# net
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: nĕt, IPA: /nɛt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją, 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)
* A mesh of string, cord or rope.
    a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
* A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
* A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
** 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 190:The nets have to be checked to make sure that they are not tangled up and therefore useless, and the carcasses of the dead sharks are removed.
* Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
    Petri net
* (by extension) A trap.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs xxix:5:A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
    caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
* (geometry) Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
* A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
** (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
* (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
** 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.
    The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
* (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
* (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

* all is fish that comes to the net
* Apollonian net
* back of the net
* balloon net
* beard net
* bow net
* bramble net
* Brussels net
* butterfly net
* camouflage net
* cargo net
* casting net, casting-net
* cast net
* cast one's net far and wide
* cast one's net wide
* cast one's net wider
* clap net
* day-net
* dip net
* doubles net
* drag-net, dragnet
* draught net
* drift net
* empty net goal, empty-net goal
* extranet
* find the net
* fishing net
* fishnet
* fold net
* fyke net, fyke-net
* garden net
* ghost net
* hairnet
* hand net
* hay net
* hit the net
* hockey net
* intranet
* landing net
* lave net
* life net
* lift net
* midge net
* mist net
* mosquito net
* nerf net
* nerve net
* net art
* net ball, net-ball, netball
* net blotch
* net call sign
* net curtain
* net deck, net-deck, netdeck
* net gun
* net layer
* net-leaved poison
* net-like, netlike
* net minder, netminder
* net-neutral
* net neutrality
* net-raising
* net run rate
* netting
* net-winged beetle
* network
* neural net
* nothing but net
* Petri net
* pocket net
* point net
* purse net
* push net
* safety net
* scap-net
* scoop net
* scramble net
* semantic net
* set net, set-net
* shark net
* shopping net
* shrimp net
* singles net
* slip through the net
* social safety net
* spread one's net wide
* spring net
* stereonet
* string-net
* suicide net
* sweep net
* torpedo net
* trail net
* tunnel net
* water net
* wolf net
* Wulff net

##### Translations

Albanian: rrjetë (sq) f, rrjet (sq) m, mrezhë f
Arabic: شَبَكَة (ar) f (šabaka)
Egyptian Arabic: شبكة f (šabaka)
Gulf Arabic: شبكة f (šabaka)
South Levantine Arabic: شبكة f (šábaka, šábake)
Aragonese: rete
Armenian: ցանց (hy) (cʻancʻ)
Assamese: জাল (zal)
Azerbaijani: tor (az)
Basque: sare (eu)
Belarusian: се́тка f (sjétka), сець f (sjecʹ), мярэ́жа f (mjaréža)
Bengali: জাল (bn) (jal)
Breton: roued (br)
Bulgarian: мре́жа (bg) f (mréža)
Burmese: ကွန် (my) (kwan)
Catalan: xarxa (ca) f
Central Sierra Miwok: wajá·ka-
Chechen: ов (ov)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 網 / 网 (mong$^5$)
Mandarin: 網 / 网 (zh) (wǎng)
Cornish: ruz
Czech: síť (cs) f
Danish: net n
Dutch: net (nl) n
Egyptian: (šnw m)
Esperanto: reto (eo)
Estonian: võrk
Faroese: net n
Finnish: verkko (fi)
French: filet (fr)
Friulian: rêt f
Galician: rede (gl) f
Georgian: ქსელი (ka) (kseli)
German: Netz (de) n
Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 n (nati)
Greek: δίχτυ (el) n (díchty), πλέγμα (el) n (plégma), βρόγχος (el) m (vrónchos)
Ancient: δίκτυον n (díktuon)
Hebrew: רֶשֶׁת (he) f (réshet)
Hindi: जाल (hi) m (jāl)
Hungarian: háló
Icelandic: net (is) n
Indonesian: jaring (id)
Irish: eangach f
Istriot: ridi f or pl
Italian: rete (it) f
Japanese: 網 (ja) (あみ, ami)
Kazakh: ау (kk) (au), тор (tor)
Khmer: បណ្ដាញ (km) (bɑndaañ)
Korean: 그물 (ko) (geumul), 망(網) (ko) (mang)
Kyrgyz: тор (ky) (tor)
Ladin: rei f
Lao: ຂ່າຍ (khāi)
Latin: rēte n
Latvian: tīkls (lv) m
Lithuanian: grynas (lt) m, tinklas (lt) m
Low German: Nett
Luxembourgish: Netz n
Macedonian: мрежа (mk) f (mreža)
Malay: sirat (ms)
Maltese: xibka f
Manchu: ᠠᠰᡠ (asu)
Middle English: nett
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цэвэр (mn) (cever), тор (mn) (tor)
Neapolitan: rezza f
Nivkh: кʼе (kʼe)
Northwestern Ojibwa: asab
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nett (no) n
Nynorsk: nett n
Occitan: ret (oc)
Ojibwe: asab
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: мрѣжа f (mrěža), сѣть f (sětĭ)
Old East Slavic: сѣть f (sětĭ)
Old English: net (ang) n
Old Norse: net n
Ottoman Turkish: آغ (ağ), شبكه (şebeke), دام (dam)
Pashto: تور (ps) m (tor), جال (ps) m (jāl)
Persian: تور (fa) (tur), شَبَکِه (fa) (šabake)
Piedmontese: rei f
Polish: sieć (pl) f, siatka (pl) f
Portuguese: malha (pt) f
Romanian: rețea (ro) f
Russian: сеть (ru) f (setʹ), се́тка (ru) f (sétka), мре́жа (ru) f (mréža) (dated, regional or biblical), мерёжа (ru) f (merjóža) (regional)
Sanskrit: जाल (sa) n (jāla)
Saterland Frisian: Nät
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мре̏жа f
Roman: mrȅža (sh) f
Slovak: sieť f
Slovene: mreža (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: seś f
Spanish: red (es) f
Swahili: kiandarua (sw), wavu (sw) class u
Swedish: nät (sv) n
Tajik: тӯр (tür), шабака (tg) (šabaka)
Tamil: வலை (ta) (valai)
Tarifit: trašša f
Telugu: వల (te) (vala)
Thai: ข่าย (th) (kàai), ตาข่าย (th) (dtaa-kàai)
Turkish: ağ (tr), şebeke (tr)
Turkmen: tor
Ukrainian: мере́жа f (meréža), сіть f (sitʹ), сі́тка f (sítka)
Urdu: جال m (jāl)
Uyghur: تور (tor)
Uzbek: toʻr (uz)
Venetan: rede f
Vietnamese: lưới (vi), mạng (vi)
Welsh: rhwyd (cy) f
West Frisian: net
Yiddish: נעץ f (nets)
Zazaki: thor :
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#### Verb

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)
* (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
* (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
** 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
* To enclose or cover with a net.
    to net a tree
** 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto II:Old Yew, which graspest at the stones ⁠That name the under-lying dead, ⁠Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones.
* (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
    Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
** 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves‎:Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
* (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
** 2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport‎:Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.
* To form a netting or network; to knit.
** 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse.

##### Synonyms

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

##### Derived terms

* benet
* internet, internetted, internetting

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid.

#### Alternative forms

* nett

#### Adjective

net (not comparable)
* (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]
* Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
    net wine
* Remaining after expenses or deductions.
    net profit; net weight
* Final; end.
    net result; net conclusion

##### Derived terms

* net earnings
* net force
* net income
* net ionic equation
* net lease
* net loss
* net magnetization vector
* net margin
* net metering
* net net, net-net
* net operating income
* net operating loss
* net pay
* net present value
* net profit
* net register ton
* net sales
* net tangible assets
* net weight, net wt.
* net worth
* net-zero, net zero

##### Translations

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#### Adverb

net (not comparable)
* After expenses or deductions.
    You'll have $5000 net.

##### Derived terms

* net net

##### Translations
#### Noun

net (plural nets)
* The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.

##### Derived terms

* net net, net-net
* on net

##### Translations
#### Verb

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)
* (transitive) To receive as profit.
    The company nets $30 on every sale.
* (transitive) To yield as profit for.
    The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
* To fully hedge a position.
    Every party is netting their position with a counter-party.

##### Derived terms

* net out

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle French nettoyer (“to cleanse”).

#### Verb

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)
* (dialectal) To clean, wash, rinse.

##### Derived terms

* netting

##### References

* ↑ Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 254
* ↑ “netting, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### See also

* net and rouf

### Anagrams

* ent, -ent, ENT, Ent, ten, TEN, ent-

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch net.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

net
* only, just

## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* ned

### Etymology

From Middle High German nicht, from Old High German niowiht. Cognates include German nicht and Luxembourgish net.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ned̥/, /nɛd̥/
* Hyphenation: net

### Adverb

net
* not
** 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Sieg der Provinz:I waaß net, es gibt so vü' Dichter in Wien, und ålle geehrt und berühmt.I didn't know there were so many poets in Vienna, and all honorable and famous.

### References

* Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “ned, nęd, net, nęt”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
* Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 62

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

From Old Catalan net, from Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus (“bright, clear”). Doublet of nèdol ('pasturage'), from Old Catalan nèdeu (“clean”), from nitidus- but without the early syncope. Compare also French net, Italian netto.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈnɛt]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈnət]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈnet]

#### Adjective

net (feminine neta, masculine plural nets, feminine plural netes)
* clean
    Antonyms: brut, sutze
* net
* (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
* cleanly

### Etymology 2

Derived in masculine from the feminine neta, from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis (“granddaughter”). Compare Portuguese neto and Spanish nieto.

#### Alternative forms

* nét (pre-2016 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnet]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

net m (plural nets, feminine neta)
* grandson
    Coordinate term: nebot

### 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, 2025
* “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.
* “nét” 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: /net/, /nət/

### Adverb

net
* (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: /nɛt/, [ˈnɛd̥]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

net (plural and definite singular attributive nette)
* visually pleasing and proper; well-groomed

##### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### Etymology 2

Older ned, from Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, 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)
* net, web
* Abbreviation of internet.
* tote bag

##### Declension
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛt/
* Hyphenation: net
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

net n (plural netten, diminutive netje n)
* net (mesh)
* net (device for catching and trapping)
* television channel
    Synonyms: kanaal, zender
* television network (Can we verify this sense?)
* omentum, caul
* a network, especially the Internet
    Synonyms: internet, web

##### Derived terms

* achter het net vissen
* grote net
* naast het net vissen
* netpanty
* netvlies
* telefoonnet
* visnet
* vlindernet

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: net
* → Indonesian: net
* → Lokono: nete
* → Papiamentu: nèt

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

net (comparative netter, superlative netst)
* clean, tidy
* decent, proper

##### Derived terms

* netheid
* netjes

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: net
* → Papiamentu: nèt

#### Adverb

net
* tidily, neatly
* decently, properly
* just, nearly, barely
* just recently

##### Derived terms

* net als

##### Descendants

* → Indonesian: necis (“neatly”)
* → Papiamentu: nèchi, netsje, netjes

### References

* ↑ net; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

### Anagrams

* ent, ten

## Elfdalian
### Etymology

From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). Cognate to Swedish nät.

### Noun

net n
* net

#### Inflection
## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Noun

net n (genitive singular nets, plural net)
* (fowling, sports) mesh, the material to make a "nót" (fishing net)
* A network (computing)
* A net for carrying hay

#### Derived terms

* eiturkoppanet

#### Related terms

* tráður
* silkitráður
* lokkanet

## Finnish
### Etymology

From ne (“they”) +‎ -t (nominative plural). Compare Estonian need.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnet/, [ˈne̞t̪]
* Rhymes: -et
* Hyphenation: net

### Pronoun

net
* (now dialectal, demonstrative) Alternative form of ne.
* (dialectal, personal) Alternative form of he.

#### Declension

Same as ne except for the nominative plural form.

