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nu.

well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Esperanto language

Meaning & usage

intj/nu/
  1. well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)

    Nu, li diris, ke li ne volas ĉeesti la feston.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German and Dutch nu, Czech and Polish no, Swedish nå, Russian and Ukrainian ну (nu).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.