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Symbol

no

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Norwegian.

English

Alternative forms

• nah, nope, nay

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nəʊ/

  • Audio (female voice):

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  • Rhymes: -əʊ
• (US) IPA^(key): /noʊ/

  • Audio (female voice):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /nəʉ/, /nɐʉ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /nɐʉ/

  • Audio:

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• (General South African) IPA^(key): /nœʊ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [noʊ̯], [noː]

Etymology 1

From Middle English no, noo, na, a reduced form of none, noon, nan (“none, not any”) used before consonants (compare a to an), from Old English nān (“none, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“not any”, literally “not one”), equivalent to ne (“not”) +‎ a.

Cognate with Scots nae (“no, not any, none”), Old Frisian nān, nēn ("no, not any, none"), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), North Frisian nian (“no, not any, none”), Old Dutch nēn ("no, not any, none"; > Dutch neen (“no”)), Old Norse neinn (“no, not any, none”). Compare also Old Saxon nigēn ("not any"; > Low German nen), Old Dutch nehēn (Middle Dutch negheen/negeen, Dutch geen), West Frisian gjin, Old High German nihein (> German kein). More at no, one.

Determiner

no

1. Not any.

   Synonyms: zero, not even one, not one

   Antonyms: any, some; one; a few, a couple of, a handful of; multiple, various; many, numerous; countless, every single

   no one

   There is no water left.

   No hot dogs were sold yesterday.

   No geese were at the lake.

   No two people are the same.

   There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)

2. Hardly any.

   Antonyms: quite, some

   We'll be finished in no time at all.

   Fifty pounds for this is no money, really.

3. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).

   No smoking

   There's no stopping her once she gets going.

4. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

   My mother's no fool.

   Working nine to five every day is no life.

   No geese have blue beaks.

Derived terms

• a closed mouth catches no flies
• a closed mouth gathers no feet
• a little bit of bread and no cheese
• be no match for
• no-account
• no-brainer
• no-fault
• no flies on
• no-fly
• no glove no love
• no-go
• no-good
• no guts, no glory
• no harm, no foul
• no-hit
• no-hitter
• no holds barred
• no-load
• no love lost
• No Man's Heath
• no match for
• no-name
• no names, no pack drill
• no news is good news
• no-no
• no-nonsense
• no one, no-one
• no pain, no gain
• No Place
• no place, noplace
• no problem
• no quarter
• no questions asked
• no relation
• no rest for the wicked
• no room at the inn
• no-score draw
• no-see-um
• no shit, Sherlock
• no-show
• no skin off one's back
• no soap
• no strings attached
• no through road
• no-trade
• no-trump
• no-trumper
• no trumps
• no way to treat a lady
• no-win
• no wonder
• no worries
• no 🧢
• say no more

 

Translations

See no/translations § Determiner.

See also

• Yes and no on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle), equivalent to Old English ne (“not”) + ā, ever, always. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay.

Adverb

no (not comparable)

1. (with following adjective) Not, not at all.
   1. Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.

      It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome.

      You’re no better than a common thief.

      Look no further than one's nose

      This is no different from what we've been doing all along.

   2. (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.

      This thing is no good.

      The teacher’s decision was no fair.

2. (without adjective, now Scotland, informal) Not.

   I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.

   • 1725, Daniel Defoe, An essay on the history and reality of apparitions:

     AS the Devil is not so Black as he is Painted, so neither does he appear in so many Shapes as we make for him; we Dress him up in more Suits of Cloaths, and more Masquerade Habits, than ever he wore; and I question much, if he was to see the Pictures and Figures which we call Devil, whether he would know himself by some of them or no.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: no (es)

Particle

no

1. Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.

   Synonyms: nay, nope

   Antonyms: yes, yea, aye, maybe

   No, you are mistaken.

   No, you may not watch television now.

   David, no!

2. Used to show agreement with a negative question.

   Synonyms: nah, nay, nope

   "Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")

3. (colloquial) Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.

