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nette

French, adjective/nɛt/

nette is spelled N-E-T-T-E (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nette is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of net” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does nette mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of net

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Espèce de canards plongeurs de la famille des anatidés.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of nette

  • nettes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nette?

  • /nɛt/
  • \nɛt\
  • [nɛt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is nette in French?

nette appears 12 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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