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no

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English Online Dictionary. What means no‎? What does no mean?

Translingual

Symbol

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Norwegian.

English

Alternative forms

nah, nope, nay

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /nəʊ/
- Rhymes: -əʊ
(US) IPA^(key): /noʊ/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /nəʉ/, /nɐʉ/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /nɐʉ/
(General South African) IPA^(key): /nœʊ/
(Canada) IPA^(key): [noʊ̯], [noː]
Homophones: know, noh

Etymology 1

Inherited 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.
Synonyms: zero, not even one, not one

Antonyms: any, some; one; a few, a couple of, a handful of; multiple, various; many, numerous; countless, every single
Hardly any.
Antonyms: quite, some
Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *né, *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”), 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)

(with following adjective) Not, not at all.
1. Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
2. (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
(without adjective, now Scotland, informal) Not.

Translations

Particle

Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.
Synonyms: nay, nope; see also Thesaurus:no

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

Derived terms

Descendants

→ American Sign Language: H^o@Side-PalmForward Flatten

Translations

Preposition

Without.
Like.
(colloquial, usually humorous) Not, does not, do not, etc.

Usage notes

When used humorously to mean “not” or “does not”, this word usually implies a caveman-like way of speaking.

Noun

no (plural noes or nos)

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

Synonyms

nope
nay

Antonyms

Translations

Verb

no (third-person singular simple present noes, present participle noing, simple past and past participle noed)

(intransitive, colloquial) To say “no”.
(transitive, colloquial) To answer with “no”; to decline, reject.

Etymology 3

Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin (in) numerō (“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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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

Achang

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-nəʔ (“ear”).

Pronunciation

(Myanmar) /nɔ˧/

Noun

Usage notes

Inglis's lexicon does not have this simple word for "ear", despite listing several compounds. The simple word does show up in his preliminary phonology and is attested in the Bible.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *na², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na (“to rest”).

Pronunciation

(Myanmar) /nɔ˧/
(Lianghe) [na³¹]
(Longchuan) [nɔ³¹]
(Luxi) [na⁵¹]
(Xiandao) [nɔ³¹]

Verb

to rest, stop

Ainu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [no̞]

Etymology 1

Particle

no (Kana spelling ノ)

Adverbialising particle; -ly, ing
asiri ― new

asiri no ― newly

pirika ― good

pirika no ― well

nukara ― to see

nukara no an ― seeing (literally, “being seeing”)

opitta ― all

opitta no okay ― all (literally, “being all”)

Etymology 2

Particle

no (Kana spelling ノ)

alternative form of ro

Alemannic German

Etymology

Related to German noch.

Pronunciation

(Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/

Adverb

still, yet
Bisch no do? ― Are you still here?
eventually (at an unknown time in the future)
Er chunt scho no. ― He will come eventually.
(only) just; barely (by a small margin)
Sii hät grad no so gwunne. ― She just barely won.
(with comparative) even
Das isch sogar no schönner. ― This is even prettier.

Usage notes

(eventually): Often used together with an antecedent scho.
(just; barely): In this sense always used together with an antecedent grad.
(even): It can be used together with an antecedent sogar for amplification.

Particle

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Ashkun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nuristani *nuwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈno/

Numeral

no (Sanu)

nine

References

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”). Compare Sicilian ntô~nnô.

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

Borrowed 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

Bavarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German noh, from Proto-West Germanic *noh, from Proto-Germanic *nuh, from Proto-Indo-European *nū-kʷe-. Cognates include German noch, Yiddish נאָך (nokh) and Dutch nog, Dutch noch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈno/

Adverb

still, yet (up to and including a given time)
Mia san no ned då. ― We're not there yet.

Des geht si no aus. ― There's still time for that.
yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future)
Mia wern scho no åkumma. ― We'll arrive eventually.
additionally, in addition, besides, else; more often expressed in English with another, more
No ana! ― Another one!

Foid da no wås ei? ― Can you think of anything else?
(only) just; barely (by a small margin)
Is se gråd no ausgånga. ― We made it just in time.
(with comparative) even
Des is jå no depperter. ― That's even more stupid.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan no, from Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈno]
Rhymes: -o

Interjection

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

Adverb

not, main negation marker
Antonyms: sí, hoc

No tinc diners. ― No, I do not have money.

