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English
Adjective
neut (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of neuter.
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch noot, from Middle Dutch nōte, from Old Dutch *nutu, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.
Pronunciation
Noun
neut (plural neute)
- nut
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin nox.
Noun
neut f (plural neuts)
- night
Dutch
Etymology
Probably a dialectal form of noot (“nut, small thing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
neut f (plural neuten, diminutive neutje n)
- dram, snifter, peg, nip
- small block of natural stone or wood supporting a window or door frame
- part protruding from a wall supporting a beam
- (Suriname) one of the columns, pillars, or stilts that lift a building above ground or water; piloti.
1979 October 30, “Ministerraad over waterproblemen [Council of Ministers on water problems]”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname, page 10:Vooral bewoners van woningen op neuten hebben praktisch de hele dag geen water.- In particular, residents of dwellings on stilts have no water practically all day long.
- tiny (elderly) woman
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