nenuit

\nə.nɥi\

/\nə.nɥi\/ intj

The verdict

“nenuit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nenuit · nenuit · French

nenuit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for nenuit
PropertyValue
Headwordnenuit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\nə.nɥi\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nenuit » en français

nenuitsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nenuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \nə.nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.".

nenuit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nenuit, spelled N-E-N-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nenuit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nenuit twitwi...du love et des paillettes intersidérales!😘
  2. Allez je vais dodo. Nenuit les gens du forum :)

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nenuit"?
"nenuit" is spelled N-E-N-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \nə.nɥi\.
What does "nenuit" mean?
As an interjection, "nenuit" means: Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "nenuit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nenuit" is \nə.nɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nenuit" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list