No facis això. ― No, don't do that.

Derived terms

no-res
si més no

Noun

no m (plural nos)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

noh — slang

Etymology

Derived 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
No ne! ― Well, I never!

Adverb

certainly, indeed, of course
yeah, yep

Derived terms

Dimasa

Noun

home

Dumbea

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /noː/

Noun

mosquito

References

Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. 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. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. 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/
Rhymes: -o
Hyphenation: no

Noun

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

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

Ewe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

Noun

breast

Verb

to drink
to suck

Fala

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: no

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“not”); probably influenced by Spanish no.

Adverb

alternative form of non (“no, not”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese no, equivalent to en (“in”) +‎ o (masculine singular definite article).

Alternative forms

nu (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

Contraction

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

(Mañegu) in the

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[7], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

Similar interjections can be found in other Finnic languages (compare Estonian no, noh, Ingrian no, Karelian no, Livonian no, noh, Ludian no, Votic no) and possibly also in other Uralic languages (compare Komi-Zyrian но (no), Udmurt но (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^(key): no
Hyphenation^(key): no

Interjection

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

No sepä mukavaa! ― Well, that’s nice.

No kai meidän sitten pitää käydä katsomassa. ― Well I guess we have to go look then.

No, mikset mennyt juhliin? ― Well, why didn't you go to the party?

Siellä oli, no, aika tylsää. ― It was, well, pretty boring there.

No, et sinä nyt noin voi käyttäytyä! ― Well! You can't behave like that!

References

Anagrams

-on, on

French

Alternative forms

nº, Nº

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

Noun

no m

abbreviation of numéro (“number”)

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited 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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈno/ [ˈnʊ]
Rhymes: -o
Hyphenation: no

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

References

“no”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
“no” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “no”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “no”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “no”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Garo

Noun

younger sister

Synonyms

nogipa (formal)
nono

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nu.

Pronoun

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

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

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Finnish no and Estonian no. It is uncertain whether this word is natively Finnic or a borrowing from an Indo-European language (compare Russian ну (nu) and Swedish nå).

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
Rhymes: -o
Hyphenation: no

Interjection

well

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian но (no).

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
Rhymes: -o
Hyphenation: no

Conjunction

Synonyms

mut, vaa

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 343

Interlingua

Adverb

no
No, ille non travalia hodie. ― No, he is not working today.

Noun

no (plural nos)

no
Illa time audir un no. ― She is afraid of hearing no.

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/^*
Rhymes: -ɔ
Hyphenation: nò

Particle

no
Antonym: sì

dire di no ― to say no

Adverb

not
Vieni o no? ― Are you coming or not?

Perché no? ― Why not?
(by ellipsis) Used to replace negated nouns or adjectives; non-, not
Synonym: meno

cattolici e no ― Catholics and non-Catholics

prodotti nuovi e no ― new and not new products
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

Te l'ho già detto, no? ― I already told you, right?

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 能 (nō, literally “[performing] skill, talent”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/^**
Rhymes: -ɔ
Hyphenation: nò
Unlike the above word, this word may or may not trigger syntactic gemination in the following word.

Noun

no m (invariable)

Noh (a type of Japanese drama)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English no.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/^°
Rhymes: -o
Hyphenation: no
Unlike the above words, this word is unstressed and never triggers syntactic gemination in the following word.

Determiner

no (invariable)

no, anti-; found in numerous expressions borrowed from English, such as no comment, and in pseudo-anglicisms such as no logo (“anti-globalization”) and no-vax (“anti-vax”) (also written no vax)

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English no.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

Adverb

Verb

don't, doesn't

Japanese

Romanization

The hiragana syllable の (no) or the katakana syllable ノ (no) in Hepburn romanization.

Kalasha

Etymology

Inherited 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

Inherited from Latin nōn.

Adverb

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish no, non (“not”), from Latin nōn (compare Catalan no, Galician non, French non, Italian no, Portuguese não, Romanian nu, Sicilian no, nun, & Spanish no).

