Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
neut
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
See also: neut.
English
Adjective
neut (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of neuter.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch noot, from Middle Dutch nōte, from Old Dutch *nutu, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
neut (plural neute)
Bourguignon
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old French noit, from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
Noun
neut f (plural neuts)
Champenois
Alternative forms
- (Rémois) nouil
Etymology
Inherited from Old French noit, from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
Pronunciation
Noun
neut f (plural neuts)
- (Troyen, Langrois) night
References
Remove ads
Dutch
Etymology
Probably a dialectal form of noot (“nut, small thing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
neut f (plural neuten, diminutive neutje n)
- dram, snifter, peg, nip
- small block of natural stone or wood supporting a window or door frame
- part protruding from a wall supporting a beam
- (Suriname, metonymic) one of the columns, pillars, or stilts that lift a building above ground or water; piloti
- 1979 October 30, “Ministerraad over waterproblemen [Council of Ministers on water problems]”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname, page 10:
- Vooral bewoners van woningen op neuten hebben praktisch de hele dag geen water.
- In particular, residents of dwellings on stilts have no water practically all day long.
- tiny (elderly) woman
Anagrams
Remove ads
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads