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Yes. The word nye is a Scrabble US word. The word nye is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

N1Y4E1

Is nye a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nye is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

N1Y4E1

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3-letter words (2 found)

NYE,YEN,

2-letter words (4 found)

EN,NE,NY,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from nye according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nye

nye

English

Etymology

Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophone: nigh

Noun

nye (plural nyes)

  1. A brood or flock of pheasants.

Anagrams

  • -yne, Ney, Yen, eny, ney, yen

Albanian

Noun

nye m (plural neje, definite neni, definite plural nejet)

  1. (Gheg) alternative form of nyjë

Danish

Adjective

nye

  1. definite/plural of ny

Dumbea

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naje/

Noun

nye

  1. needle

References

  • Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
  • Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Ewe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲè/

Pronoun

nyè

  1. I

Verb

nyè

  1. to swerve
  2. to swing

Igbo

Verb

nyè

  1. give

Japanese

Romanization

nye

  1. The katakana syllable ニェ (nye) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Mende

Noun

nye

  1. fish

Middle English

Noun

nye

  1. alternative form of noy

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

  1. one
  2. another

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

nye

  1. definite singular of ny
  2. plural of ny

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

nye

  1. definite singular of ny
  2. plural of ny

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

  1. one

Inflection

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

  1. one
  2. another

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Prepositional phrase

nye

  1. alternative form of naye

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nyé

  1. one

Inflection

Swedish

Adjective

nye

  1. definite natural masculine singular of ny

Tooro

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɲe/

Pronoun

nye

  1. I, me (first-person singular personal pronoun)
    Synonym: nyowe
    Ni nye. ― It's me.

Usage notes

  • This shortened variant is only used after particles such as na, nka or ni.

See also

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 411

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

  1. one
  2. another

Inflection

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

  1. (with enumerative concord or copulative adjective concord) one
  2. some
  3. another
  4. additional, more

Usage notes

  • This word only means "one" when used with the enumerative concord, or with a copulative adjective concord.
  • The meaning "one" is normally used only with singular nouns. It can be used with plurale tantum nouns, in the meaning "one kind of".

Inflection

Derived terms

  • kanye
  • ubunye

See also

  • -dwa

References

  • C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-nye”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nye”

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