   No, totally.

   No, yeah, that's exactly right.

   "Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!"

Descendants

• → American Sign Language: H^o@Side-PalmForward Flatten

Preposition

no

1. Without.
2. Like.
3. (colloquial, usually humorous) Not, does not, do not, etc.

   Ug no like veggie.

Usage notes

When used humorously to mean 'not' or 'does not', this word usually implies a caveman-like way of speaking.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:no

Coordinate terms

• (Expression of negation): way

Derived terms

• nossuh
• yes and no

 

Translations

See no/translations § Particle.

Noun

no (plural noes or nos)

1. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.
   • 1994, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, “All Good Things...”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episodes 25-26, John de Lancie (actor):

     Q: I'll answer any ten questions that call for a yes or a no.

2. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.

   The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and two "nos".

Synonyms

• nope
• nay

Antonyms

• yes
• yea
• aye

Derived terms

• yeah no

Translations

See no/translations § Noun.

Etymology 3

Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero (“in number, to the number of”).

Adverb

no (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of No.

Noun

no (plural nos)

1. Alternative form of No.

See also

• Thesaurus:quantifier

References

• “no”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• -on, ON, ON., on, on-

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [no̞]

Etymology 1

Particle

no (Kana spelling ノ)

1. Adverbialising particle; -ly, ing

   asiri ― new

   asiri no ― newly

   pirika ― good

   pirika no ― well

   nukara ― to see

   nukara no an ― seeing (literally, “being seeing”)

   opitta ― all

   opitta no okay ― all (literally, “being all”)

Etymology 2

Particle

no (Kana spelling ノ)

1. Alternative form of ro

Alemannic German

Etymology

Related to German noch.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/

Adverb

no

1. still, yet

   Bisch no do? ― Are you still here?

2. eventually (at an unknown time in the future)

   Er chunt scho no. ― He will come eventually.

3. (only) just; barely (by a small margin)

   Sii hät grad no so gwunne. ― She just barely won.

4. (with comparative) even

   Das isch sogar no schönner. ― This is even prettier.

Usage notes

• (eventually): Often used together with an antecedent scho.
• (just; barely): In this sense always used together with an antecedent grad.
• (even): It can be used together with an antecedent sogar for amplification.

Particle

no

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Ashkun

Ashkun cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : no

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nuwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno/

Numeral

no (Sanu)

1. nine

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”). Compare Sicilian ntô~nnô.

Contraction

no n (masculine nel, feminine na, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nes)

1. in the

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

Etymology 1

Verb

no- (Bengali script নো)

1. to say

Etymology 2

From Hindi नौ (nau).

Numeral

no (Bengali script নো)

1. nine

Synonyms

• chykhyw
• nain

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. For "nine", stated in Appendix 3.

Awa (New Guinea)

Noun

no

1. water

References

• The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

Bavarian

Etymology

From Old High German noh, from Proto-West Germanic *noh, from Proto-Germanic *nuh, from Proto-Indo-European *nū-kʷe-. Cognates include German noch, Yiddish נאָך (nokh) and Dutch nog, Dutch noch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno/

Adverb

no

1. still, yet (up to and including a given time)

   Mia san no ned då. ― We're not there yet.

   Des geht si no aus. ― There's still time for that.

2. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future)

   Mia wern scho no åkumma. ― We'll arrive eventually.

3. additionally, in addition, besides, else; more often expressed in English with another, more

   No ana! ― Another one!

   Foid da no wås ei? ― Can you think of anything else?

4. (only) just; barely (by a small margin)

   Is se gråd no ausgånga. ― We made it just in time.

5. (with comparative) even

   Des is jå no depperter. ― That's even more stupid.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan no, from Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈno]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o

Interjection

no

1. no (negation; commonly used to respond negatively to a question)

Adverb

no

1. not, main negation marker

   Antonyms: sí, hoc

   No tinc diners. ― No, I do not have money.

