Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nef

/nɛf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: nef
IPA: /nɛf/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.

adj

Of a line bundle on a complete algebraic variety over a field: such that the degree of its restriction to every algebraic curve in the variety is non-negative.

Example Sentences

"[…] this condition is the numerical consequence of the condition that for some mgt;0, the linear system #124;mD#124; is effective and free; thus nef = "numerically (effective and free)"."

Etymology

Borrowed from French nef. Doublet of nave and nau.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: nef

Inflected Forms

nefs (plural)

Derived Forms

nefness

Frequently Paired Words

cadenas navicula

Homonyms

neff

Rhymes With

jeff chef deaf af ref def gf raf geoff steph eff ef

Questions

How do you pronounce nef?: The recorded pronunciation is /nɛf/.
What does nef mean?: An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.
Where does nef come from?: It is traced to French.

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