ne

Other forms of ne

plural

nes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ne

What does ne mean?

ne means "a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ne?

ne has 1 syllable: ne. In IPA it is /ˈni/.

What is another word for ne?

Close synonyms include neon, atomic number 10, northeast, nor'-east, northeastward. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ne a common word?

ne is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ne?

17 words rhyme with ne. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.