different between bag vs net

English

Etymology

From Middle English bagge, borrowed from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”), related to Old Norse b?ggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *b?ak- (compare Welsh baich (“load, bundle”), Ancient Greek ???????? (bástagma, “load”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?g, IPA^(key): /?bæ?/
• (Southern England, Australia) IPA^(key): /?bæ??/
• (US, some dialects) IPA^(key): /?b??/
• (US, Upper Midwest) IPA^(key): /?be??/,
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

bag (plural bags)

1. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) poke, sack, tote

   Hyponym: bindle

2. (informal) A handbag

   Synonyms: handbag, (US) purse

3. A suitcase.
4. A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
5. (slang) One’s preference.

   Synonyms: cup of tea, thing; see also Thesaurus:predilection

6. (derogatory) An ugly woman.

   Synonyms: dog, hag

7. (LGBT, slang, US, derogatory) A fellow gay man.
8. (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.

9. (baseball) First, second, or third base.

10. (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
11. (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.

    Synonym: multiset
12. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.

13. (now historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
    • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 54:

      [H]e had once lost his bag, and a considerable quantity of hair, which had been cut off by some rascal in his passage through Ludgate, during the lord mayor's procession.

    • 1774, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 1 December:

      He had on a suit of Manchester velvet, Lined with white satten, a Bag, lace Ruffles, and a very handsome sword which the King had given to him.

14. The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
15. (slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
16. (Britain) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
17. (chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
18. (slang) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
19. (MLE, slang) £1000, a grand.
20. (informal) A large number or amount.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Korean: ? (baek)
• Norwegian: bag

Translations

Verb

bag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged)

1. To put into a bag.
2. to take with oneself, to assume into one’s score
   1. (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
   2. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
   3. (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
   4. (slang, MLE) To end the being at large of someone, to deprive of somone’s corporeal freedom in the course of a criminal procedure.

      Synonym: nick
3. (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.

   • a bee bagged with his honeyed venom

   1. (transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
   2. (transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine.
      • 1985, Sol S. Zimmerman, Joan Holter Gildea, Critical Care Pediatrics (page 205)

        The patient was bagged for a urine analysis and stat electrolytes were drawn.

4. to expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag
   1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.

   2. To hang like an empty bag.
      • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 3,^[1]

        [...] he was dressed in a badly fitting white drill suit, with trousers bagging concertina-like over clumsy black boots.

      • 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Eleven, p. 125,^[2]

        And this uniform did not even fit me so well. But what is a little bagging on the waist and tightness under the arm when you are a gallant member of the British Royal Air Force?

   3. (nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
   4. (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.

      (Can we find and add a quotation of Warner. (Alb. Eng.) to this entry?)

5. to show particular puffy emotion
   1. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.

      (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

   2. (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
   3. (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• -gab-, ABG, AGB, BGA, GAB, GBA, Gab, gab, gab-

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French bague.

Noun

bag

1. ring

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• bagu

Etymology

Either of substratum origin or from a Vulgar Latin *beg?, from Late Latin b?g?, from Latin b?ga. Less likely from Greek ???? (vázo, “put in, set on”). May have originally referred to putting animals under a yoke. Compare Romanian b?ga, bag.

Verb

bag (past participle bãgatã or bãgate)

1. I put, place, apply.

Related terms

• bãgari / bãgare
• bãgat
• nibãgat

See also

• pun

Breton

Etymology

Probably tied to Old French bac (“flat boat”), itself of obscure origin.

Noun

bag f

1. boat

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bak n (“back”), from Proto-Germanic *bak?, cognate with Norwegian bak, Swedish bak, English back. The preposition is a shortening of Old Norse á bak (“on the back of”), compare English back from aback, from Old English onbæc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba???/, [?b?æ?j], [?b?æ?], (as a preposition or adverb always) IPA^(key): [?b?æ?]

Noun

bag c (singular definite bagen, plural indefinite bage)

1. (anatomy) behind, bottom, butt, buttocks
2. seat (part of clothing)

Inflection

Synonyms

• (behind): bagdel, ende, røv (informal)
• (seat): buksebag

Preposition

bag

1. behind

Adverb

bag

1. behind

Etymology 2

From the verb to bake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba???/, [?b?æ?j], [?b?æ?]

Noun

bag n (singular definite baget, plural indefinite bage)

1. (rare) pastry

   Synonym: bagværk

Inflection

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba???/, [?b?æ?j], [?b?æ?]

Verb

bag

1. imperative of bage

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bague (“ring”).

Noun

bag

1. ring

Meriam

Noun

bag

1. cheek

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bagg

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæ?/

Noun

bag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bager, definite plural bagene)

1. A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack.
2. (on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.

References

• “bag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bagg

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi. Doublet of bagge.

Noun

bag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bagar, definite plural bagane)

1. A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack.
2. (on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.

References

• “bag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• b?ch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”) Cognate to Old English b?ag

Noun

b?g m

1. a ring

Inflection

Rohingya

Etymology

From Magadhi Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit ??????? (vy?ghra).

Noun

bag

1. tiger

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba?]

Verb

bag

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of b?ga

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

Noun

bag c

1. A kind of large bag; a duffel bag

Declension

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From Meriam bag.

Noun

bag

1. (anatomy, eastern dialect) cheek

Synonyms

• masa (western dialect)

Turkmen

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bag (definite accusative bagy, plural baglar)

1. garden

Welsh

Etymology

From English bag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?/

Noun

bag m (plural bagiau)

1. bag

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bag”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /pa?k?/
• Tone numbers: bag⁸
• Hyphenation: bag

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Proto-Tai *bra:kD?”)

Verb

bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ? or ? or ???? or ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ??? or ???? or ???? or ??? or ?, old orthography bag)

1. to chop; to split
2. (of lightning) to strike
3. to dive; to swoop down
4. to divide
5. to cut across

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ?, old orthography bag)

1. mental illness

Adjective

bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ?, old orthography bag)

1. crazy; mad; insane

   Synonym: vangh

Descendants

• mabag

Verb

bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ?, old orthography bag)

1. to become crazy; to go mad; to go nuts

   Synonym: vangh

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?t, IPA^(key): /n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English nett, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). Cognate with West Frisian net, Low German Nett, Dutch net, German Netz, Danish net, Swedish nät.

Noun

net (plural nets)

1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.

2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

5. (by extension) A trap.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Proverbs xxix. 5

     A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

6. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
7. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.

   a computer network; a road network; an electricity distribution network

   1. (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
8. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.

9. (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
10. (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).

Synonyms

• (mesh): mesh, network
• (used for catching or trapping):
• (figurative: a trap): snare, trap
• (anything that has the appearance of a net): reticulation
• (in geometry): development
• (in computing): network

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

1. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
3. To enclose or cover with a net.

   to net a tree

4. (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).

   Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.

   • 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [1]

     Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.

5. (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
6. To form network or netting; to knit.

Synonyms

• (catch by means of a net): catch
• (to trap): catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

Derived terms

• benet

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Compare nitid, neat.

Alternative forms

• nett

Adjective

net (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xii:

     Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]

2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.

   net wine

3. Remaining after expenses or deductions.

   net profit; net weight

4. Final; end.

   net result; net conclusion

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

net (not comparable)

1. After expenses or deductions.

Translations

Noun

net (plural nets)

1. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.

Translations

Verb

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

1. (transitive) To receive as profit.

   The company nets $30 on every sale.

2. (transitive) To yield as profit for.

   The scam netted the criminals $30,000.

3. To fully hedge a position.

   Every party is netting their position with a counter-party

Translations

Anagrams

• -ent, ENT, TEN, ent, ent-, ten

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch net.

Adverb

net

1. only, just

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan, from Old Occitan, from Latin nitidus, contracted to a Vulgar Latin *nittus. Doublet of nèdol, which came through a different Old Catalan form nèdeu. Compare also French net, Italian netto.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?n?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?n?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?net/

Adjective

net (feminine neta, masculine plural nets, feminine plural netes)

1. clean

   Antonyms: brut, sutze

2. net
3. (castells) (of a castell) built without a pinya, or without a folre or manilles when it would normally have these

Derived terms

• netament

Related terms

• netejar

Adverb

net

1. cleanly

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?net/

Noun

net m (plural nets, feminine neta)

1. (2016 spelling reform) Alternative spelling of nét (“grandson”)

Further reading

• “net” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “net” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “net” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “net” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• nit (Kölsch)

Etymology

From Old High German niowiht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net/, /n?t/

Adverb

net

1. (most dialects) not

   Dat es jar net wohr!

   That’s not true at all!

Derived terms

• nemmieh (contraction with mieh)

Related terms

• nüüs, neist, nix

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/, [?n?d?]

Etymology 1

From German nett, from Old French net (“neat”), from Latin nitidus (“shining”).

Adjective

net (plural and definite singular attributive nette)

1. visually pleasing and proper; well-groomed

Inflection

Etymology 2

Older ned, from Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, cognate with Swedish nät, English net, German Netz. The modern Danish form, with -t instead of regular -d, is influenced by Low German Nett.

Noun

net n (singular definite nettet, plural indefinite net)

1. net
2. web
3. reusable bag of cloth

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/
• Hyphenation: net
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n (plural netten, diminutive netje n)

1. net (mesh)
2. net (device for catching and trapping)
3. television channel

   Synonyms: kanaal, zender

4. omentum, caul

Derived terms

• grote net
• netvlies

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: net

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch net, which is borrowed from Old French net, from Latin nitidus.