   No facis això. ― No, don't do that.

Derived terms

• no-res
• si més no

See also

• pas

Noun

no m (plural nos)

1. no

Further reading

• “no” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “no”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “no” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “no” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• noh — slang

Etymology

From Spanish no.

Interjection

no

1. indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism
2. indicating that what was just said was obvious and unnecessary; contrived incredulity

Czech

Etymology

Short for ano (“yes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈno]

Interjection

no

1. well, why

   No ne! ― Well, I never!

Adverb

no

1. certainly, indeed, of course
2. yeah, yep

Derived terms

• no a co

 

Further reading

• “no”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “no”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “no”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dimasa

Noun

no

1. home

Dumbea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noː/

Noun

no

1. mosquito

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [no]
• Hyphenation: no

Noun

no (accusative singular no-on, plural no-oj, accusative plural no-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

Noun

no

1. breast

Verb

no

1. to drink
2. to suck

Fala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: no

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“not”); probably influenced by Spanish no.

Adverb

no

1. Alternative form of non (“no, not”)

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese no, equivalent to en (“in”) +‎ o (masculine singular definite article).

Alternative forms

• nu (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

Contraction

no m sg (plural nos, feminine na, feminine plural nas)

1. (Mañegu) in the

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

Similar interjections can be found in other Finnic languages (compare Estonian no, noh, Ingrian no, Karelian no, Livonian no, noh, Ludian no, Votic no) and possibly also in other Uralic languages (compare Komi-Zyrian но (no), Udmurt но (no)). Compare also to those found in neighboring Indo-European languages (such as Swedish nå, Latvian nu, Russian ну (nu)), which may all trace back as far as Proto-Indo-European *nu. SSA concludes that the interjection is probably part original and part foreign.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation^(key): no

Interjection

no

1. well! (to acknowledge a situation; encouragement to answer or react; expressing the overcoming of reluctance to say something; exclamation of indignance)

   Alternative form: noh

   No sepä mukavaa! ― Well, that’s nice.

   No kai meidän sitten pitää käydä katsomassa. ― Well I guess we have to go look then.

   No, mikset mennyt juhliin? ― Well, why didn't you go to the party?

   Siellä oli, no, aika tylsää. ― It was, well, pretty boring there.

   No, et sinä nyt noin voi käyttäytyä! ― Well! You can't behave like that!

Further reading

• “no”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• -on, on

French

Alternative forms

• nº, Nº

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

• Audio:

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Noun

no m

1. Abbreviation of numéro (“number”).

Anagrams

• on

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Adverb

no

1. no

   Antonym: sì

Fula

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

no

1. how?

Galician

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + masculine article o (“the”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʊ/

Contraction

no m (feminine na, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nas)

1. in the

Etymology 2

From a mutation of o.

Pronoun

no m (accusative)

1. Alternative form of o (“him”)

Usage notes

The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.

Related terms

• lo
• na
• o

 

Further reading

• “no”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Garo

Noun

no

1. younger sister

Synonyms

• nogipa (formal)
• nono

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nu.

Pronoun

no

1. we

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

Preposition

no

1. for, belonging to, from

Usage notes

• Used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars), while na is used for acquired possessions.

Hone

Noun

no

1. husband

Further reading

• Anne Storch, Hone, in Coding Participant Marking: Construction Types in Twelve African Languages, edited by Gerrit Jan Dimmendaal

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English no, French non, Italian no, Spanish no. Paronym to ne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

Interjection

no

1. no

   Antonym: yes

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Finnish no and Estonian no. It is uncertain whether this word is natively Finnic or a borrowing from an Indo-European language (compare Russian ну (nu) and Swedish nå).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: no

Interjection

no

1. well
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:

     No nii, peen - vastajaa Valja.

     Well yes, small - Valja replies.

