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net

Pronunciation: [ˈne̞t]

“net” is a Catalan word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. clean
  2. net
  3. (of a castell) built without a pinya, or without a folre or manilles when it would normally have these

adverb

  1. cleanly

noun

  1. grandson

In Catalan

  1. Sense brutícia, polit, netejat.
  2. Sense deduccions, despeses, derivats.
  3. Sense armes, sense antecedents judicials, sense passat criminal, sense estar en possessió d'estupefaents o d'indicis delictius.
  4. Sense vilesa, clar.
  5. Es diu d'un castell que es construeix sense pinya, o sense folre o manilles quan normalment n'hi hauria.
  6. Netament, clar i sense confusió.
  7. Fill del fill o de la filla.

Etymology

From Old Catalan net, from Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus (“bright, clear”). Doublet of nèdol ('pasturage'), from Old Catalan nèdeu (“clean”), from nitidus- but without the early syncope. Compare also French net, Italian netto.

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