# nou
## English
### Noun

nou (uncountable)
* Alternative form of noh (“classical Japanese music drama”)

### Anagrams

* Nuo, ONU, UNO, Uno

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nœu/

### Etymology 1

From Dutch nou, variant of nu.

#### Adverb

nou
* now (at this time)

##### Derived terms

* nou-nou

### Etymology 2

From Dutch nauw, from Middle Dutch nauwe, from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz.

#### Adjective

nou (attributive nou or noue, comparative nouer, superlative nouste)
* narrow

##### Derived terms

* noute
* vernou

## Äiwoo
### Etymology

From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *na u, from earlier *na kulu, from Proto-Oceanic *na kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

### Noun

nou
* louse

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

## Antillean Creole
### Etymology

From French nous.

### Pronoun

nou
* we
* us

## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* nueu

### Etymology

From Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnou̯/
* Rhymes: -ou̯
* Syllabification: nou

### Numeral

nou
* nine

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* nãu, não

### Etymology

From Latin novus. Compare Romanian nou.

### Adjective

nou m (feminine noauã, masculine plural noi, feminine plural noauã or nali/nale)
* new

#### Antonyms

* veclju

#### Derived terms

* noauã

#### Related terms

* nãutati

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnɔw]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Hyphenation: nou
* Rhymes: -ɔw

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan nou, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Compare Occitan nòu, French neuf, Spanish nuevo.

#### Adjective

nou (feminine nova, masculine plural nous, feminine plural noves)
* new
    Antonym: vell

##### Derived terms

* bon vent i barca nova
* de nou
* nou de trinca
* Nou Ordre Mundial
* Nou Testament
* noucasat
* nounat
* nouvingut
* novament

##### Related terms

* innovar
* novell
* novel·la
* novetat
* renovar

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin novem (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Compare Occitan nòu.

#### Numeral

nou m or f
* (cardinal number) nine

#### Noun

nou m (plural nous)
* nine

##### Related terms

* noranta
* novè

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nŏcem, alteration of Latin nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Compare Occitan nòtz, Spanish nuez, Portuguese noz.

#### Noun

nou f (plural nous)
* nut (a hard-shelled seed)
* walnut

##### Derived terms

* nou moscada

##### Related terms

* noguera, noguer

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

nou
* inflection of noure:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* “nou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “nou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “nou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “nou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch nou, a variant of nu, from Old Dutch *nu, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɑu̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑu̯

### Adverb

nou (Northern)
* come on; modal particle indicating a certain degree of urgency or impatience on behalf of the speaker.
    Ga nou! Straks kom je nog te laat! ― Come on now! Or you'll be late!
* modal particle expressing a certain contrast or disjuncture
    Dat is nou ook weer overdreven! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (informal) alternative form of nu: now, at the present time
    Wat is er nou weer dan? ― What is it now then?

#### Usage notes

* Not used in Belgium. In the (northern) Netherlands there is to a large extent a functional split between the forms nou (modal particle and interjection) vs. nu (temporal adverb). Temporal nou is informal and not used by all speakers.

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: nou
* Berbice Creole Dutch: nau
* Negerhollands: noe, nou, nu
* Skepi Creole Dutch: nou
* → Caribbean Javanese: na

### Interjection

nou (Northern)
* so, well; when pressing someone
    Nou, vertel me de waarheid dan! ― So tell me the truth then!
* well; indicates a certain degree of doubt.
    Nou, ik weet het nog niet zo zeker. ― Well, I'm not so sure about that.
* wow; indicates amazement or surprise.
    Nou, het waait toch wel hard hoor! ― Wow, it's still pretty windy!

#### Derived terms

* nou ja

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French nous (“we”), from Latin nōs (“we”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

### Pronoun

nou (contracted form n)
* we
* us
* you pl

## Hawaiian
### Pronoun

nou
* yours, for you (second person singular)

#### Usage notes

* Applied to o-type possessions.

#### Related terms

* kou

### Verb

nou
* (transitive) to throw, pitch

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably from French "nous" or a clipping of Louisiana Creole "nouzòt" and/or French "nous autres".”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/
* Rhymes: -u

### Pronoun

nou
* Alternative form of nouzòt (“we, us; our”)

## Mandarin
### Romanization

nou
* Nonstandard spelling of nóu.
* Nonstandard spelling of nǒu.
* Nonstandard spelling of nòu.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French nous.

### Pronoun

nou
* we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)

### See also
## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* noue, nowe, nu, no, neue, niu, noug, nough, nuge

### Etymology

From Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nuː/

### Adverb

nou
* now

#### Descendants

* English: now
* Geordie English: noo
* Scots: nou, noo
* Yola: neow, nowe, now

### References

* “nǒu, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /now/
* Rhymes: -ow
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

nou m or n (feminine singular nouă, plural noi)
* new
    Antonym: vechi

#### Usage notes

Nou is one of the adjectives which, following the French model, are often preposited to nouns instead of the usual Romanian postposition. This is typical of more literary language.
It is possible, but not necessary, for this to introduce subtle distinctions in meaning. For example, o nouă carte could mean “a newly published book”, while o carte nouă would be “a newly bought or newly printed book”.

#### Derived terms

* din nou
* înnoi

#### Related terms

* inova
* noutate
* nova
* renova

### References

* nou in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* novu, nobu

### Etymology

From Latin novus.

### Adjective

nou
* new

## Scots
### Adverb

nou (not comparable)
* Alternative spelling of noo (“now”)

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnuːᴬ (“mouse; rat”). Cognate with Thai หนู (nǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩪ, Lao ໜູ (nū), Lü ᦐᦴ (ṅuu), Tai Dam ꪘꪴ, Shan ၼူ (nǔu), Saek หนู่.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /nou˨˦/
* Tone numbers: nou$^1$
* Hyphenation: nou

### Noun

nou (Sawndip forms 狃 or 𮮬 or 𧉭, 1957–1982 spelling nou)
* mouse; rat
    Synonym: duznou

#### Derived terms

* aennou
* noucoengz