Synonyms

• nu

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian но (no).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: no

Conjunction

no

1. but
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     No määmmä tunniin, toisen, a laageria ei oo.

     But we walk for an hour, another, and the camp isn't there.

Synonyms

• mut, vaa

See also

• odnako (“however”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 343

Interlingua

Adverb

no

1. no

   No, ille non travalia hodie. ― No, he is not working today.

Noun

no (plural nos)

1. no

   Illa time audir un no. ― She is afraid of hearing no.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/^*

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: nò

Particle

no

1. no

   Antonym: sì

   dire di no ― to say no

Adverb

no

1. not

   Vieni o no? ― Are you coming or not?

   Perché no? ― Why not?

2. (by ellipsis) Used to replace negated nouns or adjectives; non-, not

   Synonym: meno

   cattolici e no ― Catholics and non-Catholics

   prodotti nuovi e no ― new and not new products

3. Used at the end of a sentence as a sort of tag question or to emphasize a statement; isn't it so, right

   Synonyms: nevvero, neh

   Te l'ho già detto, no? ― I already told you, right?

Related terms

• nossignore
• sì e no
• uno sì e uno no

 

See also

• non

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 能 (nō, literally “[performing] skill, talent”).

Alternative forms

• nō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/^**

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: nò
• Unlike the above word, this word may or may not trigger syntactic gemination in the following word.

Noun

no m (invariable)

1. Noh (a type of Japanese drama)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English no.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/^°
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: no
• Unlike the above words, this word is unstressed and never triggers syntactic gemination in the following word.

Determiner

no (invariable)

1. no, anti-; found in numerous expressions borrowed from English, such as no comment, and in pseudo-anglicisms such as no logo (“anti-globalization”) and no-vax (“anti-vax”) (also written no vax)

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English no.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

Adverb

no

1. no

   Im av no sta.

   He has no sister.

2. not

   No fi waant a tong mek kau no taak.

   Not for want of a tongue that a cow does not talk.

Verb

no

1. don't, doesn't

   Mi no nuo.

   I don't know.

   Bot dat no pruuv se wa mi a du rait.

   But that doesn't prove that what I am doing is right.

Further reading

• no at majstro.com

Japanese

Romanization

no

1. The hiragana syllable の (no) or the katakana syllable ノ (no) in Hepburn romanization.

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit नव (nava).

Numeral

no

1. nine; 9

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ/

Particle

no

1. (it is) only

   Gĩkũrũ kĩega no kĩratina. - The only good old thing is a sausage tree fruit (for fermenting muratina).

   Mũndũ ũtathiaga oigaga no nyina ũrugaga wega. - One who does not travel says only his/her mother's cooking is good.

Conjunction

no

1. but

   Mĩano ndĩtukanagio no kanua. - The diviner's gourds do not get confused, but a mouth does.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin non.

Adverb

no

1. not
2. no

Ladino

Adverb

no (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נו)

1. not

Interjection

no (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נו)

1. no

Lashi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nak (“black, evil”). Cognates include Burmese နက် (nak) and Tibetan སྣག (snag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/, [nɔ̃ʔ]

Adjective

no

1. black

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/, /nɔ/

Adverb

no

1. early

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *snāō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νάω (náō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noː/, [noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no/, [nɔː]

Verb

nō (present infinitive nāre, perfect active nāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to swim

   Nat lupus inter oves. ― The wolf swims between the sheep.

   Nare contra aquam ― To swim against the stream

   Piger ad nandum ― Slow at swimming

   Ars nandi ― The art of swimming

   • 1st century BC, Lucretius, De rerum natura iii. 479.

     Cum vini vis penetravit,
     Consequitur gravitas membrorum, præpediuntur
     Crura vacillanti, tardescit lingua, madet mens,
     Nant oculi, clamor, sigultis, jurgia gliscunt. --

     When once the force of wine hath inly pierst,
     Limbes-heavinesse is next, legs faine would goe,
     But reeling cannot, tongue drawles, mindes disperst,
     Eyes swime, ciries, hickups, brables grow.

