Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An error for neif. See neaf.

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Examples

  • I put my (about 250) cds in a folder and gave the cases away for free to someone on Gumtree - no waste glace neuf

    Advisor: What should I do with my high school CD collection? Boing Boing 2010

  • Des onze membres nommés par Jim Flaherty à son conseil consultatif en décembre dernier, neuf sont des dirigeants d'entreprises.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • J'aurai quatre-vengt-trois ans le vengt-neuf mai et je peux/puis encore dancer!

    bapteme - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • It has also been suggested that the reason why the words for “nine” and “new” are identical or similar in many Indo-European languages, including French (neuf, neuf), Spanish (nueve, nuevo), German (neun, neu) and Norwegian (ni, ny) is a legacy of a long-forgotten base eight system, in which the ninth unit would be the first of a new set of eight.

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • Enormément d'événements se produisent pendant la période de neuf années que couvre ce livre, qui comporte trois parties correspondant aux années 2000, 2005 et 2009 ; et certaines d'entre elles sont très drôles.

    Archive 2010-07-01 Rene Meertens 2010

  • It has also been suggested that the reason why the words for “nine” and “new” are identical or similar in many Indo-European languages, including French (neuf, neuf), Spanish (nueve, nuevo), German (neun, neu) and Norwegian (ni, ny) is a legacy of a long-forgotten base eight system, in which the ninth unit would be the first of a new set of eight.

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • It has also been suggested that the reason why the words for “nine” and “new” are identical or similar in many Indo-European languages, including French (neuf, neuf), Spanish (nueve, nuevo), German (neun, neu) and Norwegian (ni, ny) is a legacy of a long-forgotten base eight system, in which the ninth unit would be the first of a new set of eight.

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • Unfortunately they are rare. .i have only found one; the brilliant "les amants de pont neuf" Carax ... anyone know any others?

    beau-fils - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • He has been engaged in soixante neuf with any slick willy going in the City.

    "Intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich”. Newmania 2008

  • J'aurai quatre-vengt-trois ans le vengt-neuf mai et je peux/puis encore dancer!

    bapteme - French Word-A-Day 2010

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