no

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /noʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: know, noh

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 ne (“not”) + ān (“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”)), 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.

no

1. Not any.

   Antonyms: any, some

   no one

   There is no water left.

   No hot dogs were sold yesterday.

   No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.

   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.

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.

See no/translations § Determiner.

• Yes and no on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

no (not comparable)

1. (now only used with comparatives, except in Scotland) Not, not at all.

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

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

no

1. Used to show disagreement or negation.

   Synonyms: nay, nope

   Antonyms: yes, yea, aye, maybe

   No, you are mistaken.

   No, you may not watch television now.

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) As if to say, "No, don’t doubt this!", or to deny an imagined contradictory statement, used to show intense agreement

   No, totally.

   No, yeah, that's exactly right.

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

   No, yeah

• See also Thesaurus:no

• (expression of negation): way

no (plural noes or nos)

1. a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval
2. a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition

   The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".

• nope
• nay

• yes
• yea
• aye

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

no (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of No.

no (plural nos)

1. Alternative form of No.

• no at OneLook Dictionary Search

• -on, ON, ON., on, on-

From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

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

1. in the

no

1. water

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

From Old Occitan no, non, from Latin nōn.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈno/

no

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

no

1. not, main negation marker

   No tinc diners. ― I do not have money.

   No facis això. ― Do not do this.

   Antonym: sí

• pas

Short for ano (“yes”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈno]

no

1. well, why

   No ne! ― Well, I never!

no

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

no

1. home

• IPA^(key): /noː/

no

1. mosquito

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

• IPA^(key): /no/
• Hyphenation: no

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

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /no/

no

1. breast

no

1. to drink
2. to suck

• Rhymes: -o

no

1. well!

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

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

• -on, on

• nº, Nº

no m

1. Abbreviation of numéro (“number”).

• on

From Latin nōn.

no

1. no

   Antonym: sì

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

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

1. in the

From a mutation of o.

no m (accusative)

1. Alternative form of o (“him”)

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.

From Portuguese nós. Cognates with Kabuverdianu nu.

no

1. we

no

1. for, belonging to, from

• 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.

no

1. husband

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

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

• IPA^(key): /no/

no

1. no

   Antonym: yes

no

1. no

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

no (plural nos)

1. no

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

From Latin nōn.

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• Rhymes: -ɔ

no

1. no

   Antonym: sì

   dire di no ― to say no

2. not

   Vieni o no? ― Are you coming or not?

   Perché no? ― Why not?

3. 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

4. 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?

• non

no

1. Rōmaji transcription of の
2. Rōmaji transcription of ノ

• IPA^(key): /nɔ/

no

1. (it is) only[1]

   Gĩkũrũ kĩega no kĩratina.[2] - 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.

no

1. but[3]

   Mĩano ndĩtukanagio no kanua. - The diviner's gourds do not get confused, but a mouth does.[4]

From Latin non.

no

1. not
2. no

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /noː/

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

1. 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.

2. to float

   Carinae nant freto. ― Ships float in the sea.

3. (poetic) 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.

4. (of the eyes of drunken persons) to swim

   Nant oculi. ― The eyes swim.

   • Lucr. 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.

• nāns, nantis (“swimming, floating”)

  Nantes scaphae. ― Floating skiffs.

• nāns, nantis f (“a swimmer”)

  Greges nantium.

  Swimming fowl. (geese, ducks etc.; literally means groups of swimming ones)

• natō
• 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”)

• 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
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to free one's mind from the influences of the senses: sevocare mentem a sensibus (De Nat. D. 3. 8. 21)
    
  • I drink your health: propīno tibi hoc (poculum, salutem)
    
  • the senate inclines to the opinion, decides for..: senatus sententia inclīnat ad... (De Sen. 6. 16)
    
  • to draw one's sword (from the scabbard): gladium educere (e vagīna)
    
  • the line of battle gives way: acies inclīnat or inclīnatur (Liv. 7. 33)
    
  • (ambiguous) to land, disembark: exire ex, de navi
    

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

no

1. Alternative spelling of nò.

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

• IPA^(key): /noː/
  • Rhymes: -oː

no (+ dative)

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

• no an no

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

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

nō

1. Alternative form of noch

• “no (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “no (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• nå, nu

no

1. (obsolete) now (this very moment)

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.

