No. 10,770 in French

neuve

"Neuve" means "new" (feminine form).

In a sentence

J'ai acheté une voiture neuve hier.
I bought a new car yesterday.
'Neuve' here describes the state of the car being newly manufactured or unused.
Ce livre est neuf, il n'a jamais été ouvert.
This book is new; it has never been opened.
'Neuf' (masculine form of 'neuve') is used to indicate the book is unused, reflecting the adjective's core meaning.
Ses idées sont neuves et révolutionnaires.
Her ideas are new and revolutionary.
'Neuves' describes the innovation or novelty of ideas, not their physical condition but their conceptual newness.

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