no thank you

English

Alternative forms

• no, thank you
• NTY (initialism)

Etymology

From earlier no, thank you.

Interjection

no thank you

1. A polite way of saying no in response to an offer.

   Synonyms: no thanks, thanks but no thanks

   Antonym: yes please

   “Do you want all the strawberries we didn't eat?” “No thank you, I'm full.”

   • 1970, Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1979, →ISBN, page 357:

     ‘Have some tea?’ ‘No, thank you.’

   • 2022 September 15, 9:20 from the start, in David Blaine Freaks Jimmy Out with a Terrifying Card and Nail Trick The Tonight Show‎^[1] (Comedy), spoken by David Blaine and Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, archived from the original on 16 September 2022:

     Fallon: David Blaine is eating nails right now. This is insane. This is...this is all real. This is crazy.
     Blaine: You want some?
     Fallon: No thank you, I don't want to eat...how? How?

Usage notes

• This phrase is typically spoken with no pause in speech. The comma after no is typically included in formal writing.

Translations

polite way of saying no

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 唔使喇 (m⁴ sai² laa³) (in this context, the word "thank you" is not necessary, and it's not impolite)

  Hokkien: 毋免 (zh-min-nan) (m̄-bián)

  Mandarin: 不要，謝謝／不要，谢谢 (bùyào, xièxie)

• Czech: ne, děkuji
• Danish: nej tak (da), ellers tak (da)
• Dutch: nee dank u
• Faroese: nei takk
• Finnish: ei kiitos
• French: non merci (fr)
• German: nein danke
• Greek: όχι ευχαριστώ (óchi efcharistó)
• Greenlandic: qujaaannarpunga
• Hungarian: köszönöm, nem (the opposite order is less idiomatic)
• Italian: no, grazie
• Japanese: 結構です (ja) (kekkō desu)
• Kapampangan: ali pu, salamat pu
• Khmer: ទេសូមអរគុណ (tei soom ɑɑ kun)
• Korean: 됐어요 (ko) (dwaesseoyo), 됐습니다 (ko) (dwaetseumnida)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: benignē, nōn gratiās agō
• Navajo: ahéheeʼ lá ndi doo nisin da
• Norwegian: nei takk
• Polish: nie, dziękuję
• Portuguese: não, obrigado m, não, obrigada f
• Russian: нет, спаси́бо (net, spasíbo)
• Slovene: ne hvala
• Spanish: no, gracias (es)
• Swedish: nej tack
• Thai: ไม่เป็นไร ขอบคุณ
• Urdu: نہیں شکریہ (nahĩ śukriya)
• Vietnamese: dạ không cám ơn
• Welsh: dim diolch

References

• “no, thank you” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.