• nå

From Old Norse nú. Akin to English now.

• IPA^(key): /nuː/ (example of pronunciation)

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

1. moment; point in time

no

1. now

no

1. used when finding something out; when being irritated

• noverande

• “no” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

no

1. plural marker

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

no

1. no

   Antonym: yes

From ne + ā.

• IPA^(key): /noː/

nō

1. Alternative form of nā

• non

From Latin non.

no

1. no

   Antonym: oc

• Catalan: no
• Occitan: non

no

1. inflection of ahaṃ (“us”):
   1. accusative and instrumental plural
   2. genitive and dative plural

From Portuguese não and Spanish no and Kabuverdianu nau.

no

1. no
2. not

• IPA^(key): /nɔ/

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From ano, from Old Polish a ono. Compare Czech no.

no

1. (colloquial) yeah, yep
2. (colloquial) Filled pause.

From Old Polish jéno (“only”) (compare dialectal ino).

no

1. (colloquial) Emphasis particle used with imperatives.
   • 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! Daj pokój zartom, dobranoc wam — No! daj klucza !

• no in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /no/, /nu/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu/
• Homophone: nu
• Hyphenation: no
• Rhymes: -u

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

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

1. Contraction of em o (“in the”).
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya 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?

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:no.

no

1. 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.

   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.

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

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:no.

From Sanskrit नवन् (navan, “nine”).

no

1. nine

• IPA^(key): /nɔ(ː)/, /no/

no

1. well!

• air neo, neo

no

1. or
2. nor

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

• IPA^(key): /no/

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?

From Japanese 能 (nō).

• IPA^(key): /nôː/

nȏ m (Cyrillic spelling но̑)

1. (theater) noh

From the conjunction no.

• IPA^(key): /no/

no (Cyrillic spelling но)

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

• “no” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “no” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “no” in Hrvatski jezični portal

no

1. go

no

1. water

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

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

• IPA^(key): /no/

no

1. no
2. not

• non (archaic)

¿no?

1. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)

• nonada

no m (plural noes)

1. no

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnumeɾo/

no m (plural nos)

1. Abbreviation of número.; no.

• №, No., no.

• “no” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

From English no.

no

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

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• nogat

From Proto-Vietic *ɗɔː (“satiated”); cognate with Arem /dɑː/.

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

no (奴, 𩛂) (phonemic reduplicative no no)

1. full (of the stomach)

   Antonym: đói

   Đang no. ― I'm full.

   No bụng. ― My stomach's full.

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

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

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

no m

1. name

no

1. now

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

no

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

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

• IPA^(key): /nuː/, /nouː/, /nɔuː/, /nɒuː/

  Rhymes: -úː

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -úː, -úːð

From Middle Low German nouwen.

no (preterite noä or nodd, supine nodt)

1. (intransitive) to be of harm; to be damaging

   Ja trodd hä skull int no, men hä noä no ändå. ― I didn't think it would do any damage, yet it was indeed harmful.

2. (intransitive) to suffer, to lack something

   Han nodd int den ti’n han var dräng. ― He did not suffer as a farmhand.

   Han no int

   “He suffers not”: There is no emergency for him.

   Han no int der ’n jär ― He suffers no shortage where he is staying.

From Old Norse nóg, nógr, gnógr, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz.

no

1. enough, sufficient

   No å dy. ― Enough of that.

2. probably
3. (interverbal) yet, indeed

• nögd

From Old Norse nói m (“small vessel”); compare Norwegian no m (“vessel made of a hollowed log”), Armenian նո (no, “small vessel”). The pronunciation of the verb with duosyllabic accent might be taken from the verb phrase, as verb phrases often use duosyllabic accent, and most similar verbs otherwise have monsyllabic accent; compare bo (“dwell”) and li (“scythe”).

no m

1. trough
2. trench

• IPA^(key): /²nuː/ (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -ùː

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ùː, -ùːð

no (preterite noä)

1. (transitive, particle båhtti) to make hollow, hollow out

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “NO”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 470