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Née is a small French word meaning ‘born,’ used in English after a married woman’s name to show the family name she had at birth — the name before she took her husband’s. You write it like this: Mary Chen, née Wang.
Née is a small French word meaning 'born,'Née是一個小小的法文字,意思是「出生」 used in English after a married woman's name to show the family name she had at birth英文裡會放在已婚女性的名字後面,用來表示她出生時的本姓 the name before she took her husband's也就是她冠夫姓之前的姓 You write it like this寫法像這樣: Mary Chen, née WangMary Chen, née Wang
It is formal and mostly written: wedding papers, death notices, life stories, name lists. In everyday talk people would just say ‘her maiden name was Wang’ or ‘she was born Wang.’ Because née is the feminine form in French, English uses it for women.
It is formal and mostly written這個字很正式,大多用在書面上: wedding papers, death notices, life stories, name lists結婚文件、訃聞、生平介紹、名單 In everyday talk people would just say ‘her maiden name was Wang’ or ‘she was born Wang.’日常說話時,大家就直接說「her maiden name was Wang(她娘家姓王)」或「she was born Wang(她本姓王)」 Because née is the feminine form in French因為née在法文裡是陰性的形式 English uses it for women所以英文用它來指女性
French also has masculine né, but English almost never bothers with it.
French also has masculine né法文也有陽性的né but English almost never bothers with it但英文幾乎不會用到它
Née is not a first name and not a verb; it is a little label inside a name.
Née is not a first name and not a verbNée不是名字,也不是動詞: it is a little label inside a name它是嵌在名字裡的一個小標籤
組成From French née, ‘born’ (feminine singular). Same Latin ‘born’ family as natal, Natal, Noel, and nada.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
néeadj/neɪ/
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Used when giving the maiden name of a woman.
- Mrs Smith, née Jones
- 1891, A Scandal in Bohemia, Arthur Conan Doyle Irene Norton, née Adler.
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Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.
- Since the name change, Butch (née Frances) seems more tough and self-assured.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。