non

See also: nón, nőn, non-, and Non.

English

Pronunciation

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Adverb

non (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of none.

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin non.

Adverb

non

1. no

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /non/

Pronoun

non

1. inessive indefinite inanimate of nor; where

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Chiricahua

Noun

non

1. Alternative spelling of nun

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Chuukese

Preposition

non

1. in

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Cimbrian

Noun

non

1. plural of nono (“grandfather”): grandparents

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nonne, which ultimately derives from Late Latin nonna.

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 Old French non, from Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ̃/

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• Homophones: nom, noms, nons

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 hurt stars? / Because it is cries of light, / Not rays, that you pour.

Noun

non m (plural nons)

1. a no, a negative response

Interjection

non

1. no!

Derived terms

• non merci

Further reading

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

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

non m (plural nons)

1. name

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese non, from Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnʊŋ/, /ˈnoŋ/

Adverb

non

1. no, not, not at all.
2. no (used to show disagreement or negation)
3. no (used to reinforce an affirmation as negation of the alternative - but it can be omitted without changing the meaning)

   Ás veces é mellor berrar que non calar

   Sometimes it is better to shout than to - keep quiet

4. no (reinforces a mandate in interrogative sentences)

Usage notes

Non usually contracts, in speech, with a following personal pronoun a, as, o, os, although this contraction is rarely shown in written Galician (either as nono, n'o, etc):

Non o queres? ("You don't want it?"): /nono'kɛs/ = /noː'kɛs/

Further reading

• “non” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “non” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French nom (“name”)

Noun

non

1. name

Related terms

• onon

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Ido

Ido numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: non     Ordinal: nonesma     Adverbial: nonfoye     Multiplier: nonopla     Fractional: nonima

Etymology

From English nine, German neun, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. In length from English nona-, French nona-, Italian nono, Spanish nono.

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

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• IPA^(key): [non]

Adverb

non

1. not
2. un-
3. don't

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Adverb

non (Hebrew spelling נון‎)

1. not

   ‏ביינאבﬞינטוראדﬞו איל בﬞארון קי נון אנדה אין קונסיזﬞו די מאלוס.‎‎

   Bienaventurado el varon que non anda en consejo de malos.

   Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked.

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Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”) (= ne + ūnus). See also nē and nī.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /noːn/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /non/, [nɔn]

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Particle

nōn (negative particle)

1. not

   Lingua Graeca est; potest nōn legī.

   It's Greek; it can not be read.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• cūr nōn?
• non iam/non jam
• nōn intellegō
• nōn male
• non modo
• nonne
• nonnemo
• non quo
• nōn semper Sāturnālia erunt

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: nu
• Asturian: nun, ñun
• Dalmatian: na
• Friulian: no
• Italian: no, non
• Ladino: non (נון)
• Lombard: nò
• Mirandese: nun

• Mozarabic:

  Arabic: نُونْ‎ (non)

  Hebrew: נוֹן‎ (non)

• Old French: non
  • French: non, ne
• Old Occitan: non
  • Catalan: no
  • Occitan: non
• Old Portuguese: nom
  • Galician: non
  • Portuguese: não
• Romanian: nu
• Romansch: na
• Sardinian: no, non, nu
• Sicilian: non, nun, unn, 'un, nn'
• Spanish: no

References

• non in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• non in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• non in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • not to stir from one's place: loco or vestigio se non movere
    
  • to lose no time: tempus non amittere, perdere
    
  • to take no thought for the future: futura non cogitare, curare
    
  • I have not seen you for five years: quinque anni sunt or sextus annus est, cum te non vidi
    
  • on the day after, which was September 5th: postridie qui fuit dies Non. Sept. (Nonarum Septembrium) (Att. 4. 1. 5)
    
  • to-day the 5th of September; tomorrow September the 5th: hodie qui est dies Non. Sept.; cras qui dies futurus est Non. Sept.
    
  • to be always at a person's side: ab alicuius latere non discedere
    
  • to make not the slightest effort; not to stir a finger: manum non vertere alicuius rei causa
    
  • to have disappeared: non apparere
    
  • to fail to see what lies before one: quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videre
    
  • to keep one's countenance, remain impassive: vultum non mutare
    
  • to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: lacrimas tenere non posse
    
  • to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: fletum cohibere non posse
    
  • to be unable to speak for emotion: prae lacrimis loqui non posse
    
  • to be unable to sleep: somnum capere non posse
    
  • I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
    
  • I haven't had a wink of sleep: somnum oculis meis non vidi (Fam. 7. 30)
    
  • the matter progresses favourably, succeeds: aliquid (bene, prospere) succedit or procedit (opp. parum procedere, non succedere)
    
  • on good grounds; reasonably: non sine causa
    
  • to draw from the fountain-head: e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre)
    
  • it is incompatible with the nature of a wise man; the wise are superior to such things: hoc in sapientem non cadit
    
  • it is no longer in my power: mihi non est integrum, ut...
    
