nude
/n(j)uːd/adjective, noun
nude is spelled N-U-D-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, nude means “Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nude?
| Letters | 4: N-U-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nude?
Nude appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nude?
- /n(j)uːd/
Nude has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nude.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-nude.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nude?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nude.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dune.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nude
- nuder comparative
- nudest superlative
- nudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nude mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
Why do you act so prudish whenever you see nude people?
- 2
Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
- 3
archaicNot valid; void.
noun
- 1
A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
Michelangelo's David is a well-known standing male nude; Michelangelo also created several other nudes.
- 2
The state of total nudity.
she caught him in the nude
- 3
A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nude in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nu |
| German | nackt, bloß , fleischfarben, hautfarben , Akt |
| Portuguese | nu, pelado , nude |
| Spanish | desnudo, calato, en cueros, en cueros vivos, en bolas, en pelotas |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nude come from?
Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).