nue
French, noun/ny/
nue is spelled N-U-E (3 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nue is a French feminine noun meaning “cloud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of nu. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Synonyme de nuage”.
What does nue mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininecloud
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of nu
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Synonyme de nuage.
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 nue
- nues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nue?
- /ny/
- \ny\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nue in French?
nue appears 13 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).