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see|Appendix:Variations of "nu"
English

Etymology 1
Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/njuː/, SAMPA|/nju:/
a|US IPA|/nuː/, SAMPA|/nu:/
:rhymes|uː

Noun
en-noun|-

1. Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.
2. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.

Translations
trans-top|name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
Greek νι n
trans-mid
Portuguese: ni m
Russian: ню (nju)
trans-bottom

Etymology 2
From Yidd. × ×•.

Pronunciation
IPA|/nu/ (US)

Interjection
en-intj

1. context|Jewish An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.

Translations
trans-top|exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt etc.
Yiddish: × ×• interj
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Etymology 3
Corruption of term|new.

Adjective
en-adj

1. context|slang|_|spelling new

Category:English two-letter words

Danish

Adverb
infl|da|adverb

1. now

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/ny:/, SAMPA|/ny:/

Adverb
infl|nl|adverb

1. now

Synonyms
thans

Esperanto

Pronunciation
IPA|/nu/

Interjection
eo-intj

1. well (as in “Well, I think...”)

Category:Esperanto BRO1

Ewe

Noun
infl|ee|noun

1. mouth

Category:ee:Anatomy

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/ny/, SAMPA|/ny/

Etymology
L.|fr term|nudus|lang=la.

Adjective
fr-adj

1. i|person naked, nude
2. i|body, tree bare

German

Interjection
infl|de|interjection

1. well#Interjection|well, well now

Synonyms
na#German|na

Category:Greek letters

Japanese
ja-attention|Romaji header should be replaced with POS header|key=p

Romaji
nu

1. ぬ: hiragana letter nu

Category:Japanese romaji

Lojban

Cmavo
nu

1. Event abstractor, similar in meaning to an infinitive or gerund. klama go, goes, went. lo klama a goer. lo nu klama a going.

See also
du'u#Lojban|du'u
kei#Lojban|kei

Category:jbo:Cmavo

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
nu

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, nú, nǔ, or nù, or having an additional diacritic and one of two tones, nǚ or nǜ.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Old English

Etymology
CG.|ang *term|nu.

Adverb
infl|ang|adverb|head=nū

1. now

Polish

Interjection
infl|pl|interjection

1. quick!, forward!

See also
nuże

Portuguese

Pronunciation
IPA|/nu/, /'nu.a/

Adjective
infl|pt|adjective|g=m|feminine|nua

1. naked, nude

Romanian

Pronunciation
IPA|/nu/

Adverb
infl|ro|adverb

1. no

Sicilian

Article
infl|scn|article|indefinite article, singular|g=m

1. a, an

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|-
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|colspan1 style"background-color:#EEE9BF;"|Masculine
|colspan1 style"background-color:#EEE9BF;"|Feminine
|-
|colspan1 style"background-color:#EEE9BF;"|Singular
| un#Sicilian|un, nu
| na#Sicilian|na
|}

Usage notes
Nu is used only before words beginning with the letter z or s and a consonant, like the Italian uno#Italian|uno

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-nu.ogg|audio

Adverb
infl|sv|adverb

1. now

br:nu
ca:nu
da:nu
de:nu
et:nu
el:nu
es:nu
fr:nu
ga:nu
gl:nu
ko:nu
io:nu
id:nu
ie:nu
it:nu
ku:nu
hu:nu
nl:nu
ja:nu
no:nu
nds:nu
pl:nu
pt:nu
ru:nu
scn:nu
fi:nu
sv:nu
vi:nu
vo:nu

• 2008-01-02 14:19 - Keene - removed empty pron section in Greek
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