### 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: /nɛt/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt
* Homophones: nets, nette, nettes

### Adjective

net (feminine nette, masculine plural nets, feminine plural nettes)
* clean, tidy
* clear
* net (as opposed to gross)

#### Derived terms

* clair et net
* en avoir le cœur net
* nettement
* netteté

#### Related terms

* nettoyer

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: net
* → Spanish: neto
* → Turkish: net

### Further reading

* “net”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus.

### Adjective

net
* 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
* completely, entirely

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛt/, /nət/
* Audio (Bavaria):(file)
* Audio (Southwest Germany):(file)

### Adverb

net
* (Austria, Southern Germany, parts of Central Germany, colloquial) Alternative form of nicht (“not”)
    Hab ich’s dir net erzählt?Have I not told you?

#### Alternative forms

* ned, (internet slang) nd

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛt]
* Hyphenation: net
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Noun

net (plural netek)
* (informal, computing, Internet) Internet
    Synonym: internet

#### Declension
## Hunsrik
### Alternative forms

* nët (Wiesemann spelling system)

### Etymology

From Middle High German nicht, from Old High German niowiht. Cognates include German nicht and Luxembourgish net.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /net/

### Adverb

net
* not
    Die Blum is net rod.The flower is not red.
    De Hund laafd net schnell.The dog does not run fast.
    De Mann essd de Eppel net.The man does not eat the apple.
** 2018, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Cléo V. Altenhofen, Der Moint om Stricke:En Hoohn alleen strickt noch net en Moint(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛːt/
* Rhymes: -ɛːt

### Noun

net n (genitive singular nets, nominative plural net)
* net
* (computing) network
* (computing, usually definite) the Internet
    Synonym: Internet
    Ég þoli þetta ekki, ég kemst ekki á netið.I can't stand it, I can't connect to the internet.

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛt̚]
* Hyphenation: nèt

### Noun

net (plural net-net)
* (sports) net, a mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
    Hyponym: jaring

### Further reading

* “net” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kven
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnet/

### Determiner

net
* these, those

### Pronoun

net
* these, those
* they

#### Declension

Declension of net
singular
plural
nominative
se
net
genitive
sen
niitten, niinen
partitive
sitä
niitä
illative
siihen
niihin
inessive
siinä
niissä
elative
siitä, siittä
niistä
allative
sille, sillet
niile, niilet
adessive
sillä
niilä
ablative
siltä
niiltä
translative
sinä
niinä
essive
siksi
niiksi :

#### Synonyms

* (they): het

#### See also
### References

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

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈnet/, [ˈnɛt̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈnet/, [ˈnɛt̪]

### Verb

net
* third-person singular present active subjunctive of nō
* third-person singular present active indicative of neō

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From ne (“no”) + a particle -t of indeterminate origin, perhaps formed similarly to bèt (“but, yet”).

### Particle

nèt
* even
    net jis verkė ― even he cried
    jis net verkė ― he even cried

### References

* ↑ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “nèt”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 423-4
* ↑ “net”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

### Further reading

* “net”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
* “net”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

## 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: /net/, [nət]
** Rhymes: -ət

### Adverb

net
* not

## Meänkieli
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nek +‎ -t (“nominative plural suffix”). Compare Finnish ne, net.

### Pronoun

net
* they

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* nett, nette, nete

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛːt/, /nɛt/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

net
* worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant
* net

##### Descendants

* English: neat, net
* Scots: neat, nate
* Yola: neatt, neeat, naate, nate

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English nett.

#### Noun

net
* net (a mesh of string, cord or rope)

##### Descendants

* English: net

### References

* ↑ “nē̆t, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* ↑ “net, n.(1).”, 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

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

net m
* (Jersey) clean
    Synonym: propre
** 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 515:Tout neû g'nêt néquie net.A new broom sweeps clean.

