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Definitions and meaning of no

no

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /nəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /noʊ/
Rhymes: -əʊ
Homophones: know, noh

Etymology 1

From Middle English no, noo, na, a reduced form of none, noon, nan (“none, not any”) used before consonants (compare a to an), from Old English nān (“none, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“not any”, literally “not one”), equivalent to ne (“not”) +‎ a. Cognate with Scots nae (“no, not any, none”), Old Frisian nān, nēn ("no, not any, none"), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), North Frisian nian (“no, not any, none”), Old Dutch nēn ("no, not any, none"; > Dutch neen (“no”)), Old Norse neinn (“no, not any, none”). Compare also Old Saxon nigēn ("not any"; > Low German nen), Old Dutch nehēn (Middle Dutch negheen/negeen, Dutch geen), West Frisian gjin, Old High German nihein (> German kein). More at no, one.

Determiner

Not any.
Antonyms: any, some
Hardly any.
Antonyms: quite, some
Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

Derived terms

Translations

See no/translations § Determiner.

Etymology 2

From Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle), equivalent to Old English ne (“not”) + ā, ō (“ever, always”). Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), West Frisian nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay.

Adverb

no (not comparable)

(Except in Scotland, now only used with different, with comparatives more and less, and informally with certain other adjectives such as good and fun) Not, not at all.
- 1725, Daniel Defoe, An essay on the history and reality of apparitions
  AS the Devil is not so Black as he is Painted, so neither does he appear in so many Shapes as we make for him; we Dress him up in more Suits of Cloaths, and more Masquerade Habits, than ever he wore; and I question much, if he was to see the Pictures and Figures which we call Devil, whether he would know himself by some of them or no.

Particle

Used to show disagreement or negation.
Synonyms: nay, nope

Antonyms: yes, yea, aye, maybe
Used to show agreement with a negative question.
Synonyms: nah, nay, nope
(colloquial) Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.

Descendants

→ American Sign Language: H^[email protected] Flatten

Preposition

without
like
(colloquial, usually humorous) not, does not, do not, etc.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:no

Coordinate terms

(expression of negation): way

Derived terms

Translations

See no/translations § Particle.

Noun

no (plural noes or nos)

a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval
a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition

Synonyms

nope
nay

Antonyms

Translations

See no/translations § Noun.

Etymology 3

Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero (“in number, to the number of”).

Adverb

no (not comparable)

(archaic) Alternative form of No.

Noun

no (plural nos)

Alternative form of No.

References

no at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

-on, ON, ON., on, on-

Ainu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [no̞]

Etymology 1

Particle

no (Kana spelling ノ)

Adverbialising particle; -ly, ing

Etymology 2

Particle

no (Kana spelling ノ)

Alternative form of ro

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

Contraction

no n (masculine nel, feminine na, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nes)

in the

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

Etymology 1

Verb

no- (Bengali script নো)

to say

Etymology 2

From Hindi नौ (nau).

Numeral

no (Bengali script নো)

nine

Synonyms

chykhyw
nain

References

van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. For "nine", stated in Appendix 3.

Awa (New Guinea)

Noun

water

References

The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan no, non, from Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈno/
Rhymes: -o

Interjection

no (negation; commonly used to respond negatively to a question)

Adverb

not, main negation marker

Antonym: sí

Derived terms

no-res
si més no

Cebuano

Alternative forms

(slang) noh

Etymology

From Spanish no.

Interjection

indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism
indicating that what was just said was obvious and unnecessary; contrived incredulity

Czech

Etymology

Short for ano (“yes”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈno]

Interjection

well, why

Adverb

certainly, indeed, of course
yeah, yep

Dimasa

Noun

home

Dumbea

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /noː/

Noun

mosquito

References

Leenhardt, M., Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie, 1946. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y., Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie, 1990. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/
Hyphenation: no

Noun

no (accusative singular no-on, plural no-oj, accusative plural no-ojn)

The name of the Latin-script letter N.

Ewe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

Noun

breast

Verb

to drink
to suck

Finnish

Etymology

Similar interjections can be found in other Finnic languages (compare Estonian no, noh, Karelian no, Livonian no, noh, Votic no). Compare also to those found in neighboring Indo-European languages (such as Swedish nå, Latvian nu, Russian ну (nu)), which may all trace back as far as Proto-Indo-European *nu. SSA concludes that the interjection is probably part original and part foreign.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: no

Interjection

well! (to acknowledge a situation; encouragement to answer or react; expressing the overcoming of reluctance to say something; exclamation of indignance)

References

Anagrams

-on, on

French

Alternative forms

nº, Nº

Noun

no m

Abbreviation of numéro (“number”).

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Adverb

no
Antonym: sì

Fula

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

how?

Galician

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + masculine article o (“the”)

Contraction

no m (feminine na, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nas)

in the

Etymology 2

From a mutation of o.

Pronoun

no m (accusative)

Alternative form of o (“him”)

Usage notes

The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.

