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NEE (nay)

French word meaning 'born' used to indicate the maiden name of a married woman

Common clues: Society page word; Formerly; Name-dropper's word?; Wedding announcement word; Upper crust word; Born; Once called; Miss-named?

Crossword puzzle frequency: 15 times a year

Frequency in English language: 26536 / 86800

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We don't see this word so often these days, but when we do it is usually née.  It used to be that a recently married woman might be introduced as "Julia Winters née Summers", where the née indicated that her maiden name followed.  Why, you ask?  Because née is the feminine form of the past participle of French naître "to be born", so that "Julia Winters née Summers" means, literally, "Julia Winters born [Julia] Summers".  It first turns up in the written record in 1758.


From: Take Our Word for It”, Issue 169, page 2



NEE (863) 101 We >1 08 Born

60 We+ >1 06 Society page word

37 Tu+ >1 07 Maiden name preceder

28 We- >1 07 Wedding page word

23 Th >1 06 Once called

22 Th- >1 06 Formerly AGO

21 Th- >1 06 Once known as

19 We >1 04 Formerly named

18 Tu+ >1 09 Formerly called

18 Th >1 05 Originally

15 >1 07 Born in Bordeaux

15 Tu >1 99 Born: Fr.

15 We- >1 08 Formerly known as

15 We- >1 93 Society-page word

14 We- >1 98 Bridal bio word

14 Th >1 99 Family tree word

14 We- >1 03 Originally named

13 Mo+ >1 04 Born as

12 We+ >1 08 Miss-named?

12 We+ >1 99 Originally called

10 We- >1 08 Born, in Bordeaux

09 French born

9 We >1 08 Alumna bio word

9 Mo >1 05 Born in France

9 Tu- >1 01 Word before a maiden name

4 We+ >1 09 O'Hara plantation

4 Th- >1 04 Twelve Oaks neighbor