2. (intransitive) to float

   Synonym: fluitō

   Carinae nant freto. ― Ships float in the sea.

3. (poetic, intransitive) to sail, flow, fly, etc.

   Per medium classi barbara navit Athon. ― The barbarian youth sailed its fleet through the middle of Athos.

   Undae nantes refulgent. ― The flowing waves glitter.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of nō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nō	nās	nat	nāmus	nātis	nant
	imperfect	nābam	nābās	nābat	nābāmus	nābātis	nābant
	future	nābō	nābis	nābit	nābimus	nābitis	nābunt
	perfect	nāvī	nāvistī	nāvit	nāvimus	nāvistis	nāvērunt, nāvēre
	pluperfect	nāveram	nāverās	nāverat	nāverāmus	nāverātis	nāverant
	future perfect	nāverō	nāveris	nāverit	nāverimus	nāveritis	nāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nem	nēs	net	nēmus	nētis	nent
imperfect	nārem	nārēs	nāret	nārēmus	nārētis	nārent
perfect	nāverim	nāverīs	nāverit	nāverīmus	nāverītis	nāverint
pluperfect	nāvissem	nāvissēs	nāvisset	nāvissēmus	nāvissētis	nāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nā	—	—	nāte	—
	future	—	nātō	nātō	—	nātōte	nantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nāre	nāvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		nāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nandī	nandō	nandum	nandō	—	—

Derived terms

• enō
• innābilis
• nāns, nantis (“swimming, floating”)
• nāns, nantis m (“a swimmer”)
• natō
• trānō
• nāre sine cortice (“to do without a guardian”, literally “to swim without corks”)
• nāre per aestatem liquidam (“to fly”, literally “to swim through cloudless summer”)

References

• no in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• no in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

no

1. from

   skaitīt no viens līdz desmit ― to count from one to ten

   viņš ir no Latvijas ― he is from Latvia

2. out of

   iziet no istabas ― to go out of the room

3. for
4. of

   viens no viņa draugiem ― one of his friends

   izgatavots no koka ― made of wood

5. with

   no sirds ― with all one's heart

Lombard

Adverb

no

1. Alternative spelling of nò.

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably from French "nous" or a clipping of Louisiana Creole "nouzòt" and/or French "nous autres".”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/
• Rhymes: -o
• Homophone: nô

Pronoun

no

1. Alternative form of nouzòt (“we, us”)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noː/
  • Rhymes: -oː

Preposition

no (+ dative)

1. after (in time)
2. after (in a sequence)
3. according to
4. to, towards (a direction)

Derived terms

• no an no

Adjective

no (masculine noen, neuter not, comparative méi no, superlative am nächsten)

1. nearby, near, nigh
2. close, closely related

Declension

declension of no

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass no	si ass no	et ass no	si si(nn) no
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	noen	no	not	no
	independent without determiner			noes	noer
dative	after any declined word	noen	noer	noen	noen
	as first declined word	noem		noem

Middle Dutch

Conjunction

nō

1. Alternative form of noch

Further reading

• “no (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “no (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔː/
• (early) IPA^(key): /nɑː/

Etymology 1

From Old English nā, nō (“adj”).

Alternative forms

• na

Adjective

no

1. no

Descendants

• English: no
• Yola: na, no, nae

References

• “nō, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English nā, nō.

Alternative forms

• na

Adverb

no

1. not

Descendants

• English: no
• Scots: nae
• Yola: no, na

References

• “nō, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German nāch, from Old High German nāh. Cognate with Cimbrian nå and German nach; see there for more.

Preposition

no

1. (+ dative) after

Derived terms

• nomitto

References

• “no” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Mokilese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈnõ]

Noun

no

1. wave

Narua

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).