Related terms

Garo

Noun

younger sister

Synonyms

nogipa (formal)
nono

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nu.

Pronoun

Hawaiian

Preposition

for, belonging to, from

Usage notes

Used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars), while na is used for acquired possessions.

Hone

Noun

husband

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English no, French non, Italian no, Spanish no. Paronym to ne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

Interjection

no
Antonym: yes

Interlingua

Adverb

Noun

no (plural nos)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔ

Adverb

no
Antonym: sì
not
(by ellipsis) Used to replace negated nouns or adjectives; non-, not
Synonym: meno
Used at the end of a sentence as a sort of tag question or to emphasize a statement; isn't it so, right
Synonyms: nevvero, neh

Related terms

Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of の
Rōmaji transcription of ノ

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit नव (nava).

Numeral

nine; 9

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ/

Particle

(it is) only
Gĩkũrũ kĩega no kĩratina. - The only good old thing is a sausage tree fruit (for fermenting muratina).

Mũndũ ũtathiaga oigaga no nyina ũrugaga wega. - One who does not travel says only his/her mother's cooking is good.

Conjunction

but
Mĩano ndĩtukanagio no kanua. - The diviner's gourds do not get confused, but a mouth does.

References

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin non.

Adverb

Ladino

Adverb

no (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נו‎)

Interjection

no (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נו‎)

Lashi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nak (“black, evil”). Cognates include Burmese နက် (nak) and Tibetan སྣག (snag).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/, [nɔ̃ʔ]

Adjective

black

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/, /nɔ/

Adverb

early

References

Hkaw Luk, A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), 2017

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *snāō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νάω (náō).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /noː/, [noː]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no/, [nɔ]

Verb

nō (present infinitive nāre, perfect active nāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to swim
to float
(poetic) to sail, flow, fly, etc.
(of the eyes of drunken persons) to swim
- 1st century BC, Lucretius, De rerum natura iii. 479.
  Cum vini vis penetravit,
  
  Consequitur gravitas membrorum, præpediuntur
  
  Crura vacillanti, tardescit lingua, madet mens,
  
  Nant oculi, clamor, sigultis, jurgia gliscunt. --
  When once the force of wine hath inly pierst,
  
  Limbes-heavinesse is next, legs faine would goe,
  
  But reeling cannot, tongue drawles, mindes disperst,
  
  Eyes swime, ciries, hickups, brables grow.

Conjugation

Derived terms

enō
nāns, nantis (“swimming, floating”)
nāns, nantis f (“a swimmer”)
Greges nantium.
Swimming fowl. (geese, ducks etc.; literally means groups of swimming ones)
natō
nāre sine cortice (“to do without a guardian”, literally “to swim without corks”)
nāre per aestatem liquidam (“to fly”, literally “to swim through cloudless summer”)

References

no in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
no in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891

Latvian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

from
out of
for
of
with

Lombard

Adverb

Alternative spelling of nò.

Louisiana Creole French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

Pronoun

Alternative form of nouzòt

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German nāh, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /noː/
- Rhymes: -oː

Preposition

no (+ dative)

after (in time)
after (in a sequence)
according to
to, towards (a direction)

Derived terms

no an no

Adjective

no (masculine noen, neuter not, comparative méi no, superlative am noosten or am nächsten)

nearby, near, nigh
close, closely related

Declension

Middle Dutch

Conjunction

nō

Alternative form of noch

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German nāch, from Old High German nāh. Cognate with Cimbrian nå and German nach; see there for more.

Preposition

(+ dative) after

Derived terms

nomitto

References

“no” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

nå, nu

Adverb

(obsolete) now (this very moment)

Usage notes

Part of the "Nazi reform" of 1941, made during Norwegian occupation by Germany. Almost exclusively used in texts made under occupation, and not generally considered a part of the official Bokmål chronology.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse nú. Akin to English now.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nuː/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

no n (definite singular noet, indefinite plural no, definite plural noa)

moment; point in time

Adverb

Interjection

used when finding something out; when being irritated

Derived terms

noverande

References

“no” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Notsi

Particle

plural marker

Old English

Etymology

ne +‎ ā

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /noː/

Adverb

nō

Alternative form of nā

Old Irish

Conjunction

Alternative spelling of nó

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin non.

Adverb

no
Antonym: oc

Descendants

Catalan: no
Occitan: non

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit नः (naḥ, “us”).

Pronoun

accusative/instrumental/genitive/dative plural of ahaṃ (“us”)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit नो (no, “and not”)

Particle

surely not
indeed not

Usage notes

Sometimes reinforced by na (“not”)

Derived terms

no ce (“unless”)
noce (“unless”)

Etymology 3

Emphatic form of nu (“then, now”)

Particle

indeed, then, now

References

“no”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese não and Spanish no and Kabuverdianu nau.

Adverb

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ/

Etymology 1

From ano, from Old Polish a ono. Compare Slovak no, Czech no.

Interjection

(colloquial) yeah, yep
(colloquial) Filled pause.

