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Née is the feminine form of the French adjective meaning 'born' and is traditionally used to identify the maiden name of a married woman: Mrs Ann Smith, née Jones. In other cases it is used to denote the original name of a woman who has changed her name; in this use it also appears in the masculine form né to refer to a man who has done this and even to non-human name changes: Diana Dors, née Diana Mary Fluck / Norman Charles, né Charles Norman Diggs / The Morning Star, né Daily Worker.

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• Names and Relationships - nee: (adj) female form of ne

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See words rhyming with "née."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - født (pigenavn)

Nederlands (Dutch)
geboren, meisjesnaam

Français (French)
adj. - née

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geborene

Italiano (Italian)
nata

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - nascida (relativo ao nome de solteira)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de soltera

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - född

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مولودة, بالولادة : صيغه تلحق باسم الزوجه للدلاله على اسم اسرتها قبل الزواج‏

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