naut

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See also: năut, naut-, -naut, and naut.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognate with English neat.

Noun

naut n (genitive singular nauts, nominative plural naut)

  1. bull
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

naut

  1. first/third-person singular active past indicative of njóta

Middle English

Pronoun

naut

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of nought

Adverb

naut

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of nought

Adjective

naut

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of nought

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

naut

  1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of nyte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognates include archaic English neat.

Noun

naut n (definite singular nautet, indefinite plural naut, definite plural nauta)

  1. a bull, cow, or calf
  2. (in the plural) cattle
    Synonyms: storfe, krøter
  3. a fool

Etymology 2

Verb

naut

  1. past tense of nyta

References

Anagrams

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin altus.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

naut m (feminine singular nauta, masculine plural nauts, feminine plural nautas)

  1. high
    Antonym: bas

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *nautą, related to Old English nēat (whence English neat), Old High German nōz (whence dialectal German Noss).

Noun

naut n (genitive nauts, plural naut)

  1. bull
    Synonym: tarfr
Declension
Descendants
  • Icelandic: naut
  • Faroese: neyt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: naut
  • Norwegian Bokmål: naut
  • Swedish: nöt
  • Danish: nød

Etymology 2

Verb

naut

  1. first-person singular past indicative active of njóta
  2. third-person singular past indicative active of njóta

References

Plautdietsch

Adjective

naut

  1. wet

Unua

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *na (a particle which functioned like a definite article) + *ʔuta.

Pronunciation

Noun

naut

  1. place

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)