/nœf/
Translation
nine; new
Word origin
Two homonyms converge: the numeral 'nine' from Latin novem, and the adjective 'new' from Latin novus. Both descend from the same Proto-Indo-European family of 'new' and 'nine'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- novem / novus
- English cognates
- novem, novel, November
Grammar
Examples
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There were nine people around the table during the meeting.
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I bought a brand-new flat in the new district of the city.
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At the age of nine, she began learning the piano.
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My bike is brand new, I bought it yesterday afternoon.
au ?
What's new since our last meeting at the cafe?
a deux sens distincts : le chiffre neuf (nine) et l'adjectif new / brand-new (sens different de nouveau). En tant que chiffre, le f se prononce /f/ devant voyelle (neuf ans /nœvɑ̃/) mais souvent muet devant consonne. En tant qu'adjectif de nouveaute, neuf implique que la chose n'a jamais ete utilisee.
Flambant neuf (brand new) est une locution intensive. Quoi de neuf ? (What's new?) est une formule de salutation. Distinguer neuf (brand new, unused) de nouveau (new, recent, different) : une nouvelle voiture peut etre d'occasion, une voiture neuve ne l'est jamais.
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