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— English words —

• nu n. The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.
• nu n. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.
• nu interj. (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
• nu adj. (Slang spelling) new.
• Nu prop.n. (Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.
• Nu prop.n. One of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People’s Republic of China.
• Nu prop.n. Abbreviation of Numbers. (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible)
• Nu prop.n. Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut.
• NU prop.n. Abbreviation of Nunavut (a territory of Canada).
• NU prop.n. Abbreviation of Nuoro (Italian city in Sardegna).

— International convention —

• NU sym. (International standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Niue.
• .nu n. The ccTLD for Niue as assigned by the IANA.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Ainu
  • nu v. (Transitive) to hear.
  • nu v. (Transitive) to sense (a smell).
  • nu v. (Possibly obsolete, transitive, + otta) to ask, enquire.
• Aiwoo
  • nu v. To drink.
• Albanian
  • nu adv. When.
• Alemannic german
  • nu adv. Only.
  • nu adv. Alternative form of no.
• Alemannic german - Danish - Gaulish - Old dutch - Old english - Old saxon - Plautdietsch - Volapük
  • nu adv. Now.
• Ama
  • nu n. House.
• Anguthimri
  • ɲu v. (Transitive, Mpakwithi) to kick.
  • ŋu n. (Mpakwithi) clothes.
  • n̪u adj. (Mpakwithi) different.
• Armenian
  • դև n. (Armenian mythology) dev, demon, evil spirit.
• Aromanian
  • nu interj. No.
• Aromanian - Romanian
  • nu adv. No.
  • nu adv. Not.
• Asturian
  • nᵘ n. Abbreviation of númberu.
• Au
  • nu n. Tree.
• Blagar
  • nu num. One.
• Catalan
  • nu adj. Nude, naked.
  • nu adj. (Of things, such as trees, mountains, houses, etc.) barren, bare.
• Comanche
  • nʉ pron. I (1st person singular subject pronoun).
  • nʉ pron. You (2nd person singular subject pronoun).
  • nʉ pron. You two (2nd person dual subject pronoun).
• Curripaco
  • nu- pref. First person singular agent marker.
• Dalmatian
  • nu num. Nine.
  • nu pron. (Second-person plural pronoun) we.
• Danish
  • nu n. Now (present time), present (current time).
  • nu n. Moment.
  • nu n. Instant.
  • nu conj. Now.
• East central german
  • nu adv. (Upper Saxon) yes.
• Elfdalian
  • nu adv. Now, at this time.
  • nų adv. Now.
• Esperanto
  • nu interj. Well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question).
  • NU n. Abbreviation of norduesto (“northwest”).
• Ewe
  • nu n. Mouth.
• Faroese - Icelandic - Old norse
  • nú adv. Now.
• Finnish
  • -nu suff. (Colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of -nut.
• Galician
  • nu adj. Naked, nude.
  • nu adj. Bare, barren.
  • ñu n. Gnu.
• Gokana
  • nũ n. Thing.
• Gothic
  • nu rom. Romanization of 𐌽𐌿.
• Greek
  • ημ sym. (Trigonometry) sin, the symbol for ημίτονο the trigonometric function sine.
  • ηυ n. Alternative form of Η/Υ.
• Gun
  • -nu suff. Used to form nouns describing the origin of a person or group of a certain ethnic group or nationality.
• Hawaiian
  • nū n. Grunt.
  • nū n. The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.
  • nū v. (Intransitive) to cough.
  • nū v. (Intransitive) to roar.
• Hungarian
  • nű n. Nu (Greek letter).
• Japanese
  • nu rom. Rōmaji transcription of ぬ.
  • nu rom. Rōmaji transcription of ヌ.
  • nū rom. Rōmaji transcription of ヌー.
• Kabuverdianu
  • nu pron. We.
• Kosraean
  • nu n. Coconut.
• Lashi
  • nu n. Cow.
  • nu adj. Talkative.
• Latvian
  • nu part. Well.
  • nu part. Now.
• Latvian - Saterland frisian
  • nu interj. Well.
• Lithuanian
  • nu- pref. (With verbs indicating motion) describes an action’s movement downward.
  • nu- pref. (With verbs indicating motion) describes an action’s movement into the distance.
  • nu- pref. (With verbs) describes an improvement and advanced progress in the action.
  • nu- pref. (With verbs) describes achievement through some action or event.
  • nu- pref. (With verbs) describes an action or event’s outspread over a surface.
  • nu- pref. (With verbs) describes a type of perfective aspect in solitary events or actions.
• Makasar
  • -nu suff. Your (familiar second person singular and plural).
  • nu- pron. You (familiar second person singular and plural).
• Mandarin
  • nu rom. Nonstandard spelling of nú.
  • nu rom. Nonstandard spelling of nǔ.
  • nu rom. Nonstandard spelling of nù.
  • nu rom. Nonstandard spelling of nǘ.
  • nu rom. Nonstandard spelling of nǚ.
  • nu rom. Nonstandard spelling of nǜ.
  • nú rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伮.
  • nú rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奴.
  • nú rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孥.
  • nú rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帆.
  • nú rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挏.
  • nú rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笯.
  • nú rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胬.
