different between raze vs naze

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: r?z, IPA^(key): /?e?z/
• Homophones: raise, rase, rays, rehs, réis, res
• Rhymes: -e?z

Etymology 1

From Middle English rasen, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *ras?, from Latin r?sus (“scraped, shaved”), perfect passive participle of r?d? (“scrape, shave”).

Verb

raze (third-person singular simple present razes, present participle razing, simple past and past participle razed)

1. (transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground.
2. (transitive) To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate.
3. (transitive) To scrape as if with a razor.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

raze

1. Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).

Etymology 3

Noun

raze (plural razes)

1. A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.

Further reading

• raze (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Azer., Ezra, Reza

Dutch

Verb

raze

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of razen

Anagrams

• Ezra

Friulian

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly of South Slavic or substrate origin. Compare Slovene raca, Romanian ra??.

Noun

raze f (plural razis)

1. duck

Etymology 2

Compare Italian razza.

Noun

raze f (plural razis)

1. race
2. breed
3. strain

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