non

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (file)

Adverb [edit]

non (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of none.

Basque [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

non

  1. where

Chiricahua [edit]

Noun [edit]

non

  1. Alternative spelling of nun.

Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

non f (plural nonnen, diminutive nonnetje)

  1. nun

Synonyms [edit]


Fala [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (not).

Adverb [edit]

non

  1. not (negates the meaning of the modified verb)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 2: Recunquista:
      Non poemos analizar con pormenoris estis siglos, pero tampoco se debi toleral que, sin fundamentus, se poña en duda algo que a Historia documentá nos lega sobre nossa terra.
      We can’t thoroughly analyse these centuries, but one mustn’t tolerate that, unfoundedly, something documented history tells us about our land be questioned.

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation [edit]

Adverb [edit]

non

  1. no

Conjunction [edit]

non

  1. not
    • 1869, Sully Prudhomme, “La Voie lactée”, in Les Solitudes:
      Êtes-vous toujours en prière ? / Êtes-vous des astres blessés ? / Car ce sont des pleurs de lumière, / Non des rayons, que vous versez.
      Are you still in prayer? / Are you blessed stars? / Because it is cries of light, / Not rays, that you pour.

Interjection [edit]

non

  1. no!

Derived terms [edit]


Galician [edit]

Adverb [edit]

non

  1. no, not

Haitian Creole [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French nom (name)

Noun [edit]

non

  1. name

Related terms [edit]


Ido [edit]

Cardinal numeral [edit]

non

  1. nine (9)

Interlingua [edit]

Adverb [edit]

non

  1. not

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation [edit]

Adverb [edit]

non

  1. not
  2. un-

Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (not) + *óynos (one)[1].

Pronunciation [edit]

Particle [edit]

nōn (negative particle)

  1. not
    Graecum est; non legitur.
    It's Greek; it cannot be read.

Usage notes [edit]

The particle nōn may be used to negate verbs, adjectives, nouns, or phrases.

Derived terms [edit]

Descendants [edit]

  • Aromanian: nu
  • Catalan: no
  • Dalmatian: na
  • French: non
  • Friulian: no
  • Italian: no, non
  • Occitan: non

References [edit]

  1. ^ non-” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

non

  1. rafsi of no.

Middle French [edit]

Interjection [edit]

non

  1. no

Novial [edit]

Adverb [edit]

non

  1. not

Old French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Interjection [edit]

non

  1. no

Noun [edit]

non m (oblique plural nons, nominative singular nons, nominative plural non)

  1. Alternative form of nom.

Romansch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Late Latin nonnus (compare Italian nonno).

Noun [edit]

non m (plural nons)

  1. (Puter) grandfather

Synonyms [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Adjective [edit]

non

  1. young, tender, green
  2. new
  3. mild
  4. premature
  5. not up to the mark
Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

non

  1. mountain


Western Apache [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Chiricahua nun, Mescalero nun, Plains Apache nǫǫ.

Noun [edit]

non

  1. something stored away, cache