Etymology 2

Particle

(colloquial) Emphatic particle used with imperatives.
- 1841, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Szkice obyczajowe i historyczne, page 171
  ... wróciwszy z kluczem na posłanie. — Niech mnie licho porwie, jeśli cię puszczę — musisz zostać z nami. — O! figle! no! no! daj no klucza, rzekł śmiejąc się Alexy, daj no, serce, klucza! daj! Daj pokój zartom, dobranoc wam — No! daj klucza !

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /nu/
Homophone: nu
Hyphenation: no
Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese no, clipping of eno, from en (“in”) + o (“the”).

Contraction

no m (plural nos, feminine na, feminine plural nas)

Contraction of em o (“in the”).
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 546:
  Está na hora de testarmos os nossos talentos no mundo real, você não acha?
  It's time to test our talents in the real world, don't you think?

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Alternative form of o (third-person masculine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Rohingya

Alternative forms

𐴕𐴡‎ (no) - Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Sanskrit नवन् (navan, “nine”).

Numeral

no (Hanifi spelling 𐴕𐴡)

nine

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ(ː)/, /no/

Interjection

(Transylvania) well, so

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

air neo, neo

Etymology

From Old Irish nó, nú, from Proto-Celtic *now- (compare Welsh neu and Old Breton nou).

Conjunction

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *nъ, (Russian но (no), ну (nu)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic (Lithuanian nu), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”), (Latin nun-c, Ancient Greek νῦν (nûn)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

Conjunction

no (Cyrillic spelling но)

(after a comparative, regional, dated, expressively) than (=nȅgo, ȍd)

→ (= modern)
(denoting exclusion) but, however

Etymology 2

From Japanese 能 (nō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nôː/

Noun

nȏ m (Cyrillic spelling но̑)

(theater) noh

Etymology 3

From the conjunction no.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

Particle

no (Cyrillic spelling но)

(in a dialog, when responding to the interlocutor) damn right!, you bet! very much so!

References

“no” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“no” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“no” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Shabo

Verb

Siane

Noun

water

References

The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish non, from Latin nōn (compare Catalan no, Galician non, French non, Italian no, Portuguese não, Romanian nu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno]

Adverb

Derived terms

Alternative forms

non (archaic)

Interjection

¿no?

eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)

Derived terms

nonada

Noun

no m (plural noes)

Etymology 2

Contracted form of Latin numero, ablative singular of numerus (“number”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnumeɾo/, [ˈnu.me.ɾo]

Noun

no m (plural nos)

Abbreviation of número.; no.

Alternative forms

№, No., no.

References

“no” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English no.

Adverb

Derived terms

nogat

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ɗɔː (“satiated”); cognate with Arem /dɑː/.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɔ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [nɔ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nɔ˧˧]

Adjective

no • (奴, 𩛂) (phonemic reduplicative no no)

full (of the stomach)
Antonym: đói
(archaic) full; complete
(chemistry, of a solution) saturated
(chemistry, of an organic compound) saturated

Usage notes

In modern usages, no only refers to the stomach being full, or by extension, a person having had enough to eat.

Derived terms

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French nom, from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

no m (plural nos)

name

West Frisian

Adverb

Derived terms

notiid

Interjection

eh, isn't it, true (at end of declarative sentence, forms question to prompt listener's agreement)

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /nuː/, /nouː/, /nɔuː/, /nɒuː/
Rhymes: -úː

(ð-dropping) Rhymes: -úː, -úːð

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German nouwen.

Verb

no (preterite noä or nodd, supine nodt)

(intransitive) to be of harm; to be damaging
(intransitive) to suffer, to lack something

Han no int
“He suffers not”: There is no emergency for him.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse nóg, nógr, gnógr, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz.

Adverb

enough, sufficient
probably
(interverbal) yet, indeed

Derived terms

Related terms

nögd

Etymology 3

From Old Norse nói m (“small vessel”); compare Norwegian no m (“vessel made of a hollowed log”), Armenian նո (no, “small vessel”). The pronunciation of the verb with duosyllabic accent might be taken from the verb phrase, as verb phrases often use duosyllabic accent, and most similar verbs otherwise have monsyllabic accent; compare bo (“dwell”) and li (“scythe”).

Noun

no m

trough
trench

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): /²nuː/ (example of pronunciation)
Rhymes: -ùː

(ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ùː, -ùːð

Verb

no (preterite noä)

(transitive, particle båhtti) to make hollow, hollow out

References

Rietz, Johan Ernst, “NO”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 470

Yola

Adverb

References

Jacob Poole, William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, 1867, →ISBN

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a negative reply or vote.
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no

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Determiner

Derived terms

Translations

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Etymology 2

Adverb

Particle

Descendants

Preposition

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

Etymology 3

Adverb

Noun

References

Anagrams

Ainu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Particle

Etymology 2

Particle

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Etymology 2

Numeral

Synonyms

References

Awa (New Guinea)

Noun

References

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Interjection

Adverb

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Interjection

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Interjection

Adverb

Further reading

Dimasa

Noun

Dumbea

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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