Cahuilla

Prefix

ne-

1. I. First person singular pronoun added to a verb to show its subject.
2. My. First person singular possessive pronoun added to a noun to show its possessor.

Chuukese

Prefix

ne-

1. to look

Czech

Prefix

ne-

1. Used to negate verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. "Mám hlad" ("I am hungry") becomes "nemám hlad" ("I am not hungry"). Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-.

Derived terms

Esperanto

Prefix

ne-

1. Used to negate adjectives and adverbs.

Derived terms

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne/

Etymology

Prefix form of ne.

Prefix

ne-

1. Used to negate verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; non-, un-, in-, im-, ir-.

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

• nec-

Etymology

The word nē in compositions.

Prefix

ne-

1. absolutely negates the principal meaning

   ne- ‎(“not”) + scio ‎(“I know”) → nescio ‎(“I don't know”)

Quotations

"Nomen nescio." (N.N.) - I don't know the name, John Doe

Derived terms

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as the general negative particle nē ‎(“no”).

Prefix

ne-

1. Used on all verb forms to form the negative version of that form (runāju ‎(“I speak”), nerunāju ‎(“I don't speak”)), as well as on nouns and adjectives to indicate negation (like Latin in-, im-; English un-; or Russian не- ‎(ne-)).

Derived terms

Old English

Alternative forms

• n-

Prefix

ne-

1. not, usually syncopated to n-

   neom ‎(“am not”)

   næs ‎(“was not”); nǣron ‎(“were not”)

   nic ‎(“not I”)

   nǣniġ ‎(“no one, none, not any, no (adj.)”)

   nealles ‎(“not at all, by no means”)

   nefne ‎(“unless, except, not even”)

   nabban ‎(“to have not, be without”)

   nāgan ‎(“to not owe, not own”)

   nǣfre ‎(“never”)

   nyllan ‎(“will not, wish not, be unwilling, refuse”)

   nāt ‎(“[I] do not know”), from nytan ‎(“to know not”)

   nyten ‎(“ignorant”) (from ne + witan)

Romanian

Etymology

From Slavic ne-.

Prefix

ne-

1. un-; de- (attached to past participles, gerundives and some adjectives to negate them)

   necunoscut - unknown

   neînțeles - misunderstood

   neprietenos - unfriendly

   nefolosind - not using, without using

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Prefix

ne- ‎(Cyrillic spelling не-)

1. Prefix prepended to adjectives to create an adjective denoting a negative meaning (ne ‎(“not”)). Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-.

Derived terms