different between nets vs nerts

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?ts/

Noun

nets

1. plural of net

Verb

nets

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of net

Anagrams

• ENTs, NEST, Sten, TENS, ents, nest, sent, sent., snet, tens

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?n?ts/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?n?ts/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?nets/

Adjective

nets

1. masculine plural of net

Noun

nets

1. plural of net

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/
• Homophones: net, nette, nettes

Adjective

nets

1. masculine plural of net

Norman

Adjective

nets

1. masculine plural of net

English

Etymology

Alteration of nuts to avoid vulgar nuts (“testicles”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)ts

Adjective

nerts (comparative more nerts, superlative most nerts)

1. (slang, euphemistic) Crazy; nuts.

Derived terms

• nerd (possible)

Interjection

nerts

1. (slang, euphemistic) Nuts! Expression of dismay.

Anagrams

• 'rents, Ernst, Snert, Stern, rents, snert, stern, terns

Dutch

Alternative forms

• nertz (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Nerz, from Upper Sorbian nórc (“mink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?rts/
• Hyphenation: nerts
• Rhymes: -?rts

Noun

nerts m (plural nertsen, diminutive nertsje n)

1. European mink, Mustela lutreola

Derived terms

• nertsenbont
• nertsenfokker
• nertsenfokkerij
• nertsenhouderij
• nertsenverbod

Noun

nerts n (uncountable)

1. the pelt of a mink

Anagrams

• ernst, snert