nu
Portuguese, adjective/ˈnu/
nu is spelled N-U (2 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nu is a Portuguese adjective meaning “naked, nude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “despido, em pelo, sem roupas”.
What does nu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
naked, nude
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. despido, em pelo, sem roupas 2. sem adornos 3. desprovido do necessário 4. direto, claro, franco
interjection: 1. nossa!; expressa surpresa
noun: 1. nudez: 2. indivíduo, geralmente de classes sociais mais baixas, que carece de roupas 3. corpo ou figura humana nua, representada em pintura ou em escultura 4. nome da décima terceira letra do alfabeto grego (Ν/ν)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nu
- nua feminine
- nus masculine plural
- nuas feminine plural
- nú alternative misspelling
- nù alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nu?
- Brazil /ˈnu/
- Portugal /ˈnu/
- /ˈnu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nu in Portuguese?
nu appears 14 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).