Adjective

net (comparative netter, superlative netst)

1. clean, tidy
2. decent, proper

Inflection

Derived terms

• netheid
• netjes

Adverb

net

1. tidily, neatly
2. decently, properly
3. just, nearly, barely
4. just recently

Derived terms

• net als

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: necis (“neatly”)

Anagrams

• ent, ten

References

Elfdalian

Noun

net n

1. net

Inflection

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n (genitive singular nets, plural net)

1. (fowling, sports) mesh, the material to make a "nót" (fishing net)
2. A network (computing)
3. A net for carrying hay

Declension

Derived terms

• eiturkoppanet

Related terms

• tráður
• silkitráður
• lokkanet

Finnish

Etymology

ne with the regular nominative plural suffix (-t)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?net/, [?ne?t?]
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification: net

Pronoun

net

1. (now dialectal, demonstrative) Alternative form of ne
2. (dialectal, personal) they

Declension

Same as ne except for the nominative plural form.

Synonyms

• (personal pronoun): het (dialectal)

Anagrams

• -ten, ent.

French

Etymology

From Old French net, inherited from Latin nitidus (“shiny”) through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *nittus. Doublet of nitide, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t
• Homophones: nets, nette, nettes

Adjective

net (feminine singular nette, masculine plural nets, feminine plural nettes)

1. clean, tidy
2. clear
3. neat
4. net (as opposed to gross).

Derived terms

Related terms

• nettoyer

Descendants

• ? Romanian: net
• ? Spanish: neto

Further reading

• “net” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus.

Adjective

net

1. clean, neat

Derived terms

• netâ

Gallo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

net

1. completely, entirely

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/, /n?t/

Adverb

net

1. (colloquial, regional, Austria, southern Germany, parts of central Germany) Alternative form of nicht (“not”)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?t]
• Hyphenation: net
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

net (plural netek)

1. (informal, computing, Internet) Internet

   Synonym: internet

Declension

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net/

Adverb

net

1. not
   • 2018 João Cabral de Melo Neto, Cléo V. Altenhofen, Der Moint om Stricke:

     En Hoohn alleen strickt noch net en Moint

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

net n (genitive singular nets, nominative plural net)

1. net
2. (computing) network
3. (computing, usually definite) the Internet

Declension

Synonyms

• (Internet): Internet

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch net, from Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?t?]
• Hyphenation: nèt

Noun

net (first-person possessive netku, second-person possessive netmu, third-person possessive netnya)

1. (sports) net, a mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

   Hyponym: jaring

Further reading

• “net” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kven

Etymology

From Finnish ne, from Proto-Finnic *nek. Cognates include Meänkieli net.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?net/

Determiner

net

1. these, those

Pronoun

net

1. these, those
2. they

Declension

Synonyms

• (they): het

See also

References

• Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, ?ISBN, page 278

Latin

Verb

net

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of n?

References

• net in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“thing, being”), from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wiht- (“thing”). Compare English not, German nicht, Dutch niet, West Frisian net.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net/, [n?t]
  • Rhymes: -?t

Adverb

net

1. not

Meänkieli

Pronoun

net

1. they

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nette

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman neit, a variant of Old French net, nette, from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??t/, /n?t/

Adjective

net

1. worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant
2. net

Descendants

• English: neat, net
• Yola: naate, nate, neatt

References

• “n??t, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Alternative forms

• naette (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French net, from Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus (“shiny”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

net m

1. (Jersey) clean

   Synonym: propre

Derived terms

• netti (“to clean”)

Related terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

net n (definite singular netet, indefinite plural net, definite plural neta or neti)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by nett

Old English

Alternative forms

• nett

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *natj?, whence also Old Frisian nette, nitte, Old Saxon net, nett, netti, Old High German nezzi, Old Norse net, Gothic ???????????????? (nati). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). Perhaps related to Albanian neth (“sprout, bud”) and Russian ???? (nit?, “thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net/

Noun

net n

1. net

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: nett
  • English: net
  • Scots: net

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nisdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Noun

net m (genitive nit, nominative plural nit)

1. nest

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: nead
• Scottish Gaelic: nead

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “net”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *natj?, whence also Old English net, nett, Old Frisian nette, nitte, Old Saxon net, nett, netti, Old High German nezzi, Gothic ???????????????? (nati). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n

1. net

Descendants

References

• net in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German nicht, Dutch niet, English not.

Adverb

net

1. not

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of internet.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: net
• Rhymes: -?t(?)i, -?t?

Noun

net f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Net; the Internet

   Synonyms: rede, Internet, web

2. (colloquial, by extension) Internet connection

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French net, itself from Latin nitidus. Doublet of the inherited neted.

Adjective

net m or n (feminine singular net?, masculine plural ne?i, feminine and neuter plural nete)

1. net
2. clear, clear-cut, plain

Declension

Synonyms

• (clear): clar

Adverb

net

1. clearly, distinctly
2. plainly, flatly
3. directly, bluntly, point blank, crisply
4. avowedly

Turkish

Adjective

net (comparative daha net, superlative en net)

1. clear
2. manifest

Noun

net (definite accusative neti, plural netler)

1. (sports) The net used in ping-pong or tennis.

Declension

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wiht? (“thing”).

Adverb

net

1. not

Inflection

• “net (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian nette, nitte, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n (plural netten, diminutive netsje)

1. net

Further reading

• “net (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011