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ヌード (ぬーど, nuudo) Japanese meaning: nude | Kotomora

ヌード

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Meanings

1

Refers to a nude figure, nude photograph, or the state of being naked, especially in art or media.

美び術じゅつ館かんでヌードの絵えを見みた。

Usage patterns

ヌードになるto become/go nude
モデルは撮さつ影えいのためにヌードになった。
The model went nude for the photo shoot.
〈人ひと〉のヌードを撮とるto take nude photos of someone

Related words

裸はだかN3
裸 is the plain, native Japanese word for being naked in any context, while ヌード specifically evokes an artistic or photographic nude.
裸ら体たい
裸体 is a formal, literary term for a naked body often used in art criticism, whereas ヌード is the more casual loanword used in everyday and media contexts.
ネイキッド
ヌード is the standard katakana word for a nude person or image in art and photography, whereas ネイキッド is rarer and leans toward describing exposed surfaces or design style.
裸ら婦ふ
裸婦 is a formal art-history term used mainly for paintings and sculptures, whereas ヌード is a more casual loanword applied broadly to photography, film, and everyday speech.

I saw a painting of a nude at the art museum.

有ゆう名めいな写しゃ真しん家かが彼かの女じょのヌードを撮とった。

A famous photographer took nude photos of her.

ヌードで〈動どう詞し〉to do something in the nude

彼かれは自じ宅たくでヌードで泳およぐのが好すきだ。

He likes swimming nude at home.

Word family· 10

セミヌード
semi-nude
ヌード写しゃ真しん
nude photo; nude photograph
フルヌード
totally naked; buck naked
オールヌード
totally naked; buck naked
ヌードカラー
nude color; skin color; flesh color

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ヌードショー
striptease; nude show
ヌードシーン
nude scene
ヌードマウス
nude mouse
ヌードモデル
nude model
ヌードスタジオ
nude studio

Etymology

Loanword from English 'nude'.