non
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non
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /nɑn/
Audio (US) (file)
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non (not comparable)
Noun edit
non (plural nons)
- (Malaysia, slang) A non-Muslim citizen.
Asturian edit
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non
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Basque *no- (interrogative stem) + -n (inessive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adverb edit
non (interrogative)
Derived terms edit
- non edo han (“somewhere”)
- non edo non (“somewhere”)
- non ere
- non eta ez
- non zer
- nonahi (“anywhere”)
- nonahi den (“anywhere”)
- nonahiko (“from anywhere”)
- nonahitik (“from anywhere”)
- nonbait (“somewhere”)
- nonbait ere (“somewhere”)
- nonbait han (“more or less”)
- nonbait hor (“more or less”)
- nonbaiteko (“from somewhere”)
- nonbaiten (“somewhere”)
- nonbaitera (“to somewhere”)
- nonbaitetik (“from somewhere”)
- nonbaitik (“from somewhere”)
- nondar (“born where?”)
- nondik (“from where”)
- nondik edo handik (“from somewhere”)
- nondik eta nola
- nondik ez (“of course”)
- nondik nora (“from where to where”)
- nondik norako (“of what form”)
- nondik-bait
- nondik-nahi
- nondik-nahiko
- nondiko
- nongo (“from where”)
- nongonahiko
- nongotar (“born where?”)
- nongotasun (“origin”)
- nongura
- nontsu (“where more or less”)
- nonzerberri
Further reading edit
Chiricahua edit
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non
- Alternative spelling of nun
Chuukese edit
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non
Cimbrian edit
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non
- plural of nono (“grandfather”): grandparents
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch nonne, which ultimately derives from Late Latin nonna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
non f (plural nonnen, diminutive nonnetje n)
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Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: nònchi (from the diminutive)
Fala edit
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Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“not”).
Pronunciation edit
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non
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French non, from Latin nōn.
Pronunciation edit
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non
Conjunction edit
non
- 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.
- Are you still in prayer?
Noun edit
non m (plural nons)
- a no, a negative response
Interjection edit
non
- no!
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “non”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Noun edit
non m (plural nons)
Fula edit
Adverb edit
non
- a deictic element referring to either a preceding adverb or the preceding statement
Particle edit
non
- a particle of insistance which can be added to a conjunction, interjection or pronoun
- Min non mi yiɗaa ɗun!
- As for me, I especially dislike that
References edit
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
non
- no, not, not at all
- no (used to show disagreement or negation)
- 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
- no (reinforces a mandate in interrogative sentences)
Usage notes edit
Non usually contracts in speech with a following definite article or personal pronoun (a, as, o, os). The result of this contraction, in the past written as nono, no-no, n'o, among other forms, is [nona], [nono], [nonas], [nono] in the east and central areas and [na], [no], [nas], [nos] in the west. Today these contractions are rarely shown in written Galician:
References edit
- “non” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “non” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Further reading edit
- “non” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Haitian Creole edit
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non
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non
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Ido edit
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Cardinal: non Ordinal: nonesma Adverbial: nonfoye Multiplier: nonopla Fractional: nonima |
Etymology edit
From English nine, German neun, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. In length from English nona-, French nona-, Italian nono, Spanish nono.
Numeral edit
non
- nine (9)
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Ultimately derives from Late Latin nonna.
Noun edit
non (first-person possessive nonku, second-person possessive nonmu, third-person possessive nonnya)
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate of Indonesian non-
Noun edit
non (first-person possessive nonku, second-person possessive nonmu, third-person possessive nonnya)
- see kaum non (“non-cooperative groups of Dutch colonial government”).
Further reading edit
- “non” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua edit
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non
Istriot edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin nōmen. Compare Friulian non, Dalmatian naun.
Noun edit
non
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /non/
- (unmonitored speech, preconsonantal, very common) IPA(key): /n/, usually assimilates the place of articulation of the following consonant, though some speakers realize this as [n] in all positions.
- Homophones: 'n, in, un, un'
- (unmonitored speech, prevocalic, less common) IPA(key): /n‿/, */n‿/
Adverb edit
non
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
non (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נון)
- 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.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”). Equivalent to ne + ūnus.[1] See also nē and nī.
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
nōn (negative particle)
- not
- Lingua Graeca est; potest nōn legī.
- It's Greek; it can not be read.
- Sit ut est, aut nōn sit.
- Let it be as it is, otherwise it would not be.
Usage notes edit
The particle nōn may be used to negate verbs, adjectives, nouns, or phrases.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: nu
- Asturian: nun, ñun
- Dalmatian: na
- Friulian: no
- Italian: no, non
- Ladino: non (נון)
- Lombard: nò
- Mirandese: nun
- Mozarabic: نن (nn), נון (nwn)
- Old French: non, ne
- Old Occitan: non
- Old Galician-Portuguese: nom
- Romanian: nu
- Romansch: na
- Sardinian: no, non, nu
- Sicilian: nun (used before a verb), no (used before a noun), nû (nun + lu/u)
- Spanish: no, non
References edit
- 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.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “non-”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Lote edit
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non
References edit
- Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)
Manchu edit
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non
- Romanization of ᠨᠣᠨ
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non
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non
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French non.
Interjection edit
non
Descendants edit
- French: non
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse nón, from Latin nona (hora) (“ninth hour”). Akin to English noon and nones.
Noun edit
non n (definite singular nonet, indefinite plural non, definite plural nona)
- (historical) the ninth hour after dawn (about 3pm)
- a meal eaten around 3-5 pm
- (Catholicism) none, nones
Derived terms edit
- nonsmat m
- Nonshaug (a common Norwegian toponym)
- Nonshei (toponym common in Trøndelag)
- Nonshøa (toponym common in Oppdal and Upper Gudbrandsdal)
- Nonsfjell (toponym, almost not used in Eastern Norway)
- Nonfjell (toponym, used only in Western and Southern Norway)
References edit
- “non” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nōn ?
- (historical) Nones, the ninth hour after sunrise
- (Christianity) Nones, the religious service appointed to this hour
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non m
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “nōn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “non”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -on
Interjection edit
non
Adverb edit
non
- not
- c. 1190, Chrétien de Troyes, Le Roman de Percival:
- Les uns barbez, les autres non
- Some bearded, the others not
Noun edit
non oblique singular, m (oblique plural nons, nominative singular nons, nominative plural non)
- Alternative form of nom
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin nōn (“no”), from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”).
Pronunciation edit
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non
- no, not
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 84 (facsimile):
- ſi ou non
- yes or no
- ſi ou non
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Romansch edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin nonnus (compare Italian nonno).
Noun edit
non m (plural nons)
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non
Sicilian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Dialectal variant of Sicilian nun, from Latin nōn. Maybe influenced from Italian non.
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non
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non
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non
Further reading edit
- “non”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Uzbek edit
Noun edit
non (plural nonlar)
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Etymology 1 edit
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, Semai kenon (“child”), Juang kɔnɔn ("child, son, the young one; young"), Khmu [Cuang] krnɔːn ("uterus"). Likely received some semantic influence from 嫩 (MC nwonH) (SV: nộn) as well.
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Vurës edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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non
- barracuda, (blackfin barracuda) Sphyraena qenie
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Western Apache edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Chiricahua nun, Mescalero nun, Plains Apache nǫǫ.
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non
- something stored away, cache
Zazaki edit
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non
- Alternative form of nan