#### Derived terms

* netti (“to clean”)

#### Related terms

* nettisseux m (“cleaner”)
* nettithie f (“cleaning”)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

net n (definite singular netet, indefinite plural net, definite plural neta or neti)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of nett

## Old English
### Noun

net n
* Alternative form of nett

## Old French
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /net/

### Adjective

net m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nete)
* clean

#### Descendants

* Anglo-Norman: neit
** → Middle English: *nete
*** English: neat
*** Scots: neat
* French: net (see there for further descendants)
* → Breton: néat
* → Middle Dutch: net
** Dutch: net
** → Middle High German: nett (Lower Rhenish)
*** Alemannic German: nett
*** German: nett
**** → Danish: net
* → Middle English: net, nette
** English: net (obsolete)
* → Spanish: neto (if not from Catalan)

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĭtĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 151

## Old Irish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

net m (genitive nit, nominative plural nit)
* nest

#### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Descendants

* Irish: nead
* Scottish Gaelic: nead
* Manx: edd (“nest”)

### References

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

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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

### Noun

net n
* net

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: net
* Faroese: net
* Norwegian: nett, net
* Old Swedish: næt
** Swedish: nät
* Danish: net

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “net”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German niwiht, niweht, niht, a contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), the last from Proto-Germanic *wihtą.
Compare German nicht, Dutch niet, English not.

### Adverb

net
* not

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Clipping of internet.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɛ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnɛ.tɨ/
* Hyphenation: net

### Noun

net f (usually uncountable, plural nets)
* (colloquial) Net; the Internet
    Synonyms: rede, Internet, web
* (colloquial, by extension) Internet connection
    Fiquei sem net por uma hora.I lost my Internet connection for one hour.

### References

* ↑ “net”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “net”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /net/

### Adjective

net m or n (feminine singular netă, masculine plural neți, feminine and neuter plural nete)
* net
* clear, clear-cut, plain

#### Synonyms

* (clear): clar

### Adverb

net
* clearly, distinctly
* plainly, flatly
* directly, bluntly, point blank, crisply
* avowedly

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /net/

### Etymology 1

From French net, from Latin nitidus.

#### Adjective

net
* clear
* manifest
* (of an amount) net
    Antonym: brüt

##### Declension

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

##### Related terms

* netleşmek

### Etymology 2

From English net.

#### Noun

net (definite accusative neti, plural netler)
* (sports) The net used in ping-pong or tennis.

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
net
netler
definite accusative
neti
netleri
dative
nete
netlere
locative
nette
netlerde
ablative
netten
netlerden
genitive
netin
netlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
netim
netlerim
2nd singular
netin
netlerin
3rd singular
neti
netleri
1st plural
netimiz
netlerimiz
2nd plural
netiniz
netleriniz
3rd plural
netleri
netleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
netimi
netlerimi
2nd singular
netini
netlerini
3rd singular
netini
netlerini
1st plural
netimizi
netlerimizi
2nd plural
netinizi
netlerinizi
3rd plural
netlerini
netlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
netime
netlerime
2nd singular
netine
netlerine
3rd singular
netine
netlerine
1st plural
netimize
netlerimize
2nd plural
netinize
netlerinize
3rd plural
netlerine
netlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
netimde
netlerimde
2nd singular
netinde
netlerinde
3rd singular
netinde
netlerinde
1st plural
netimizde
netlerimizde
2nd plural
netinizde
netlerinizde
3rd plural
netlerinde
netlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
netimden
netlerimden
2nd singular
netinden
netlerinden
3rd singular
netinden
netlerinden
1st plural
netimizden
netlerimizden
2nd plural
netinizden
netlerinizden
3rd plural
netlerinden
netlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
netimin
netlerimin
2nd singular
netinin
netlerinin
3rd singular
netinin
netlerinin
1st plural
netimizin
netlerimizin
2nd plural
netinizin
netlerinizin
3rd plural
netlerinin
netlerinin :

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “net1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “net2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English net.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [nɛt̚˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [nɛt̚˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [nɛk̚˦˥]
* Phonetic spelling: nét

### Noun

net
* (colloquial) Short for quán net (“Internet cafe”).
    đi net ― to go to an Internet cafe

## West Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛt/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adverb

net
* 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 *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

#### Noun

net n (plural netten, diminutive netsje)
* net

##### Further reading

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