Négation. Première partie d’un morphème en général à double forme encadrant le verbe et certains pronoms. Parfois appelé discordantiel, ne est complété d’un forclusif : pas, plus, jamais, point, personne, rien, aucun, nul, etc., ou de formules archaïsantes : goutte, mie, mais (n’en pouvoir mais).

ne chercher que plaie et bosseverb

Rechercher ou exciter les querelles, les procès, qu’il arrive des malheurs, dans l’espérance d’en tirer profit ou simplement par malignité.

ne chio brilanta estas diamantotypographic variant

Orthographe par contrainte typographique par système h de ne ĉio brilanta estas diamanto.

ne comprendre ni du cul ni de la têtephrase

Ne rien comprendre du tout, être sourd à tout argument ou explication.

ne comprendre rien à rienverb

Ne rien comprendre du tout.

ne connaitre ni d’Ève ni d’Adamverb

Ne pas connaitre du tout une personne, n’en avoir jamais entendu parler.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French alphabetical index for the letter N contains 86,328 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,727 pages, and you are currently viewing page 383. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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