nérée, n.m., Nereus. L’empire de — (poet.) the sea.
néréide, n.f., (myth.) Nereid.
nerf (nèrf), n.m., nerve, sinew; fortitude, vigor, strength, stamina; (bookbind.) cord, slip of tape. Attaque de —s; fit, nervous attack, hysterics. [The f is mute in nerf, when used in the pl., and in nerf de bœuf.] L’argent est le — de la guerre; money is the sinews of war. Donner sur les —s; to make one feel nervous; to irritate one; to rack one’s nerves. Manquer de —; to be wanting in energy.
nerf-férure, n.f., (—s-—s) (vet.) overreach.
nérite, n.f., (conch.) nerite.
néroli, n.m., neroli.
nerprun, n.m., (bot.) buckthorn.
☉nervaison, n.f., (med.) nervous system.
☉nerval, -e, adj., acting upon the nerves, nervine.
nervé, -e, part., nerved, nervose; corded.