nee

N1E1E1
/neɪ//niː/

adjective

Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.

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inheritableheritable
OriginFrench née →
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Meanings

nee1

adjectivenee (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of née.

nee2

adjectivenee (not comparable)

alternative née

  1. EnglishNorth Americannot comparableUsed when giving a former name. Originally known as.

nee3

interjection
  1. Geordieno, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na.

    Nee way man!

    No way

    1 more example

    Thor's nee watter!

    There's no water!

Nee4

proper nounNee (plural Nees)

plural Nees

  1. A surname.

NEE5

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of NextEra Energy.

    ExxonMobil (XOM), once the world’s most valuable company, was recently surpassed in market capitalization by wind and solar company NextEra Energy (NEE).

    2020 October 19, Matt Egan, “The oil industry is in crisis. ConocoPhillips is doubling down”, in CNN Business

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(meaning literally ‘born’) used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman

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inheritableheritable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

nee · adjective

  1. Frenchnée
  2. Englishnee

From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.

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nee · adjective

From French née (“(f)”) and né (“(m)”), past participle of naître, to be born. Mix of both gendered terms due to their homophony, resulting in a unisex term in English.

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nee · interjection

  1. Old Englishne
  2. Englishnee

From Old English ne or nā (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nee

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Sounds the same

néNeaghnayneigh (toe–tow merger)néNeaghnayneigh (toe–tow merger)kneenéNeaghnayneigh (toe–tow merger)

Anagrams

een
Cite this entry
APA

nee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nee

MLA

“nee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nee.

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