nou

nou (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of noh (“classical Japanese music drama”)

• Nuo, UNO, Uno

• IPA^(key): /nœu/

From Dutch nauw, from Middle Dutch nauwe, from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz.

nou (attributive noue, comparative nouer, superlative nouste)

1. narrow

From Dutch nou, from Middle Dutch nou, variant of nu.

nou

1. now

From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *na u, from earlier *na kulu, from Proto-Oceanic *na kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

nou

1. louse

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

From French nous.

nou

1. we
2. us

• nueu

From Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

nou

1. nine

• nãu, não

From Latin novus. Compare Romanian nou.

nou m (feminine noauã, masculine plural noi, feminine plural noauã or nali/nale)

1. new

• veclju

• noauã

• nãutati

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔw/

• Audio (Valencian)

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• Hyphenation: nou
• Rhymes: -ɔw

From Old Catalan nou, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Compare Occitan nòu, French neuf, Spanish nuevo.

nou (feminine nova, masculine plural nous, feminine plural noves)

1. new

   Antonym: vell

From Latin novem (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Compare Occitan nòu.

nou m or f

1. (cardinal number) nine

nou m (plural nous)

1. nine

• noranta
• novè

From Vulgar Latin *nŏcem, alteration of Latin nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Compare Occitan nòtz, Spanish nuez, Portuguese noz.

nou f (plural nous)

1. nut (a hard-shelled seed)
2. walnut

• nou moscada

• noguera, noguer

nou

1. third-person singular present indicative form of noure
2. second-person singular imperative form of noure

• “nou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “nou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Middle Dutch nou, a variant of nu, from Old Dutch *nu, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

• IPA^(key): /nɑu̯/

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• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

Almost exclusively used in the Northern part of the Netherlands. In the Southern part of the Netherlands and in Belgium, nu is used; nou only to fake a Northern Dutch accent.

nou

1. (Northern) now; alternative form of nu

   Wat is er nou weer dan? ― What is it now then?

2. (Northern) come on; modal particle indicating a certain degree of urgency or impatience on behalf of the speaker.

   Ga nou! Straks kom je nog te laat! ― Come on now! Or you'll be late!

• Afrikaans: nou
• Berbice Creole Dutch: nau
• Negerhollands: noe, nou, nu
• Skepi Creole Dutch: nou
• → Caribbean Javanese: na

nou

1. (Northern) so, well; when pressing someone

   Nou, vertel me de waarheid dan! ― So tell me the truth then!

2. (Northern) well; indicates a certain degree of doubt.

   Nou, ik weet het nog niet zo zeker. ― Well, I'm not so sure about that.

3. (Northern) wow; indicates amazement or surprise.

   Nou, het waait toch wel hard hoor! ― Wow, it's still pretty windy!

• nou ja

From French nous (“we”), from Latin nōs (“we”).

nou (contracted form n)

1. we
2. us
3. you pl

nou

1. yours, for you (second person singular)

• Applied to o-type possessions.

• kou

nou

1. (transitive) to throw, pitch

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nou

1. Alternative form of nouzòt

nou

1. Nonstandard spelling of nóu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of nòu.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From French nous.

nou

1. we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)

• noue, nu, no, neue, niu, noug, nough, nuge

From Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

• IPA^(key): /nuː/

nou

1. now

• English: now
• Scots: now
• Yola: neow, nowe, now

• “nǒu, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Latin novus, from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

• IPA^(key): /now/

nou m or n (feminine singular nouă, plural noi)

1. new

• vechi

• înnoi

• din nou
• inova
• noutate
• nova
• nuia
• renova

• novu, nobu

From Latin novus.

nou

1. new

From Proto-Tai *ʰnuːᴬ (“mouse; rat”). Cognate with Thai หนู (nǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩪ, Lao ໜູ (nū), Lü ᦐᦴ (ṅuu), Tai Dam ꪘꪴ, Shan ၼူ (nǔu), Saek หนู่.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /nou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: nou¹
• Hyphenation: nou

nou (Sawndip forms 狃 or 𮮬 or 𧉭, 1957–1982 spelling nou)

1. mouse; rat

   Synonym: duznou

• aennou
• noucoengz