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NEE, Nee, Née may refer to:

• Née or Nee, French for "born", indicates a married woman's birth surname
• Nee (The Band), a band in Kannada
• NEE, a political party in Flanders, Belgium
• "Ne~e?", a 2003 single by Aya Matsuura

People with the family name

• Luis Née (fl. 1789-1794), a Franco-Spanish botanist
• Frédéric Née

• A Chinese surname, romanized as either Nee and Ni:
  • Wei-Tou Ni, a Taiwanese physicist
  • Watchman Nee, full name Nee Tuosheng or Ni Tuosheng

See also

• Ni (disambiguation)
• Knee (disambiguation)

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology 1

French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.

Alternative spellings

• née

Pronunciation

• IPA: /niː/, also IPA: /neɪ/
• Homophones: knee

Adjective

nee (not comparable)

1. Used when giving the maiden name of a woman.

   Mrs Smith, nee Jones

2. Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.

   Since the name change, Butch (nee Frances) seems more tough and self-assured.

Usage notes

• As it is not a naturalised word in English, nee is often italicised.

Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly from Old English ne (“‘no’”).

Interjection

nee

1. (Geordie) no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na.

   Nee way man! (No way)

   Thor's nee watter! (There's no water)

Anagrams

• Anagrams of een , e'en
• ENE

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA: /neː/

Adverb

nee

1. no

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ne/
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Adverb

nee

1. no

Usage notes

• Nee is used to show disagreement or negation.

  Nee, je vergist je.: No, you are mistaken.

  Nee, je mag nu geen televisie kijken: No, you may not watch television now.

• Nee has a formal form, neen, which is archaic in spoken language, but quite common in written language.

From Wikispecies

(fl. 1789-1794)

Standard form: Née