Pronoun

no

1. You (singular)

Declension

NOM	no
ACC	nom
DAT	nokégébé
ABL	nokélo
GEN	noké
COM	nolékobé

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• nå, nu

Adverb

no

1. (obsolete) now (this very moment)

Usage notes

Part of the "Nazi reform" of 1941, made during Norwegian occupation by Germany. Almost exclusively used in texts made under occupation, and not generally considered a part of the official Bokmål chronology.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nu, nå (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse núna, derived from nú.

(interjection): May be related to Finno-Ugric, like Finnish and Estonian no, Ingrian no, Komi-Zyrian но (no), Udmurt но (no). Compare also Swedish nå, Latvian nu and Russian ну (nu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuː/

Noun

no n (definite singular noet, indefinite plural no, definite plural noa)

1. moment; point in time

Adverb

no

1. now

Derived terms

• noverande

Interjection

no

1. used when finding something out; when being irritated
   • 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860:

     Der maa no vera nokot smaatt fint Gras imillom, som Femulen finner, for ellers kunde der ikki bu annat Liv enn Reinsdyret.

     There must be some small fine grass in between for the cattle to find, otherwise no other life than the reindeer could live there.

   • 1851, Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, Liti Kjersti og bergekongen (transcription of an oral song):

     Gakk no deg i Stova inn

     Go (you) inside the house

   • Det kan no faen ikkje stemme at traktor'n var så billeg

     It can't be damn right that the tractor was so cheap

   • Er det no sånn at dåkk vil ikkje bli med på fjellturen?

     Is it so, that ya'll don't want to join on the mountain trip?

   • Eg skulle no vore på elgjakta no, men i staden for det må eg vera her og rydde.

     I was supposed to be on the moose hunt now, but I must be here and clean up instead.

   • Kom igjen no då!

     C'mon!

   Synonyms: altso, då

References

• “no” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Notsi

Particle

no

1. plural marker

Further reading

• Language Complexity: Typology, Contact, Change, edited by Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemäki, Fred Karlsson

Old English

Etymology

ne +‎ ā

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noː/

Adverb

nō

1. Alternative form of nā

Old Irish

Conjunction

no

1. Alternative spelling of nó

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• non

Etymology

From Latin non.

Adverb

no

1. no

   Antonym: oc

Descendants

• Occitan: non

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• नो (Devanagari script)
• নো (Bengali script)
• නො (Sinhalese script)
• နော or ၼေႃ (Burmese script)
• โน (Thai script)
• ᨶᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂນ (Lao script)
• នោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄮 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit नः (naḥ, “us”).

Pronoun

no

1. accusative/instrumental/genitive/dative plural of ahaṃ (“us”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit नो (no, “and not”).

Particle

no

1. surely not
2. indeed not

Usage notes

Sometimes reinforced by na (“not”)

Derived terms

• no ce (“unless”)
• noce (“unless”)

Etymology 3

Emphatic form of nu (“then, now”)

Particle

no

1. indeed, then, now

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “no”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese não and Spanish no and Kabuverdianu nau.

Adverb

no

1. no
2. not

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: no
• Homophone: -no

Etymology 1

Clipping of ano. Compare Czech no, Silesian no, Slovak no. First attested in the 19th century.

Interjection

no

1. (colloquial) yeah, yep

   Synonyms: ano, tak

Alternative forms

• nu (Far Masovian)

Particle

no

1. used to state the speaker thinks something is obvious and that one should not ponder further; well, well yeah
2. used to state that the speaker thinks everything that can be said has been said and would like to finish the topic
3. (colloquial, hedge) expresses uncertainty; well
4. (usually as a question) used to encourage the conversation partner to give a response; well?
5. (often extended) used to express surprise, awe, or caution
6. (colloquial) Filled pause, usually connecting a previous sentence; well
7. introduces a question, often lightly emotionally charged
8. used to draw attention to the current situation

Etymology 2

Clipping of ino, jeno, jedno. First attested in 1749. Compare Silesian no.

