16 окт. 2024 г. · Neuf does mean new in French. I think it might be old-fashioned because nouveau is used way more (possibly because neuf can also mean nine) ...

14 июл. 2024 г. · As a characteristic of Indo-European languages. Same in English (new - nine) and German (neu - neun). A very similar is the relation between eight and night.

22 июн. 2020 г. · Neuf is for singular masculine words, neuve is for singular feminine words. Nouveau is for plural masculin and nouvelle plural feminine. Edit: ...

There are two different adjectives that translate to "new", with different meanings; this explains in more detail: ...

9 июл. 2021 г. · Neuf/neuve also means "new." It's totally unrelated to the word neuf (9). It's not an idiom, it just means "all new."

12 авг. 2024 г. · Latin had novum “new” (accusative case) and novem “nine”; those fell together through sound changes into modern French neuf. Upvote 3

22 нояб. 2022 г. · It means new as in unused. Examples could be a new car or new clothes. Nouveau means that it's existence has just begun.

29 дек. 2022 г. · Neuf means never used or almost never used. Nouveau/Nouvel/… is put before the noun (ex: un nouveau manteau ). Neuf is put after the word.

30 авг. 2021 г. · Nouveau, nouvel, nouveaux, nouvelles all mean "new." This is the word I use for "new" 90% of the time. Neuf/neuve/neufs/neuves all mean "brand new" like for a ...

29 июл. 2021 г. · You'd use "neuf" when you want to talk about something that is "brand-new" or in "pristine condition". "nouveau" is a more general term that ...