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nu

UK/njuː//nu/

nu noun: the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

nu: the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n)
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Noun

nu (countable and uncountable, plural nus)

  1. The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
  2. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.

Interjection

  1. (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
  2. (Jewish) Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.)

Adjective (1)

nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)

  1. (slang spelling) new

Proper noun (1) capitalized: NU

NU

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Nunavut: a territory of Canada.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Nuoro: a city in Sardinia, Italy.
  3. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of National University.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of University of Nebraska.
    Synonyms:
    Nebraska
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of natural uranium.

Adjective (2) capitalized: NU

NU (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nonunion.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Nu

Nu

  1. (Egyptian) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Nu

Nu

  1. one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Nu

Nu

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Numbers (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible).
  2. (alternative) Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut

nu meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

nu in Tamil

நு

nu in Bengali

নু

nu in Kannada

ಎನ್. ಯು
More languagesFewer languages
nu in Gujarati
એન. યુ, એનયુ
nu in Arabic
نُو nū
nu in Malay
nu
nu in Persian
نو nu
nu in Thai
นิว niu

Examples of nu in a sentence

  • "Nu Zillund" is the real language of love, a global poll has found.
  • Nu metal band Korn is back with a big tour, no-name album.
  • She looked like the Vénus de Milo with severed arms restored.

All 10 example sentences with nu

Synonyms of nu

Forms of nu

Noun
pluralnus
Adjective
comparativemore nu
superlativemost nu

Plural of nu: nus

Origin of nu

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

Borrowed from Yiddish נו (nu). Doublet of now.

Phonetic respelling of new.

Words formed from nu

Phrases with nu

Words that rhyme with nu

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Questions about nu

What does nu mean?
Nu means the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
What is nu in Tamil?
Nu in Tamil is நு. See Nu meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nu?
Nu can be a noun, an interjection, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce nu?
Nu is pronounced /njuː/ (UK).
What is the plural of nu?
The plural of nu is nus.

Words near nu in the dictionary

  1. NTTAWWT
  2. NTTC
  3. NTU
  4. Ntuzu
  5. nty
  6. nu
  7. nu bodies
  8. nu body
  9. nu gaze
  10. nu jazz
  11. nu metal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nu (page history and authors); NU (page history and authors); Nu (page history and authors); nu (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nu (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nu (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nu (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nu (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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