English Online Dictionary. What means nude? What does nude mean?
English
Etymology
Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: n(y)o͞od, IPA(key): /n(j)uːd/
- Rhymes: -uːd
Adjective
nude (comparative nuder, superlative nudest)
- Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
- 2019 December 19, Elaine McCahill, “I said no to 'Game of Thrones' nude scene, says 'Charlie' actress Sinead Watters”, Irish Independent: Charlie's breakout star Sinead Watters has revealed that she said no to a nude role in Game of Thrones.
- (of clothing, makeup, etc) Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nude.
- (law, archaic) Not valid; void.
Synonyms
- (naked): See Thesaurus:nude
- (skin-colored): flesh-colored, skin-colored, carnation
Derived terms
Related terms
- denude
- nudism
- nudist
- nudity
Translations
Noun
nude (plural nudes)
- A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
- (with article, "the nude") The state of total nudity.
- A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.
Translations
See also
- naturism
- skinny dipping
- birthday suit
- fig leaf
References
- “nude”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
- Düne, dune, undé
Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from English nude, Italian nudo, French nu and Spanish nudo/Portuguese nu (also desnudo and desnudo), all from Latin nūdus.
Adjective
nude (comparative plus nude, superlative le plus nude)
- nude, naked, bare
Derived terms
- nuditate
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnu.de/
- Rhymes: -ude
- Hyphenation: nù‧de
Adjective
nude
- feminine plural of nudo
Anagrams
- dune
Latin
Adjective
nūde
- vocative masculine singular of nūdus
References
- “nude”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
nude
- optative active singular of nudati (“to push”)
Portuguese
Noun
nude (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural nudes)
- (Internet slang) nude (photograph of a naked person)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnu.de]
Adjective
nude
- feminine/neuter plural of nud
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English nude.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnude/ [ˈnu.ð̞e]
- Rhymes: -ude
- Syllabification: nu‧de
- IPA(key): /ˈnjud/ [ˈnjuð̞]
- Rhymes: -ud
Noun
nude f (plural nudes)
- nude (a photograph of a naked person)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.