non

See also: non- and nón

§English

§Pronunciation

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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 n)

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^(key): /nɔ̃/

§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

§External links

• “non” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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§Friulian

§Etymology

From Latin nōmen.

§Noun

non m (plural nons)

1. name

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§Galician

§Etymology

From Latin nōn.

§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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§Istriot

§Alternative forms

• nom

§Etymology

From Latin nōmen. Compare Friulian non, Dalmatian naun.

§Noun

non

1. name

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§Italian

§Etymology

From Latin nōn.

§Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA^(key): [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^(key): /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 nōn semper Sāturnālia erunt

§Descendants

• Aromanian: nu
• Asturian: nun, ñun
• Catalan: no
• Dalmatian: na
• French: non
• Friulian: no
• Galician: non
• 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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§Old Portuguese

§Etymology

From Latin nōn (“no”), from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”).

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnõ/

§Adverb

non

1. no, not
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 84 (facsimile):

     ſi ou non

     yes or no

§Descendants

• Fala: non
• Galician: non
• Portuguese: não

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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

§Related terms

• nona

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§Vietnamese

§Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA ^(key): /nɔn˧˧/
• (Huế) IPA ^(key): /nɔŋ˧˧/
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA ^(key): /nɔŋ˧˥/

§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

§Etymology

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

§Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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• IPA^(key): [nòn]

§Noun

non

1. something stored away, cache