Pronunciation

Adverb

no (Hebrew spelling נו)

Interjection

no (Hebrew spelling נו)

no (nope)
Antonym: si

Derived terms

References

“no”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Italic *snāō, from Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₂ti, from *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νάω (náō).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː]

Verb

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

(intransitive) to swim
Nat lupus inter oves. ― The wolf swims between the sheep.

Nare contra aquam ― To swim against the stream

Piger ad nandum ― Slow at swimming

Ars nandi ― The art of swimming
- 1st century BC, Lucretius, De rerum natura iii. 479.
(intransitive) to float
Synonym: fluitō

Carinae nant freto. ― Ships float in the sea.
(poetic, intransitive) to sail, flow, fly, etc.
Per medium classi barbara navit Athon. ― The barbarian youth sailed its fleet through the middle of Athos.

Undae nantes refulgent. ― The flowing waves glitter.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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

Latvian

Etymology

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

Preposition

from
skaitīt no viens līdz desmit ― to count from one to ten

viņš ir no Latvijas ― he is from Latvia
out of
iziet no istabas ― to go out of the room
for
of
viens no viņa draugiem ― one of his friends

izgatavots no koka ― made of wood
with
no sirds ― with all one's heart

Lombard

Adverb

alternative spelling of nò

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably from French "nous" or a clipping of Louisiana Creole "nouzòt" and/or French "nous autres".”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/
Rhymes: -o
Homophone: nô

Pronoun

alternative form of nouzòt (“we, us”)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /noː/
- Rhymes: -oː

Preposition

no (+ dative)

after (in time)
after (in a sequence)
after (the further side of, past)
according to
to, towards (a direction)

Derived terms

no an no

Adjective

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

nearby, near, nigh
close, closely related

Declension

Middle Dutch

Conjunction

nō

alternative form of noch

Middle English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔː/
(early) IPA^(key): /nɑː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English nā, nō (“adj”).

Alternative forms

Adjective

Descendants

English: no
Yola: na, nae, no

References

“nō, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English nā, nō.

Alternative forms

Adverb

Descendants

English: no
Scots: nae
Yola: no, na

References

“nō, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Mòcheno

Etymology

Inherited 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.

Mokilese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈnõ]

Noun

wave

Narua

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).

Pronoun

You (singular)

Declension

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

nu, nå (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse núna, derived from nú.

(interjection): May be related to Finno-Ugric, like Finnish and Estonian no, Ingrian no, Komi-Zyrian но (no), Udmurt но (no). Compare also Swedish nå, Latvian nu and Russian ну (nu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nuː/

Noun

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

moment; point in time

Adverb

Derived terms

noverande

Interjection

used when finding something out; when being irritated
- Det kan no faen ikkje stemme at traktor'n var så billeg
  It can't be damn right that the tractor was so cheap
- Er det no sånn at dåkk vil ikkje bli med på fjellturen?
  Is it so, that ya'll don't want to join on the mountain trip?
- Eg skulle no vore på elgjakta no, men i staden for det må eg vera her og rydde.
  I was supposed to be on the moose hunt now, but I must be here and clean up instead.
- Kom igjen no då!
  C'mon!
Synonyms: altso, då

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 Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

eno, ẽno

Contraction

contraction of en o

Descendants

Fala: no
Galician: no
Portuguese: no

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “no”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Irish

Conjunction

alternative spelling of nó

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin non.

Adverb

no
Antonym: oc

Descendants

Occitan: non

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōn (“not”).

Adverb

Descendants

Ladino: no, נו
Spanish: no

References

Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “no”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 358

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit नः (naḥ, “us”).

Pronoun

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

Etymology 2

Inherited 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

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “no”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese não and Spanish no and Kabuverdianu nau.

Adverb

Polish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔ
Syllabification: no
Homophone: -no

Etymology 1

Clipping of ano. Compare Czech no, Silesian no, Slovak no. First attested in the 19th century.

