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Nee
//neɪ// adj, intj, name
Definitions
Adjective
- 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
Adjective
- 1 (meaning literally ‘born’) used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman wordnet
Intj
- 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!"
Proper Noun
- 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)."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.
Etymology 2
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.
Etymology 3
From Old English ne or nā (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.
See also for "nee"
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