non

See also non-, and nón

English

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Adverb

non (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of none.

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Basque

Pronoun

non

1. where

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Chiricahua

Noun

non

1. Alternative spelling of nun.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔn

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Noun

non f (plural nonnen, diminutive nonnetje)

1. nun

Synonyms

• zuster
• kloosterzuster

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Fala

Alternative forms

• nun

Etymology

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

Adverb

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.

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French

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /nɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /nO~/

Adverb

non

1. no

Conjunction

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

non

1. no!

Derived terms

• non merci

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Galician

Adverb

non

1. no, not

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French nom (“name”)

Noun

non

1. name

Related terms

• onon

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Ido

Cardinal numeral

non

1. nine (9)

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Interlingua

Adverb

non

1. not

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [non]

Adverb

non

1. not
2. un-

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Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /noːn/

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Particle

nōn (negative particle)

1. not

   Graecum est; non legitur.

   It's Greek; it cannot be read.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

cūr nōn? nonnemo nonne nōn male

non iam/non jam non quo non modo nōn intellegō

Descendants

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

Portuguese: não Romanian: nu Romansch: na Sardinian: no, non, nu Sicilian: nun Spanish: no

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Lojban

Rafsi

non

1. rafsi of no.

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Middle French

Interjection

non

1. no

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Novial

Adverb

non

1. not

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Old French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -õn

Interjection

non

1. no

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of nom.

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Romansch

Etymology

From Late Latin nonnus (compare Italian nonno).

Noun

non m (plural nons)

1. (Puter) grandfather

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) tat
• (Vallader) bazegner, bapsegner

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Vietnamese

Etymology 1

Adjective

non

1. young, tender, green
2. new
3. mild
4. premature
5. not up to the mark

Derived terms

• bắp non (baby corn)

Etymology 2

Noun

non

1. mountain

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Western Apache

Alternative forms

• noi

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [nòn]

Etymology

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

Noun

non

1. something stored away, cache