Interjection

(colloquial) yeah, yep
Synonyms: ano, tak

Alternative forms

nu (Far Masovian)

Particle

used to state the speaker thinks something is obvious and that one should not ponder further; well, well yeah
used to state that the speaker thinks everything that can be said has been said and would like to finish the topic
(colloquial, hedge) expresses uncertainty; well
(usually as a question) used to encourage the conversation partner to give a response; well?
(often extended) used to express surprise, awe, or caution
(colloquial) Filled pause, usually connecting a previous sentence; well
introduces a question, often lightly emotionally charged
used to draw attention to the current situation

Etymology 2

Clipping of ino, jeno, jedno. First attested in 1749. Compare Silesian no.

Particle

emphatic particle used with imperatives to speed up a performed action; c'mon, now
Synonym: ano

Derived terms

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), no is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 3 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 7 times in essays, 106 times in fiction, and 484 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 600 times, making it the 76th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: no

Etymology 1

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

Contraction

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

contraction of em o (“in the, on the”)

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

Derived 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

neo, na, nà

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /na/, /nɔ/
Hyphenation: no

Conjunction

or
nor
neither

Related terms

air neo, air dheadh, deadh

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nъ, (Russian но (no), ну (nu)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nu (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)
bolji no on ― better than him

→ (= modern)

Izgledaš bolje no ikad. ― You' re looking better than ever.

Proračunski manjak Grčke u bio je značajno veći no što je vlada proc(ij)enila. ― Greece's budget deficit was significantly bigger than the government had estimated.
(denoting exclusion) but, however
Pogrešno, no bio si dosta blizu. ― Wrong, but you were pretty close.

No os(j)ećam samo sreću. ― But I can' t feel anything but happy.

Tekst nije savršen, no nije li mogao biti bolji? ― The text is not perfect, but could it have been better?

Etymology 2

Derived 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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
“no”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
“no”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Shabo

Verb

Siane

Noun

water

References

The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

Silesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/
Rhymes: -ɔ
Syllabification: no

Etymology 1

Clipping of ano. Compare Polish no.

Particle

used to state the speaker thinks something is obvious and that one should not ponder further; well, well yeah
(usually as a question) used to encourage the conversation partner to give a response; well?

Etymology 2

Clipping of ino. Compare Polish no.

Particle

emphatic particle used with imperatives to speed up a performed action; c'mon, now

Spanish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

Alternative forms

non (archaic)

Derived terms

Interjection

¿no?

no
Antonym: sí
eh?, right?, isn't it? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what precedes, or to request that the listener express an opinion)

Derived terms

Noun

no m (plural noes)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnumeɾo/ [ˈnu.me.ɾo]
Rhymes: -umeɾo

Noun

no m (plural nos)

abbreviation of número; no.

Alternative forms

№, No., no.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English no. For the sense "(more) than", possibly compare dialectical English nor (“than”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/, [nʊ̞], [nɔ̝]

Adverb

Particle

Used to construct comparative phrases involving a non-human standard

References

Tagalog

Particle

no (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓ)

alternative spelling of 'no

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Inherited from English no.

Adverb

Derived terms

nogat

Vietnamese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ɗɔː (“satiated”). Cognate with Muong Bi đo and Arem dɑː.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɔ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [nɔ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɔ˧˧]

Adjective

no • (奴, 𩛂)

full (of the stomach)
Synonym: no bụng

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.

Votic

Pronunciation

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno]
Rhymes: -o
Hyphenation: no

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish no and Ingrian no.

Interjection

well

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian но (no).

Conjunction

but (when serving to contrast)

References

Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Walloon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ/

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)

White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɒ˧/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔnu̯ɔmH (“cold”).

Adjective

(of weather) cold
No no li. ― It's cold.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔneinX (“this”).

Determiner

an indicator of current or present location: this (place, time, person, thing)
lub tsev no ― this house

Derived terms

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[11], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 141.

no

no

Translingual

Symbol

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Determiner

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Adverb

Translations

Particle

Derived terms

Descendants

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Preposition

Usage notes

Noun

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Antonyms

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Verb

Etymology 3

Adverb

Noun

See also

References

Further reading

Anagrams

Achang

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Further reading

Ainu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Particle

Etymology 2

Particle

Alemannic German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Usage notes

Particle

Ashkun

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

References

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Etymology 2

Numeral

Synonyms

References

Awa (New Guinea)

Noun

References

Bavarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation