Home › Words › N › nuquenuque/njuːk/nuque means the nape of the neck.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nuque ranks #9,305 of 42,749 for Qualifying.nuque is pronounced /njuːk/.EtymologyFrom Middle French nuque, nuche, from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ). Doublet of nucha.nounThe nape of the neck.e.g.“He had buried his mouth in Ada's nuque, when she stiffened and raised a warning finger.” — 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 158:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.nuchal 78% match — The back of the neck. vs nuque →hindneck 73% match — The area just below the nape of the neck (of a bird). vs nuque →auchenium 68% match — The back of a bird's neck; the nape. vs nuque →encolure 64% match — The neck of a horse. vs nuque →nuchalgia 63% match — Pain in the back of the neck. vs nuque →midneck 61% match — The middle part of the neck. vs nuque →dorsonuchal 61% match — Relating to the back and to the back of the neck. vs nuque →occipitonuchal 61% match — Of or relating to the occiput and the back of the neck. vs nuque →