Nee
adj, intj, name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of née. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
- 2 Used when giving a former name. Originally known as. English, North-American, not-comparable
- 1 (meaning literally ‘born’) used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman wordnet
- 1 no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na. Geordie
"Nee way man!"
- 1 A surname.
- 2 Initialism of NextEra Energy. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"ExxonMobil (XOM), once the world’s most valuable company, was recently surpassed in market capitalization by wind and solar company NextEra Energy (NEE)."
Example
More examples"ExxonMobil (XOM), once the world’s most valuable company, was recently surpassed in market capitalization by wind and solar company NextEra Energy (NEE)."
Etymology
From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.
From French née (“(f)”) and né (“(m)”), past participle of naître, to be born. Mix of both gendered terms with its pronounced form, resulting in a unisex term in English.
From Old English ne or nā (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.
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