", "new" ] ], "qualifier": "slang spelling", "raw_glosses": [ "(slang spelling) new" ] } ], "word": "nu" }
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