  • to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse
    
  • to chafe under an indignity, repudiate it: ignominiam non ferre
    
  • to spare no pains: labori, operae non parcere
    
  • to work without intermission: laborem non intermittere
    
  • ideally, not really: cogitatione, non re
    
  • to be probable: a vero non abhorrere
    
  • I know very well: probe scio, non ignoro
    
  • I know very well: non sum ignarus, nescius (not non sum inscius)
    
  • I am not unaware: me non fugit, praeterit
    
  • I cannot make myself believe that..: non possum adduci, ut (credam)
    
  • I have not made up my mind: mihi non constat (with indirect question)
    
  • I cannot bring myself to..: a me impetrare non possum, ut
    
  • to differ qualitatively not quantitatively: genere, non numero or magnitudine differre
    
  • I have nothing to say against it: non repugno
    
  • to contradict oneself, be inconsistent: a se dissidere or sibi non constare (of persons)
    
  • to be absolutely ignorant of arithmetic: bis bina quot sint non didicisse
    
  • to represent a thing dramatically: sic exponere aliquid, quasi agatur res (non quasi narretur)
    
  • to be unable to say all one wants: verbis non omnia exsequi posse
    
  • I have nothing to write about: non habeo argumentum scribendi
    
  • I have nothing to write about: non habeo, non est quod scribam
    
  • to answer every question: percontanti non deesse (De Or. 1. 21. 97)
    
  • not to trouble oneself about a thing: non laborare de aliqua re
    
  • I am not dissatisfied with my progress: non me paenitet, quantum profecerim
    
  • to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
    
  • to lose one's head, be beside oneself: non esse apud se (Plaut. Mil. 4. 8. 26)
    
  • the house is not large enough for all: domus non omnes capit (χωρειν)
    
  • to never set foot out of doors: domo pedem non efferre
    
  • I have no means, no livelihood: non habeo, qui (unde) vivam
    
  • to be bankrupt: non solvendo esse (Phil. 2. 2. 4)
    
  • the corn is not yet ripe: frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)
    
  • to further the common weal: saluti rei publicae non deesse
    
  • there are whispers of the appointment of a dictator: non nullus odor est dictaturae (Att. 4. 18)
    
  • to take care not to..: non committere, ut...
    
  • men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles
    
  • to fail to answer one's name: ad nomen non respondere (Liv. 7. 4)
    
  • not to interrupt the march: iter non intermittere
    
  • to not let the enemy escape: hostem e manibus non dimittere
    
  • not to mention..: ut non (nihil) dicam de...
    
  • to say nothing further on..: ut plura non dicam
    
  • I do not deny: non nego, non infitior
    
  • I cannot find words for..: dici vix (non) potest or vix potest dici (vix like non always before potest)
    
  • which I can say without offence, arrogance: quod non arroganter dixerim
    
  • this is not the place to..: non est huius loci c. Inf.
    
  • this is not the place to..: non est hic locus, ut...
    
  • I do not take that too strictly: non id ad vivum reseco (Lael. 5. 8)
    

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Lote

Noun

non

1. man

References

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

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Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From French nom.

Noun

non

1. name

Alternative forms

• nom

Etymology 2

From French non.

Adverb

non

1. no; a word used to indicate disagreement or negation

   Antonym: wi

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French non.

Interjection

non

1. no

Descendants

• French: non

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Novial

Adverb

non

1. not

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːn/

Noun

nōn ?

1. (historical) Nones, the ninth hour after sunrise
2. (Christianity) Nones, the religious service appointed to this hour

Synonyms

• (time): nōntīd, nōntīma
• (religious service): nōnsang

Derived terms

• nōngereord, nōnmete, nōnsang, nōntīd, nōntīma

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /non/

Noun

non m

1. a form of address from younger to older monks

References

• nōn in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• non in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -on

Interjection

non

1. no

Adverb

non

1. not
   • c. 1190, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Le Roman de Percival':

     Les uns barbez, les autres non

     Some bearded, the others not

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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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• nun, unn, 'un, nn'

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔn/

Adverb

non

1. not

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin non.

Adverb

non

1. Archaic form of no.

Etymology 2

From Latin non (par).

Adjective

non

1. odd (indivisible by two)

   Synonym: impar

   Antonym: par

Further reading

• “non” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Uzbek

Noun

non (plural nonlar)

1. bread

Declension

Declension of non

	singular	plural
nominative	non	nonlar
genitive	nonning	nonlarning
dative	nonga	nonlarga
accusative	nonni	nonlarni
locative	nonda	nonlarda
ablative	nondan	nonlardan

Possessive forms of non

my	singular	plural
nominative	nonim	nonlarim
genitive	nonimning	nonlarimning
dative	nonimga	nonlarimga
accusative	nonimni	nonlarimni
locative	nonimda	nonlarimda
ablative	nonimdan	nonlarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	noning	nonlaring
genitive	noningning	nonlaringning
dative	noningga	nonlaringga
accusative	noningni	nonlaringni
locative	noningda	nonlaringda
ablative	noningdan	nonlaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	noni	nonlari
genitive	nonining	nonlarining
dative	noniga	nonlariga
accusative	nonini	nonlarini
locative	nonida	nonlarida
ablative	nonidan	nonlaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	nonimiz	nonlarimiz
genitive	nonimizning	nonlarimizning
dative	nonimizga	nonlarimizga
accusative	nonimizni	nonlarimizni
locative	nonimizda	nonlarimizda
ablative	nonimizdan	nonlarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	noningiz	nonlaringiz
genitive	noningizning	nonlaringizning
dative	noningizga	nonlaringizga
accusative	noningizni	nonlaringizni
locative	noningizda	nonlaringizda
ablative	noningizdan	nonlaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	noni	nonlari
genitive	nonining	nonlarining
dative	noniga	nonlariga
accusative	nonini	nonlarini
locative	nonida	nonlarida
ablative	nonidan	nonlaridan

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-nɔːn, from *k-rn-ɔːn (?), which Ferlus considered an infixed derivation of Proto-Vietic *kɔːn (“child”). Cognate with Chut [Rục] kunɔːn¹. Alternatively, from Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 嫩 (SV: nộn), or a conflation of both.

Adjective

non • (嫩)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• non nớt
• non trẻ

 

Etymology 2

Noun

non • (𡽫, 𧀒)

1. mountain

Derived terms

Derived terms

• non nước
• non sông
• núi non

 

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Western Apache

Alternative forms

• noi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [nòn]

Noun

non

1. something stored away, cache

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Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnon]
• Hyphenation: non

Noun

non m

1. Alternative form of nan