  • nú rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒘.
  • nú rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駑.
  • nú rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴑.
  • nù rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 怒.
  • nù rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抐.
  • nù rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搙.
  • nù rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傉.
  • nü rom. Nonstandard spelling of nǘ.
  • nü rom. Nonstandard spelling of nǚ.
  • nü rom. Nonstandard spelling of nǜ.
  • nǔ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 努.
  • nǔ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弩.
  • nǔ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砮.
  • nǔ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胬.
  • nǘ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𦓕.
  • nǜ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 女.
  • nǜ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忴.
  • nǜ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 恧.
  • nǜ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朒.
  • nǜ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狃.
  • nǜ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 絮.
  • nǜ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肬.
  • nǜ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衁.
  • nǜ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衄.
  • nǜ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 䖡.
  • nǚ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 女.
  • nǚ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籹.
  • nǚ rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釹.
  • nū rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莻.
• Maquiritari
  • nü n. Mother.
  • nü n. Mother’s sister, maternal aunt.
  • nü n. Father’s brother’s wife.
  • -nü suff. Allomorph of -dü used after the past imperfective suffix -anö.
  • -ñü suff. Marks a noun as possessed; used only with a very small handful of nouns.
  • -nü' suff. Allomorph of -nüjü used when syllable reduction is triggered on the second syllable.
• Mauritian creole
  • nu pron. Alternative spelling of nou.
• Middle dutch
  • nu adv. Now, currently.
  • nu adv. Today.
  • nu adv. Here.
  • nu adv. Just now.
  • nu conj. Since, because.
• Middle dutch - Old english
  • nu conj. Now that.
• Middle english
  • nu adv. Alternative spelling of nou.
• Muong
  • nu adj. (Mường Bi) brown.
• Neapolitan
  • nu art. A, an.
  • 'nu art. A, an.
• Norman
  • nu adj. (Jersey) bare.
• North frisian
  • nü adv. (Sylt) now; at the current time.
• Northern kurdish
  • nû adj. New.
• Northern sami
  • nu adv. So, thus, like that.
  • nu adv. So, to that extent.
• Norwegian bokmål
  • nu adv. (Archaic or dialectal) now; Alternative form of nå.
  • nu interj. Alternative form of nå.
  • nu n. Alternative form of nå.
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • nu n. A trough.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • nu adv. (Dialectal) now; Alternative form of no.
  • nu interj. Alternative form of no.
  • nu n. Alternative form of no.
• Old armenian
  • դև n. Spectre, ghost, spirit.
  • դև n. Good spirit, angel.
  • դև n. Evil spirit, demon, devil.
  • դև n. Pagan priest.
  • դև n. Idol.
• Old english
  • nu adv. Just (in the sense "recently").
• Old french
  • nu adj. Naked.
  • nu adv. Naked.
• Old irish
  • nu- pref. Alternative form of no-.
• Pali
  • nu part. Then, now.
• Pará arára
  • nu n. Tumour; abscess.
• Phalura
  • nu pron. It.
  • nu pron. This one (prox masc nom).
  • nu det. This (agr: prox nom masc).
• Phalura - Zia
  • nu pron. He.
• Polish
  • nu interj. Quick!, forward!
  • nu interj. (Dialectal) Alternative form of no.
• Sayula popoluca
  • nʉ n. Alternative form of nɨʔ.
• Serbo-croatian
  • nu conj. (Croatia) but.
  • nu conj. (Croatia) however.
• Shuar
  • nu det. That, those.
• Sicilian
  • nu art. (Indefinite) a, an.
• Slovak
  • ňu pron. Accusative singular of ona.
• South slavey
  • nu n. Ford Liard form of ndu.
• Sumerian
  • nu rom. Romanization of 𒉡 (nu).
• Swedish
  • nu adv. Now, at this moment.
• Tagalog
  • n.u. n. Abbreviation of ng umaga (“a.m.”).
• Tarantino
  • 'nu art. A.
• Tausug
  • Nū prop.n. Noah.
• Tocharian a
  • ñu adj. New.
• Tocharian a - Tocharian b
  • ñu num. Nine.
• Tocharian b
  • ñu adv. Now.
  • nu- v. To cry out, shout.
  • nu- v. To threaten.
• Tok pisin
  • nu adj. New.
  • nu adj. Fresh.
• Tày
  • nu n. (Zoology) mouse.
• Veps
  • -nu suff. (Having) -ed; forms the past active participle of verbs.
• Vietnamese
  • nữ n. (Collective, humans only) females.
  • nữ adj. (Of humans or their reproductive organs only) female.
  • nữ pref. (Formal, of humans only) -ess; -a.
  • nụ n. Flower bud.
  • nụ Used for smiles and kisses.
• Wauja
  • nu pron. Me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun).
• Wolof
  • nu pron. We (first-person plural object pronoun).
• Yimchungru naga
  • nü pron. You.
• Zia
  • nu pron. She.
• Zou
  • nu n. Mother.
• ǃkung
  • ǃnu n. Egg.

