ney
Portuguese, noun
ney is spelled N-E-Y (3 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,093rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ney is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ney (a type of flute)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ney mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineney (a type of flute)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of ney
- neys plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ney
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ney in Portuguese?
ney appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).