different between naze vs nake

English

Etymology

From Old English næs; cognate with Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs. Related to ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?z/

Noun

naze (plural nazes)

1. A promontory or headland.

   Synonym: ness

2. A cape at the southern tip of Norway (also known as The Lindesnes)

References

• "naze" in the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, MICRA, 1996, 1998.
• "naze" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• Anez, Zane, zean

French

Alternative forms

• nase

Etymology

Apocopic form of argot nazi or nasi (“syphilis”), probably from dialectal nase (“snot”), from German Nase (“nose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naz/

Adjective

naze (plural nazes)

1. (informal) worthless; useless; lame

   Synonyms: nul, pourri, nul de chez nul, nul à chier, à chier, merdique

2. (informal) knackered; beat; exhausted

   Synonyms: crevé, claqué, mort

Noun

naze m (plural nazes)

1. (informal) loser, moron

   Synonym: nul

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

naze

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French nager

Verb

naze

1. to swim

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French nager

Verb

naze

1. to swim

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

English

Etymology

From Middle English naken (“to nake”), from Old English nacian (“to bare, strip, make naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakw?n? (“to make naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *nog?- (“to make naked”). Cognate with Old Norse n?kkva (“to bare, expose”). More at naked.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k

Verb

nake (third-person singular simple present nakes, present participle naking, simple past and past participle naked)

1. (now chiefly Scotland) To make naked; to bare.

Synonyms

• expose, reveal; see also Thesaurus:reveal

Anagrams

• Kane, Kean, aken, enka, kaen, kena

Creek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?k?/

Noun

nake (plural nakvke)

1. thing
2. what? (interrogative pronoun)
3. ...that which... (relative pronoun)

Dutch

Verb

nake

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of naken

Anagrams

• Aken, aken, kane

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from naked.

Alternative forms

• naken

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?k(?)/

Adjective

nake (rare)

1. naked, exposed, miserly

Descendants

• Yola: naaghen

References

• “n?ke, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.

Etymology 2

Verb

nake

1. Alternative form of naken

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nakent

Adjective

nake

1. neuter singular of naken