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Definitions: Nett |
NettAdjective1. Remaining after all deductions; "net profit". Verb1. Catch with a net; "net a fish". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nett" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
NETT | English | N etwork for E nvironmental T echnology T ransfer | Environment, Engineering & Technology |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: NettSynonym: net (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: gross (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Nett |
| Non-English Usage: "Nett" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (cute, cutely, fair, kind, kindly, lovely, natty, neat, neatly, nice, nice-looking, nicely, pleasant, prettily, pretty, tidy). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It will be five years or more before the results of NETT are known. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Nett" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.62% of the time. "Nett" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.62% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 15.38% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "nett" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Nett | Last name | 300 | 25,275 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "nett": nett absorption ♦ nett loading ♦ nett retention ♦ nett uptake in pressure processes. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nett | 32 |
kesarin nett | 23 |
nett vg | 17 |
nett lake | 6 |
nett lake mn | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nett"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | nettet for overførsel af rene teknologier (network for environmental technology transfer), Europæisk informationsnet for teknologioverførsel på miljøområdet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | netwerk voor de overdracht van schone technologie (network for environmental technology transfer), Europees netwerk voor de overdracht van technologie op het gebied van het milieu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Réseau européen pour le transfert de technologie en matière d'environnement, réseau de transfert des technologies propres (network for environmental technology transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Netz für den Transfer sauberer Technologien (network for environmental technology transfer), Europäisches Informationsnetz für Umweltschutz-Technologietransfer (N etwork for E nvironmental T echnology T ransfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ευρωπαϊκό δίκτυο μεταφοράς τεχνολογίας στον τομέα του περιβάλλοντος (N etwork for E nvironmental T echnology T ransfer), δίκτυο μεταφοράς αντυρρυπαντικών τεχνολογιών (network for environmental technology transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kelepce (bailed hook, dead-fall, gin, net, noose, paddle, pitfall, snare, trap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rete per il trasferimento delle tecnologie pulite (network for environmental technology transfer), Rete europea di trasferimento della tecnologia in materia di ambiente (N etwork for E nvironmental T echnology T ransfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | glen (chaste, clean, clear, clearcut, cloudless, downright, emphatic, fair, flat, flat of refusal, fresh-coloured, hygienic, liquidate, peremptory, pure, sheer, to a T, unclouded, unclouded of vision, undefiled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ettnay Rede Europeia de Transferência de Tecnologia Ambiental (N etwork for E nvironmental T echnology T ransfer), rede de transferência de tecnologias limpas (network for environmental technology transfer). (various references) Red Europea de Transferencia de Tecnología Ambiental (N etwork for E nvironmental T echnology T ransfer), red de transferencia de tecnologías limpias (network for environmental technology transfer). (various