N’eut (en. Had not)

/nø/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Indicates possession or experience in the past.

He did not have time to finish his project.

Il n’eut pas le temps de finir son projet.

Expresses an event that occurred in the past.

She never had problems with her neighbors.

Elle n’eut jamais de problèmes avec ses voisins.

Commonly used in literary or formal contexts.

In his story, the author had no scruples about describing the facts.

Dans son récit, l'auteur n’eut aucun scrupule à décrire les faits.

Form of the verb 'to have', derived from the Latin 'habere'.

if it had not been

a way to speculate on an alternative situation in the past.

s'il n'eut pas été

he only had

to indicate that there was nothing more, often used in a negative sense.

il n'eut que

what did he not have

to express astonishment at what could have been missing.

que n'eut-il pas

to have

Verb meaning to possess or receive.

avoir

will have

Future of the verb 'to have', third person singular.

aura

had

Simple past of the verb 'to have', third person singular.

eut

To have had a bad experience.

After that date, he said he really had no luck.

Après ce date, il dit qu’il n’eut vraiment pas de chance.

Expression used to say that one was unlucky in a situation.

He signed up for the lottery but had nothing.

Il s'est inscrit à la loterie mais n’eut rien.