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ne

Pronunciation: /nə/

The English word “ne” has 3 meanings listed here.

adverb

  1. Not.
  2. "Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English).

conjunction

  1. Nor.

Etymology

From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Latin nē, Sanskrit न (na), Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Russian не (ne), Lithuanian ne, Irish ní.

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