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1
or ne

[ ney ]

adjective

  1. formerly known as (used following the person’s current or recognized name to introduce a previous, usually masculine, name):

    Harry Houdini, né Erik Weisz.



Ne

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Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. neon.

NE

3

abbreviation for

  1. Nebraska (approved especially for use with zip code).
  2. northeast.
  3. northeastern.
  4. Biology, Ecology. not evaluated ( def ).

ne-

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  1. variant of neo- especially before a vowel:

    neencephalon.

n.e.

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abbreviation for

  1. northeast.
  2. northeastern.

N.E.

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abbreviation for

  1. naval engineer.
  2. northeast.
  3. northeastern.

Ne

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the chemical symbol for

  1. neon


ne-

2

combining_form

  1. a variant of neo- , esp used before a vowel

    Nearctic

NE

3

abbreviation for

  1. New England

ne

4

the internet domain name for

  1. Niger

NE

5

symbol for

  1. northeast(ern)

abbreviation for

  1. Nebraska

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Gender Note

See née.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of 1

First recorded in 1935–40; from French né, literally “born,” past participle of naître “to be born,” ultimately derived from Latin nātus; nascent ( def )

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Example Sentences

Necrobutcher (né Jørn Stubberud,) of the Norwegian black metal band, Mayhem met with Larson for an exorcism.

Joe, né Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, 38, has not endorsed anyone in the presidential contest.

Jacobus, né Jacopo, was a 13th-century Genoan archbishop and compiler of what we might call Lies of the Saints.

In Paris around the same time, Brassaï (né Gyula Halas) was peering into a darker and sexier world.

Untrained artist H.A. Rey (né Hans Augusto Reyersbach) and his wife, photographer Margret (née Margarete Waldstein).

He was no longer the man to say, "Sied-il à un homme né dans ce siècle de s'infatuer de fables indiennes?"

E-né-pee—vapor-bath, is used as a purification preparatory to the sacred feasts.

It was that pleasure-loving old cynic, Madame du Deffand, who said: "Il n'y a qu'un seul malheur, celui d'être né."

There would always be the select few interested in two such examples of the littérateur bien né.

It was there that we sent him a basket of fruit one morning addressed to Mr. Delorme, né Sainte-Beuve.

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