neuf

Inherited from Middle French neuf, from Old French nuef, from Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

• IPA^(key): /nœf/
• IPA^(key): /nœ.v‿/ (before ans and heures, dated also otherwise before a vowel)
• IPA^(key): /nœ/, /nø/ (archaic, before a consonant)

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• Rhymes: -œf

neuf (invariable)

1. nine

• neuf cents

• Louisiana Creole: nèf

Inherited from Middle French neuf, from Old French nuef, from Latin novus, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

• IPA^(key): /nœf/

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• Rhymes: -œf

neuf (feminine neuve, masculine plural neufs, feminine plural neuves)

1. brand new, very new

• faire peau neuve
• flambant neuf
• propre comme un sou neuf
• quoi de neuf

• nouveau (for “new” items, but those that are not fresh from the factory for example)

• Louisiana Creole: nèf

• “neuf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

neuf (invariable)

1. nine

• French: neuf

From Old French nuef, from Latin novus, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

neuf m (feminine singular neuve, masculine plural neufs, feminine plural neuves)

1. new

• French: neuf

• neuf on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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

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neuf

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) nine

• dgiêx-neuf (“nineteen”)

From Old French nuef, from Latin novus, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

neuf m

1. (Guernsey) new

• neu (Jersey)