Particle

no

1. emphatic particle used with imperatives to speed up a performed action; c'mon, now

   Synonym: ano

   No, rusz się! Swiatło jest zielone!

   C'mon, move! The light is green!

   • 1841, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Szkice obyczajowe i historyczne, page 171:

      […] wróciwszy z kluczem na posłanie. — Niech mnie licho porwie, jeśli cię puszczę — musisz zostać z nami. — O! figle! no! no! daj no klucza, rzekł śmiejąc się Alexy, daj no, serce, klucza! daj!

      […] having returned with the key. "Goddamn it, if I let you go, you'll have to stay with us." "Oh! Jokes! Cmon! Cmon! Cmon, give the key!" Alex said laughing. "Cmon, heart, give the key!"

Derived terms

particle

• no ba

 

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), no is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 3 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 7 times in essays, 106 times in fiction, and 484 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 600 times, making it the 76th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• no in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• no in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “no”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “no”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• no in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• Izydor Kopernicki (1875) “no”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I), volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 373

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

• Hyphenation: no

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese no, clipping of eno, from en (“in”) + o (“the”).

Contraction

no (feminine na, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nas)

2. Contraction of em o (“in the, on the”).
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 546:

     Está na hora de testarmos os nossos talentos no mundo real, você não acha?

     It's time to test our talents in the real world, don't you think?

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

no

2. Alternative form of o (third-person masculine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong

   Eles removeram-no do grupo devido a mau comportamento da sua parte. (Portugal)

   They removed him from the group due to bad behavior on his behalf.

   Costumava estar aqui um copo, mas eles partiram-no quando cá estiveram. (Portugal)

   There used to be a glass here, but they broke it when they were here.

Usage notes

• This form is not found in Brazilian speech.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Rohingya

Rohingya cardinal numbers

<  8	9	10  >
Cardinal : no

Alternative forms

• 𐴕𐴡 (no) - Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Sanskrit नवन् (navan, “nine”).

Numeral

no (Hanifi spelling 𐴕𐴡)

1. nine

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ(ː)/, /no/

Interjection

no

1. (Transylvania) well, so

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• neo, na, nà

Etymology

From Old Irish nó, nú, from Proto-Celtic *nowe (compare Welsh neu and Old Breton nou).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na/, /nɔ/
• Hyphenation: no

Conjunction

no

1. or
2. nor
3. neither

Related terms

• air neo, air dheadh, deadh

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nъ, (Russian но (no), ну (nu)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nu (Lithuanian nu), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”), (Latin nun-c, Ancient Greek νῦν (nûn)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

Conjunction

no (Cyrillic spelling но)

1. (after a comparative, regional, dated, expressively) than (=nȅgo, ȍd)

   bolji no on ― better than him

   → (= modern)

   bolji nego on/bolji od njega

   better than him

   Izgledaš bolje no ikad. ― You' re looking better than ever.

   Proračunski manjak Grčke u bio je značajno veći no što je vlada proc(ij)enila. ― Greece's budget deficit was significantly bigger than the government had estimated.

2. (denoting exclusion) but, however

   Pogrešno, no bio si dosta blizu. ― Wrong, but you were pretty close.

   No os(j)ećam samo sreću. ― But I can' t feel anything but happy.

   Tekst nije savršen, no nije li mogao biti bolji? ― The text is not perfect, but could it have been better?

Etymology 2

From Japanese 能 (nō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nôː/

Noun

nȏ m (Cyrillic spelling но̑)

1. (theater) noh

Etymology 3

From the conjunction no.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

Particle

no (Cyrillic spelling но)

1. (in a dialog, when responding to the interlocutor) damn right!, you bet! very much so!

References

• “no”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “no”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “no”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Shabo

Verb

no

1. go

Siane

Noun

no

1. water

References

• The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: no

Etymology 1

Clipping of ano. Compare Polish no.

