"nu" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /ny/ Audio: Fr-nu.ogg Forms: nue [feminine], nus [masculine, plural], nues [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|nu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French nu, {{inh+|fr|fro|nu}} Inherited from Old French nu, {{inh|fr|la|nūdus}} Latin nūdus, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*nogʷós}} Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós Head templates: {{fr-adj}} nu (feminine nue, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)
  1. (person): naked, nude Tags: person
    Sense id: en-nu-fr-adj-eb9PitW~
  2. (body, tree): bare
    Sense id: en-nu-fr-adj-m4KNU0At Topics: anatomy, body, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: à main nue, à mains nues, à l’œil nu, à poings nus, cul nu, demi-nu, mettre à nu, nu comme un ver, pieds nus, torse nu, vérité toute nue

Noun

IPA: /ny/ Audio: Fr-nu.ogg Forms: nus [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|nu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French nu, {{inh+|fr|fro|nu}} Inherited from Old French nu, {{inh|fr|la|nūdus}} Latin nūdus, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*nogʷós}} Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} nu m (plural nus)
  1. (art) nude Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-nu-fr-noun-2S9M8eLX Topics: art, arts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ny/ Audio: Fr-nu.ogg Forms: nu [plural], nus [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|grc|νῦ}} Ancient Greek νῦ (nû) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|#|+}} nu m (plural nu or nus)
  1. nu (Greek letter) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Greek letter names
    Sense id: en-nu-fr-noun-7HhATSgv Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 2 7 3 88 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 2 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    {
      "glosses": [
        "nu (Greek letter)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nu",
          "nu#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ny/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-nu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/Fr-nu.ogg/Fr-nu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Fr-nu.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nu"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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