NG

See also: -ng, -ոց, .ng, ng, Ng, ng̃, and Ng̃

🆖 U+1F196, 🆖 SQUARED NG ← 🆕 [U+1F195] Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement 🆗 → [U+1F197]

Translingual

Symbol

NG

1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Nigeria.

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English

Noun

NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)

1. (petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
2. Initialism of nitroglycerin.
3. (Internet) Initialism of newsgroup.

Translations

(petrochemistry) natural gas

• French: GN (fr) m (gaz naturel)

(Internet) newsgroup

• French: NG (fr) m

Adjective

NG (not comparable)

1. Initialism of nasogastric.
2. (Internet slang) Initialism of no good.

Proper noun

NG

1. (Internet) Initialism of Newgrounds.

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Chinese

Noun

NG

1. (film, television) blooper

Verb

NG

1. (film, television) to have a blooper

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Esperanto

Initialism

NG

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of ne gravas (“it doesn't matter, it's not important”).

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Japanese

Etymology

Initialism of English no good

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エヌジ​ー [ènújíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [e̞nɯ̟ᵝʑiː]

Noun

NG (katakana エヌジー, rōmaji enujī)

1. (film, television) a blooper
2. (manufacturing) a defective product

Synonyms

• 不 (ふ)良 (りょう)品 (ひん) (furyōhin) (manufacturing)

Antonyms

• OK (manufacturing)

See also

• エヌ (enu)
• ジー (jī)

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Korean

Etymology

Initialism of English no good, perhaps via Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[e̞nd͡ʑi]
• Phonetic Hangul[엔지]

Revised Romanization? enji Revised Romanization (translit.)? enji McCune–Reischauer? enji Yale Romanization? eynci

Noun

NG • (enji) (hangeul 엔지)

1. (film, television) a blooper
2. (manufacturing) a defected product

Synonyms

• 불량품 (bullyangpum) (manufacturing)

Antonyms

• OK () (manufacturing)