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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French née (“born”, feminine singular).
Pronunciation
Adjective
née (not comparable)
- Used when giving the maiden name of a woman.
Mrs Smith, née Jones
- Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.
Since the name change, Butch (née Frances) seems more tough and self-assured.
Usage notes
- In the original French, the masculine form né should be used when the subject is masculine. In English, this distinction is usually followed.
Translations
used to indicate maiden name of a woman
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 娘家姓氏 (niángjiaxìngshì), 原姓 (yuánxìng), 本姓 (zh) (běnxìng), 舊姓／旧姓 (zh) (jiùxìng)
- Czech: rozená (cs) f
- Danish: født, f.
- Esperanto: nasknome, fraŭlinnome
- Finnish: omaa sukua, o.s. (fi); syntyään (fi), syntyjään (fi), synt. (fi)
- French: née (fr) f
- German: geborene f, geb. (de)
- Greek: γένος (el) n (génos)
- Hungarian: született (hu) (literally “born”), leánykori neve/nevén (literally “ her maiden name”)
- Italian: nata (it) f
- Japanese: 旧姓 (ja) (きゅうせい, kyūsei)
- Polish: z domu (pl)
- Russian: урождённая (ru) f (uroždjónnaja), в деви́честве (ru) (v devíčestve)
- Slovene: rojena (sl) f, roj.
- Spanish: de soltera
- Swedish: född (sv) (often shortened f.)
- Thai: สกุลเดิม (sà-gun-dəəm)
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French
Pronunciation
Participle
née f sg
- feminine singular of né ("to be born")
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