Particle

no

1. used to state the speaker thinks something is obvious and that one should not ponder further; well, well yeah
2. (usually as a question) used to encourage the conversation partner to give a response; well?

Etymology 2

Clipping of ino. Compare Polish no.

Particle

no

1. emphatic particle used with imperatives to speed up a performed action; c'mon, now

Further reading

• no in silling.org

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish non, from Latin nōn (compare Catalan no, Galician non, French non, Italian no, Portuguese não, Romanian nu, Sicilian no/nun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno/ [ˈno]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: no

Adverb

no

1. no
2. not

Alternative forms

• non (archaic)

Derived terms

• anda que no
• cómo no
• cuando no
• no ni na
• no obstante
• quieras que no
• si no
• sí y no
• y que no
• ya no

 

Interjection

¿no?

1. eh?, right?, isn't it? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what precedes, or to request that the listener express an opinion)

Derived terms

• nonada

 

Noun

no m (plural noes)

1. no

Etymology 2

Contracted form of Latin numero, ablative singular of numerus (“number”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnumeɾo/ [ˈnu.me.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -umeɾo

Noun

no m (plural nos)

1. Abbreviation of número.; no.

Alternative forms

• №, No., no.

Further reading

• “no”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

From English no.

Adverb

no

1. no
2. not

Etymology 2

Particle

no

1. Precedes intensifiers, untranslatable

   A nyan switi no todo.

   The food is delicious.

   A waran no hel.

   It's awfully hot.

Tagalog

Particle

no (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓ)

1. Alternative spelling of 'no

Anagrams

• on

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English no.

Adverb

no

1. not
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:5:

     ...i no gat diwai na gras samting i kamap long graun yet, long wanem, em i no salim ren i kam daun yet. Na i no gat man bilong wokim gaden.

     ...and no tree or kind of herb had appeared on the earth yet, because he had not sent rain to come down yet. And there was no one to work the garden.

Derived terms

• nogat

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ɗɔː (“satiated”). Cognate with Arem dɑː.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɔ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɔ˧˧]

Adjective

no • (奴, 𩛂)

1. full (of the stomach)

   Antonym: đói

   Đang no.

   I'm full.

   No bụng rồi.

   My stomach's full.

2. (archaic) full; complete
3. (chemistry, of a solution) saturated
4. (chemistry, of an organic compound) saturated

Usage notes

• In modern usages, no only refers to the stomach being full, or by extension, a person having had enough to eat.

See also

Derived terms

• ấm no
• no ấm
• no đủ
• no nê
• no say

 

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: no

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish no and Ingrian no.

Interjection

no

1. well

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian но (no).

Conjunction

no

1. but (when serving to contrast)

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French nom, from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ/

Noun

no m (plural nos)

1. name

West Frisian

Adverb

no

1. now

Derived terms

• notiid

Further reading

• “no”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Interjection

no

1. eh, isn't it, true (at end of declarative sentence, forms question to prompt listener's agreement)

Further reading

• “no”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɒ˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔnu̯ɔmH (“cold”).

Adjective

no

1. (of weather) cold

   No no li. ― It's cold.

Derived terms

• tsho tiv no (“sweater, warm jacket”)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔneinX (“this”).

Determiner

no

1. an indicator of current or present location: this (place, time, person, thing)

   lub tsev no ― this house

Derived terms

• hnub no (“today”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[6], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 141.

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔː/

Etymology 1

From Middle English no, na, from Old English nā.

Alternative forms

• na

Adverb

no

1. not
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY :

     Aamezil cou no stoane.

     Themselves could not stand.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:

     Outh o'mee hoane ch'ull no part wi' Wathere.

     Out of my hand I'll not part with Walter.

   • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 108:

     Hea had no much wut,

     He had not much wit,

Derived terms

• canna
• dinna

Etymology 2

Determiner

no

1. Alternative form of na
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 3 :

     Vo no own caars.

     Whom no one cares.