references) nettoupptag (final absorption, final loading, final retention, final uptake, net absorption, net loading, net retention, net uptake in pressure processes, nett absorption, nett loading, nett retention, nett uptake in pressure processes). (various references) ตาข่าย (mesh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 5, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai touto poihsanteV sunekleisan icquwn plhqoV polu dierrhgnuto de to diktuon autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum hoc fecissent concluserunt piscium multitudinem copiosam rumpebatur autem rete eorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And þa hi þæt dydon hig betugon mycele menigeo fixa: and hyra net wæs tobrocen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne thei hadden don this thing, thei closiden `to gidere a plenteuous multitude of fysches; forsoth her nett was broken. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when they had so done they inclosed a greate multitude of fisshes. And their net brake: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net broke. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 5, Verse 6 |
| Bulgarian | И като сториха това, уловиха твърде много риба, така щото се прокъсваха мрежите им. |
| Cebuano | Ug sa nabuhat na nila kini, ilang nakuha ang mabagang duot sa isda; ug kay nagkabusbos na man ang ilang mga pukot, |
| Chinese | 他 們 下 了 網 、 就 圈 住 許 多 魚 、 網 險 些 裂 開 ． |
| Croatian | Uèiniše tako te uhvatiše veoma mnogo riba; mreže im se gotovo razdirale. |
| Danish | Og da de gjorde det, fangede de en stor Mængde Fisk, og deres Garn sønderreves. |
| Dutch | En als zij dat gedaan hadden, besloten zij een grote menigte vissen, en hun net scheurde. |
| Finnish | Ja sen tehtyään he saivat kierretyksi suuren joukon kaloja, ja heidän verkkonsa repeilivät. |
| French | L`ayant jeté, ils prirent une grande quantité de poissons, et leur filet se rompait. |
| German | Und da sie das taten, beschlossen sie eine große Menge Fische, und ihr Netz zerriß. |
| Haitian Creole | Yo lage senn lan; yo pran yon kantite pwason. Tèlman pwason yo te anpil, senn lan t'ap chire. |
| Hungarian | És ezt megtévén, halaknak nagy sokaságát keríték be; szakadoz vala pedig az õ hálójuk. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sesudah mereka melakukan itu, mereka mendapat begitu banyak ikan sampai jala mereka mulai robek. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah dilabuhkan, dilengkungnya ikan terlalu banyak, sehingga koyaklah pukatnya itu. |
| Italian | E avendolo fatto, presero una quantit enorme di pesci e le reti si rompevano. |
| Korean | 그 리 한 즉 기 를 에 운 것 이 심 히 많 아 그 물 이 찢 어 지 " 지 라 |
| Latvian | Un viòi, to izdarîjuði, noíçra lielu daudzumu zivju, tâ ka viòu tîkls plîsa. |
| Manx Gaelic | As tra v'ad er n'yannoo shoh chruinnee ad dy cheilley lheid yn earroo mooar dy eeastyn; dy row yn lieen oc brishey. |
| Maori | A, no ta ratou meatanga i tenei, he mano tini nga ika i mau i a ratou: ka whakapakaru ta ratou kupenga. |
| Modern Greek | Και αφου εκαμον τουτο, συνεκλεισαν πληθος πολυ ιχθυων και διεσχιζετο το δικτυον αυτων. |
| Norwegian | Og de gjorde så, og fanget en stor mengde fisk; og deres garn revnet. |
| Portuguese | Feito isto, apanharam uma grande quantidade de peixes, de modo que as redes se rompiam. |
| Rumanian | Dupqce le-au aruncat, au prins o awa de mare mulyime de pewti cq kncepeau sq li se rupq mrejile. |
| Russian | у"ЕМБЧ ЬФП, ПОЙ ПКНБМЙ ЧЕМЙЛПЕ НОПЦЕУФЧП ТЩ'Щ, Й "БЦЕ УЕФШ Х ОЙИ ТПТЩЧБМБУШ. |
| Shuar | Tura ajunkar namakan ti Untsurín achikiarmiayi. Túram nekasha jaanaki wémiayi. |
| Spanish | Cuando lo hicieron, atraparon una gran cantidad de peces, y sus redes se rompían. |
| Swahili | Baada ya kufanya hivyo, wakavua samaki wengi, hata nyavu zao zikaanza kukatika. |
| Swedish | Och när de hade gjort så, fingo de en stor hop fiskar i sina nät; och näten gingo sönder. |
| Thai | เมื่อเขาหย่อนลงแล้ว ก็ล้อมปลาไว้เป็นอันมาก จนอวนของเขาขา" |
| Ukrainian | А зробивши оце, вони безліч риби набрали і їхній невід почав прориватись... |
| Uma | Ngkai ree, karatene' -na jala' -ra, wori' mpu'u-mi bau' to mesua' hi rala-na, alaa-na ntepu'u morenta-mi jala' -ra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nett": nettable, netted, netter, netters, nettier, nettiest, netting, nettings, nettle, nettled, nettler, nettlers, nettles, nettlesome, nettlier, nettliest, nettling, nettly, netts, netty. (additional references) | |
Words containing "nett": bayonetted, bayonetting, brunette, brunettes, clarinettist, clarinettists, cornettist, cornettists, dinette, dinettes, dipnetted, dipnetting, genette, genettes, gillnetted, gillnetter, gillnetters, gillnetting, kitchenette, kitchenettes, lorgnette, lorgnettes, luncheonette, luncheonettes, lunette, lunettes, maisonette, maisonettes, marionette, marionettes, mignonette, mignonettes, panettone, panettones, panettoni, sermonette, sermonettes, sonnetted, sonnetting, stockinette, stockinettes, telnetted, telnetting, tonette, tonettes, vignette, vignetted, vignetter, vignetters, vignettes, vignetting, vignettist, vignettists, wagonette, wagonettes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "nett" (pronounced ne"t) |
| 3 | n e" t | Brunet, brunette, clarinet, cornet, coronet, Falconet, kitchenette, Luncheonette, net. |
| 2 | -e" t | abet, anisette, barbette, barrette, beget, beset, bet, cabriolet, cadet, calumet, cassette, cigarette, corvette, debt, diskette, duet, et, flageolet, forget, fret, Gazette, georgette, get, jet, let, met, minaret, minuet, octet, offset, pet, pipette, pirouette, preset, quartet, quintet, regret, reset, Ret, rosette, roulette, set, Sextet, silhouette, sobriquet, statuette, Stet, suffragette, sweat, tet, threat, unmet, unset, upset, vedette, vet, vignette, wet, whet, yet, yett. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tent. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-t-t" | |
-1 letter: net, ten, tet. | |
-2 letters: en, et, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: netts, netty, tenet, tenth, tents, tenty. | |
+2 letters: attend, attent, attune, batten, bitten, detent, entity, extant, extent, fatten, gotten, intent, jetton, kitten, latent, latten, litten, mitten, natter, netted, netter, nettle, nettly, notate, nutate, nutlet, nutted, nutter, patent, patten, potent, ratten, retint, rotten, sitten, talent, tauten, telnet, tenant, tenets, tented, tenter, tenths, tentie, tenuti, tenuto, teston, tetany, tinted, tinter, titmen, tonlet, torten, twenty. | |
+3 letters: attends, attuned, attunes, battens, betting, bittern, cittern, content, contest, context, dentate, dentist, detente, detents, dinette, distent, entente, entitle, entrant, entreat, entrust, entwist, etchant, extents, extinct, fattens, fetting, fitment, flatten, gantlet, genette, getting, gittern, grutten, hutment, instate, intents, intitle, intreat, iterant, jetting, jettons, kittens, knitted, knitter, knotted, knotter, latents, lattens, letting, lunette, mantlet, mittens, natters, nattier, navette, neatest, netters, nettier, netting, nettled, nettler, nettles, nictate, nitrate, nitrite, nittier, notated, notates, nutated, nutates, nutlets, nutmeat, nutters, nuttier, outwent, patents, patient, pattens, pattern, petting, portent, potteen, quintet, ratteen, rattens, reptant, retints, retting, satinet, setting, sextant, shotten, smitten, stentor, stinted, stinter, stouten, student, stunted, tainted, talents, tangent, tannate, tannest, taunted, taunter, tautens, teentsy, telnets, tenants, tennist, tensest, tensity, tentage, tenters, tenthly, tentier, tenting, tenuity, tenutos, ternate, tertian, testing, testons, testoon, tetanal, tetanic, tetanus, tighten, tincted, tiniest, tinters, tintype, tomenta, tonetic, tonette, toniest, tonlets, tontine, torment, torrent, townlet, trident, trinket, tritone, turgent, twinjet, twinset, unstate, vetting, wetting, written. | |
+4 letters: abetment, abetting, abutment, alterant, anisette, annotate, anteater, antedate, antepast, antetype, antevert, antidote, antileft, antitype, antsiest, appetent, astatine, atlantes, attained, attainer, attended, attendee, attender, attorned, attorney, autunite, battened, battener, begotten, betatron, betelnut, bitterns, bluntest, brunette, buttoned, buttoner, castanet, catenate, centrist, chestnut, citterns, coattend, confetti, confetto, contempt, contents, contests, contexts, contrite, cotenant, cottoned, debutant, dentated, dentists, detentes, detonate, dinettes, duetting, earthnut, edentate, emitting, enfetter, entastic, ententes, enthetic, entirety, entities, entitled, entitles, entrants, entreats, entreaty, entrepot, entrusts, entwists, equitant, estating, etchants, eternity, excitant, existent, extincts, exultant, faintest, fattened, fattener, fetation, fettling, fistnote, fitments, flattens, footnote, fretting, frontlet, gantlets, gauntest, gauntlet, genettes, gentlest, gitterns, gnathite, gnattier, hesitant, hutments, identity, impotent, initiate, inputted, insetted, insetter, instated, instates, intently, interact, intercut, interest, intermit, intertie, intimate, intitled, intitles, intitule, intonate, intorted, intranet, intreats, intubate, intuited, jettison, jettying, kittened, knitters, knotters, knottier, latently, lintiest, lunettes, lutenist, mantelet, mantlets, martinet, mintiest, minutest, monteith, nastiest, nattered, nattiest, navettes, nepotist, nettable, nettiest, nettings, nettlers, nettlier, nettling, nictated, nictates, niftiest, nitrated, nitrates, nitrites, nittiest, noisette, nontitle, nutmeats, nutrient, nutsiest, nuttiest, oftenest, ointment, outeaten, outspent, pancetta, patented, patentee, patently, patentor, patients, patinate, patterns, patulent, penitent, petition, pettings, pettling, petulant, petuntse, petuntze, pittance, plantlet, portents, postteen, potently, potstone, potteens, punctate, quintets, quitrent, quotient, ratteens, rattened, rattener, reactant, reattain, rebutton, renitent, reticent, retinite, retinted, retirant, rottener, rottenly, runtiest, sanitate, satinets, scantest, sentient, setenant, settings, settling, sextants, slattern, snottier, stagnate, stannite, stenotic, stentors, sternest, sternite, stetting, stibnite, stinters, stoniest, stoutens, straiten, strength, strident, strunted, students, stuntmen, taconite, talented, tangents, tangiest, tannates, tarletan, tartness, taunters, tautened, tautness, tawniest, tectonic, teeniest, teething, tegmenta, tegument, telethon, telneted, tempting, tenacity, tenanted, tenantry, tenement, tennists, tenorist, tenorite, tenotomy, tentacle, tentages, tentered, tentiest, tentless, tentlike, teosinte, tertians, testoons, tetanics, tetanies, tetanise, tetanize, tetanoid, tetragon, thinnest, thionate, thirteen, threaten, tightens, tincture, tinniest, tinplate, tinstone, tintless, tintypes, titanate, titaness, titanite, tolerant, tomentum, tonetics, tonettes, tontines, topstone, torments, torrents, townlets, transect, transept, trapnest, trawlnet, treating, trecento, tridents, trientes, trinkets, triptane, tritones, trotline, truanted, truncate, tungsten, tunicate, tweeting, twenties, twiniest, twinjets, twinsets, uintaite, umteenth, unbitted, unbitten, unbitter, undotted, unfetter, unfitted, ungotten, unhatted, unletted, unmatted, unpotted, unpretty, unsettle, unstated, unstates, untasted, untented, untested, untether, untilted, untitled, untruest, untufted, unwetted, unwitted, uttering, vegetant, vendetta, vestment, vignette, wettings, whetting, xanthate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 74 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . - - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110100 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e t t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0074 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48718686 |
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