no

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English, from reduced form of none, noon (“none, not any”), used before consonants, from Old English nān (“none, not any”), from ne (“not”) + ān (“one”), compare Old Saxon nigēn (“not any”) (Saxon/Low German nen), Dutch geen, Old High German nihein (German kein). More at no, one.

[edit] Determiner

no

No (not any) bricks.
  1. Not any.
    no one
    There is no water left.
    No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
    No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
  2. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
    No smoking
    There's no stopping her once she gets going.
  3. Not; not properly, not really; not fully.
    My mother's no fool.
    Working nine to five every day is no life.
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from no (determiner)
[edit] See also
[edit] Translations
not any
used to show an activity is forbidden
not; not properly
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[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Adverb

no (not comparable)

  1. (largely obsolete except in Scotland) Not.
    I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
  2. (used with comparatives) Not any, not at all.

[edit] Interjection

no

  1. Used to show disagreement or negation.
    No, you are mistaken.
    No, you may not watch television now.
  2. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
    "Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
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used to show disagreement or negation
used to show agreement with a negative question
In some languages this response is the usual word for "yes"
  • Cornish:
    Kernewek Kemmyn: na, nag (before forms of the verbs mos, 'to go', and bos, 'to be', that begin with a vowel) (both forms, in response to a question, are followed by the verb of the question with its appropriate personal ending)
  • Czech: ne (cs)
  • French: non (fr)
  • Ga: hɛ̃ɛ
  • German: nein (de)
  • Greek: όχι (el) (óchi)

[edit] Noun

no (plural noes)

  1. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
  2. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
    The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
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a negating expression
a vote not in favor
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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Contraction

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

  1. in the

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nōn.

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[edit] Interjection

no

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

[edit] Adverb

no

  1. not

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Etymology

Short for ano (“yes”).

[edit] Interjection

no

  1. well, why
    No ne! — Well, I never!'

[edit] Adverb

no

  1. certainly, indeed, of course
  2. yeah, yep

[edit] Ewe

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[edit] Noun

no

  1. breast

[edit] Verb

no

  1. To drink.
  2. To suck.

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -o

[edit] Interjection

no

  1. well! (as in: "No sepä mukavaa! Well, that’s nice.")

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[edit] French

[edit] Abbreviation

no, nº, Nº (numéro)

  1. Number.

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Contraction

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

  1. in the

[edit] Etymology 2

From a mutation of o.

[edit] Pronoun

no m. (accusative)

  1. Mutated form of o. (him)
[edit] Usage notes

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

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[edit] Adverb

no

  1. no

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Adverb

no

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

[edit] Noun

no (plural nos)

  1. no
    Illa time audir un no. — She is afraid of hearing no.

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nōn.

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[edit] Adverb

no

  1. no
  2. not

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Syllable

no

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

[edit] Noun

no (hiragana の)

  1. の: possessive particle (postposition)
  2. 野: field, plain

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *sneh- (“to flow, to swim”). Cf. Ancient Greek νάω (náō).

[edit] Verb

present active nō, present infinitive nāre, perfect active nāvi. (no passive)

  1. 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.
  2. to float
    Carinae nant freto.
    Ships float in the sea.
  3. (poetic) 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.
  4. (of the eyes of drunken persons) to swim
    Nant oculi.
    The eyes swim.
    • Lucr. 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.

[edit] Conjugation

    First Conjugation No Passive
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nō nās nat nāmus nātis nant
future nābō nābis nābit nābimus nābitis nābunt
imperfect nābam nābās nābat nābāmus nābātis nābant
perfect nāvī nāvistī nāvit nāvimus nāvistis nāvērunt
future perfect nāverō nāveris nāverit nāverimus nāveritis nāverint
pluperfect nāveram nāverās nāverat nāverāmus nāverātis nāverant
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nem nēs net nēmus nētis nent
imperfect nārem nārēs nāret nārēmus nārētis nārent
perfect nāverim nāverīs nāverit nāverīmus nāverītis nāverint
pluperfect nāvissem nāvissēs nāvisset nāvissēmus nāvissētis nāvissent
imperatives active passive
present (you) future (you) future (he/she) present (you) future (you) future (he/she)
singular nā nātō nātō — — —
plural nāte nātōte nantō — — —
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives nāre nāvisse — — — —
participles nāns (nantis) — — —

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Lojban

[edit] Cmavo

no (rafsi non)

  1. zero

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[edit] Noun

no n. (definite singular noet; indefinite plural no; definite plural noa [noi])

  1. moment; point in time

[edit] Adverb

no

  1. now

[edit] Interjection

no

  1. Used when finding something out; when being irritated.

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From ne + ā.

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[edit] Adverb

nō

  1. never, in no way, by no means

[edit] Old Provençal

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Latin non

[edit] Adverb

no

  1. no

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[edit] Polish

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[edit] Interjection

no

  1. (informal) yeah, yep

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Contraction

no

  1. 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?

[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Etymology

From Bengali.

[edit] Cardinal number

no

  1. nine

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Interjection

no

  1. well!

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

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[edit] Conjunction

no

  1. or
  2. nor

[edit] Shabo

[edit] Verb

no

  1. go

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adverb

no

  1. no
  2. not

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[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈnu.me.ɾo/, SAMPA: /"nu.me.4o/

[edit] Abbreviation

№, No., no. (número)

  1. number

[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Adverb

no

  1. not

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adverb

no

  1. full (of the stomach)
    Đang no. — I'm full.
    No bụng. — My stomach's full.

[edit] Usage notes

  • no only refers to the stomach being full, or by extension, a person having had enough to eat

[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Adverb

no

  1. now

[edit] Interjection

no

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