— English words, defined in French —

• nu n. Nu (lettre grecque).
• nu adj. Nouveau, néo-.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• nu adj. (Gíria) grafia alternativa de new.
• nu interj. E (daí)(?), então(?).
• nu s. (Linguística) nu, ni (Ν/ν).

— In German —

• nu Adv. Landschaftlich, umgangssprachlich, auch auffordernd oder…
• nu ostmitteldeutsch: ja.
• Nu S. Sehr kurzer Zeitabschnitt.

— In Dutch —

• nu bijw. Op het huidige tijdstip.
• nu bijw. Om een uitspraak kracht bij te zetten.
• nu bijw. Om een overgang in een verhaal of redenering aan te geven.
• nu voeg. Drukt uit dat een bepaalde gebeurtenis heeft plaatsgevonden.

— In French —

• nu adj. Qui n’a pas de vêtements, qui est dévêtu.
• nu adj. (Sens figuré) Qui est dans le dénuement.
• nu adj. (Par analogie) Sans enveloppe, couverture ou ornement habituels.
• nu adj. Dépouillé, sec, sans agrément.
• nu adj. Qui est sans fard, sans déguisement.
• nu n.m. (Art) Figure féminine non drapées. Pour un homme on parle…
• nu n.m. Parties des figures que les draperies recouvrent, mais…
• nu n.m. (Par extension) (Plus rare) Partie dévoilée du corps.
• nu n.m. (En particulier) La nudité.
• nu n.m. (Architecture) Absence d’ornements.
• nu n.m. (Architecture) Partie du mur qui est plane, où il n’y a…
• nu n.m. (Au pluriel) Ceux ou celles qui sont dépourvus de vêtements.
• nu n.m. ν, Ν, treizième lettre et neuvième consonne de l’alphabet grec.

— In Spanish —

• ñu s. Zoología. (Connochaetes spp.) Bóvido africano de mediano…

— In Portuguese —

• nu adj. Despido, em pelo, sem roupas.
• nu adj. Sem adornos.
• nu adj. Desprovido do necessário.
• nu adj. Direto, claro, franco.
• nu adj. Retirado da bainha (espada, adaga).
• nu adj. (Figurado) descoberto, à mostra, sem disfarces.
• nu s. Nudez.
• nu s. Indivíduo, geralmente de classes sociais mais baixas, que…
• nu s. (Arte) corpo ou figura humana nua, representada em pintura ou em escultura.
• nu s. (Linguística) nome da décima terceira letra do alfabeto grego (Ν/ν).

313 English words from 202 English definitions

Abbreviation abscess Accusative achievement action actions active active␣participle advanced after agent Allomorph alpha alphabet Alternative and angel Archaic Armenian ask aspect assigned aunt bare barren because before beginning Bible book book␣in brother brown bud but Canada ccTLD certain China city clothes Coconut code Collective Colloquial constringence cough country country␣code Cow Croatia cry cry␣out current currently demon describes describing dev devil dialectal different distance doubt downward drink dual Egg Egyptian emphasis enquire ess etc ethnic ethnic␣group ethnic␣groups event events evil exclamation existed extent familiar Father female females filled filled␣pause first first␣person first-person␣plural first-person␣singular Flower for Ford form Formal forms forward Fresh function ghost Gnu god Good Greek Greek␣alphabet Greek␣letter group groups Grunt handful Hanyu Hanyu␣Pinyin Having hear Here House houses however humans IANA Idol imperfective improvement Indefinite indicating indirect indirect␣object Instant International into Intransitive ISO Italian Jersey Jewish Just Just␣now kick kisses Latin Latin␣script lenses letter Liard like like␣that marker Marks masc maternal maternal␣aunt measure moment Mother motion mountains mouse Mouth movement mythology naked name nationality new Nine Niue Noah nom Nonstandard northwest Not nou noun nouns now Now␣that nude Numbers Nunavut Nuoro nut object object␣pronoun obsolete of␣a of␣a␣certain Old Old␣Testament one only on␣the organs origin out outspread over Pagan participle particularly past pause People perfective perfective␣aspect person personification Pinyin plural possessed Possibly present priest primeval prisms progress pronoun prox question Quick reading recently recognized reduction reproductive reproductive␣organs Republic Republic␣of␣China response roar Rōmaji Romanization Saxon script second second␣person Second-person␣plural sense serves She shout sin Since sine singular sister Slang small smell smiles solitary some Spectre spelling spirit standards subject subject␣pronoun such such␣as suffix surface surprise syllable Sylt symbol Talkative territory Testament that the their Then Thing things this This␣one this␣time those threaten through thus time Today transcription transitive Tree trees triggered trigonometric trigonometric␣function Trigonometry trough Tumour two type Upper used Used␣to verbs very waters Well when who wife with world yes You Your Zoology

47 English words from 36 foreign definitions

Absence agrément alfabeto alphabet Architecture Art claro classes corps couverture dans dat décima des draperies een espada est extension fard figura Figure figures franco grecque grego het les lettre new nome non Nouveau overgang Par parle Parties pas plane Plus Pour que rare sans sec sem Sens

2 foreign words from 202 English definitions

ona Sardegna

100 foreign words from 36 foreign definitions

aan adaga adornos africano alfabeto␣grego alphabet␣grec alternativa analogie Arte auch auffordernd bainha baixas bepaalde bij Bóvido celles Ceux consonne corpo daí déguisement dénuement Dépouillé dépourvus descoberto Despido Desprovido dévêtu dévoilée Direto drapées Drukt Drukt␣uit em␣pelo En␣particulier então enveloppe escultura féminine Figurado figuré gebeurtenis geralmente geven Gíria grafia grec habituels heeft homme humana Indivíduo kracht kurzer Landschaftlich letra Linguística mais mediano mostra mur necessário néo- neuvième nua Nudez nudité oder ornement ornements ostmitteldeutsch Par␣extension particulier Partie pas␣de pelo pintura pluriel qui recouvrent redenering representada Retirado roupas Sehr Sens␣figuré sociais sont terceira tijdstip treizième uit uitspraak umgangssprachlich verhaal vêtements Zeitabschnitt zetten Zoología

1977 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

nub nuc NUC nug nuh NUI num num. Num. nun Nun Nun. Nuo nup N-up nur Nur nus NUS nut Nut NUT NUV Nuba nubs nuby NUCA nuch NUCJ nucs Nudd nude nudi Nudo nudy nuel Nuer nuff 'nuff nugg nugs NUIs nuke null Null NULX Numa NUMA numb nums +1927 words

7752 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

ANUG Anuj anus Anus añus Cnut enuf enuh enum Enus gnus Inuk knub knur knut Knut onus ONUs snub snug snus Unuk Wnuk alnum annul annum Anuak anury Anuta arnut Banus Benue bonus Bonus Bunun Bynum Canul canun Canup conus CONUS Dinus donum donut dunum dunun ennui enuff Enugu enums +7702 words

108 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Anu ANU añu DNU FNU gnu GNU LNU ONU Ainu Aynu Banu BCNU Danu genu honu Innu Lunu manu Manu Man␣U menu Menu non-U nunu SANU venu Venu Xenu Zenú Bennu Bornu cornu Keanu Kihnu Kounu Pannu Pärnu Ruhnu Ukonu Yolŋu dayenu ducunu gigunu Imoinu ingenu ingénu Istanu Jishnu Le␣Fanu +58 words

7 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

un Un UN 'un un- -un- U.N.

103 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Anu ANU añu bun Bun BUN cun DNU dun Dun DUN FNU fun gnu GNU gun Gun hun Hun jun Jun Jun. kun Kun -kun LNU lun LUN mun Mun MUN Mun. nau Nau neu Neu NEU NFU Ngu Niu NLU nmu nou NPU NTU nub nuc NUC nug nuh +53 words

174 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

au Au AU a.u. A.U. A.␣U. bu Bu BU B/U Cu CU DU du. Du. EU eu- fu Fu FU -fu F/U -fu- gu Gu GU hu Hu HU IU ju Ju Ku KU lu Lu LU Lú Lù Lü mu Mu MU -mu- na Na NA n/a N/A n.a. N.A. nb nB NB n.b. N.B. NC N.C. nd ND -nd n.d. N.D. ne NE né nê ne. Ne. -ne- NF N.␣F. ng Ng NG NG+ NH N.H. ni Ni NI N.I. NJ N.J. NK NL nm Nm NM /nm n/m N.M. nn Nn NN nn. N.N. no No NO Nº no. No. N.O. (+70 words)

13 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

nau Nau neu Neu NEU NFU Ngu Niu NLU nmu nou NPU NTU

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