none

English Online Dictionary. What means none‎? What does none mean?

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) +‎ one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.)

Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen (“none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).

Alternative forms

• non [11th–17th c.]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʌn/
• Homophone: nun
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Pronoun

none

1. Not any of a given number or group.
   1. No one, nobody.

   2. No person.

Usage notes

None used to replace uncountable nouns should always be singular. None used in place of countable nouns may be either singular or plural, unless the rest of the circumstances or phrasing require it to be one or the other.

Antonyms

• some
• all

Derived terms

Translations

Determiner

none

1. (archaic outside Scotland, West Country) Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h):

Adverb

none (not comparable)

2. To no extent, in no way. [from 11th c.]
3. Not at all, not very. [from 13th c.]

4. (obsolete) No, not. [14th–16th c.]

Translations

Etymology 2

From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a play of words on nun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʌn/, /nɒn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn, -ɒn
• Homophones: nun, non-

Noun

none (plural nones)

1. (chiefly American) A person without religious affiliation.

Etymology 3

From French none, from Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nəʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /noʊn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn, -oʊn
• Homophone: known

Noun

none (plural nones)

1. Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.
2. (obsolete) Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.

See also

• Thesaurus:quantifier

References

Anagrams

• neon

Dutch

Alternative forms

• noon

Pronunciation

Noun

none m (plural nonen, diminutive noontje n)

1. (music) An interval of 13 (kleine none) or 14 (grote none) halftones.

Anagrams

• neon

Friulian

Etymology

Feminine of nono. Compare Italian nonna, Venetian nona.

Noun

none f (plural nonis)

1. grandmother

   Synonym: ave

Related terms

• nono

Interlingua

Adjective

none

1. ninth

Italian

Adjective

none

1. feminine plural of nono

Noun

none f pl

1. plural of nona

Anagrams

• enno, neon, onne

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.ne/, [ˈnoːnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.ne/, [ˈnɔːne]

Numeral

nōne

1. vocative masculine singular of nōnus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French nonne.

Noun

none (plural nones)

1. Alternative form of nonne

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman noun.

Noun

none

1. Alternative form of noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin nōnus.

Noun

none m (definite singular nonen, indefinite plural noner, definite plural nonene)

1. (music) An interval of 13 (liten none) or 14 (stor none) halftones.

Anagrams

• neon, noen, -onen, onne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin nōnus.

Noun

none m (definite singular nonen, indefinite plural nonar, definite plural nonane)

1. (music) An interval of 13 (liten none) or 14 (stor none) halftones.

Inflection

Old French

Etymology 1

Latin nōna.

Noun

none oblique singular, f (oblique plural nones, nominative singular none, nominative plural nones)

1. (originally) noon; the ninth hour of the day, equivalent to about 3pm by modern standards
2. noon; midday (12pm)

Etymology 2

Latin nonna.

Noun

none f

1. nominative singular of nonain

Tarantino

Adjective

none

1. ninth

Adverb

none

1. no

See also

• sìne

Venetian

Noun

none

1. plural of nona