Née is used in French, and also in English, to describe a woman's last name (family name, surname) at birth. The more widely used term is her maiden name. Né, which is used much less often, indicates the birth last name of man, when his last name is now different. Most commonly, Née is used when a woman has changed her name due to marriage.

Jun 10, 2016 · Question (a): née is the female past participle of the French word naître meaning "to be born*. English has borrowed the word from French with the meaning "born with the name". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, née in this sense is attested since at least 1758, and nee (without the accent) since the late 19th century.

Apr 9, 2017 · Rita née Rebecca Lerner implies that she was born Rebecca Lerner, but it does not make it clear whether she also used the surname Lerner later in life when she was called Rita. Rita Lerner née Rebecca Lerner leaves no ambiguity in this regard. If her married surname was Smith, you would be better writing Rita Smith née Rebecca Lerner.

Jul 3, 2019 · For registration purposes (in England/Wales) a maiden name does not mean the name a woman is born with, so the terms "née" and "maiden name" are not interchangeable. In civil registration a maiden name is defined as "the name in which a woman first contracted a marriage". This will often be same as her name at birth, but not always.

Jul 22, 2023 · Passenger List: Ship: Bark Elbe Hamburg, Germany to New York, New York 1 October, 1860 Joh Salsow 35 m farmer Germany US [J Heinrich] Marie Salsow 29 f Germany US [née Schröder] Doretha Salsow 6m f Germany US

According to many sources, e.g. Wikipedia: Argot is a secret language used by various groups—including, but not limited to, thieves and other criminals—to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. Jargon is terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, group, or event.

Jan 6, 2017 · However, Wikipedia's page on Spanish naming conventions notes that: Currently in Spain, people bear a single or composite given name (nombre) and two surnames (apellidos). Traditionally, a person's first surname is the father's first surname (apellido paterno), and the second one is the mother's first surname (apellido materno).

Here are all the variants I have found for the words in question, including comments from Wikipedia talk pages about the tones: French feu: /fø/ (Wiktionary) Lao ເຝີ (feu): /fə̆ː/ (SEAlang) "the Lao word, feu, uses a neutral tone" (Wikipedia talk page for the Lao word) /fǝ̌ǝ/ (found by Googling) /fɤˆː/ (found by Googling ...

Aug 21, 2019 · Here are some features that are common to many languages, but absent in English. It's worth taking WALS entries with a grain of salt, but the chapters are great at calling out potential issues and borderline cases and identifying areal patterns.

And looking them up on Wikipedia doesn't help a lot... Wikipedia on phonology: Phonology is, broadly speaking, the subdiscipline of linguistics concerned with "the sounds of language". Wikipedia on phonetics: Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech.