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ne Meaning & Definition

/nə/

What Does Ne Mean?

As a symbol, ne means ISO 639-1 language code for Nepali. As an adverb, it means Not. As a conjunction, it means Nor.

Word Facts for Ne

Part of speechsymbol, adverb, conjunction
Pronunciation/nə/
Synonymsneon, atomic number 10 and northeast

Ne Definition (Symbol)

  1. ISO 639-1 language code for Nepali.

Ne as an Adverb

  1. Not.

Ne as a Conjunction

  1. Nor.

Adverb

  1. "Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English).

Synonyms of Ne

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Word Forms & Grammar

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Words That Rhyme With Ne

Origin of Ne

Origin 1: From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né.

Origin 2: Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Latin nē, Sanskrit न (na), Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Russian не (ne), Lithuanian ne, Irish ní.

Origin 3: From Māori nē.

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