non
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
non
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (US) (file)
AdverbEdit
non (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of none.
NounEdit
non (plural nons)
- (Malaysia, slang) A non-Muslim citizen.
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
non
BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
non
ChiricahuaEdit
NounEdit
non
- Alternative spelling of nun
ChuukeseEdit
PrepositionEdit
non
CimbrianEdit
NounEdit
non
- plural of nono (“grandfather”): grandparents
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch nonne, which ultimately derives from Late Latin nonna.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
non f (plural nonnen, diminutive nonnetje n)
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Papiamentu: nònchi (from the diminutive)
FalaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“not”).
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
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.
ReferencesEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French non, from Latin nōn.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
non
ConjunctionEdit
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?
NounEdit
non m (plural nons)
- a no, a negative response
InterjectionEdit
non
- no!
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “non”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
NounEdit
non m (plural nons)
FulaEdit
AdverbEdit
non
- a deictic element referring to either a preceding adverb or the preceding statement
ParticleEdit
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
ReferencesEdit
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
GalicianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese non, from Latin nōn.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
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 notesEdit
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:
ReferencesEdit
- “non” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “non” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Further readingEdit
- “non” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Haitian CreoleEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdverbEdit
non
AntonymsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
non
Related termsEdit
IdoEdit
90 | ||
← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
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Cardinal: non Ordinal: nonesma Adverbial: nonfoye Multiplier: nonopla Fractional: nonima |
EtymologyEdit
From English nine, German neun, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. In length from English nona-, French nona-, Italian nono, Spanish nono.
NumeralEdit
non
- nine (9)
IndonesianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Ultimately derives from Late Latin nonna.
NounEdit
non (first-person possessive nonku, second-person possessive nonmu, third-person possessive nonnya)
Etymology 2Edit
Cognate of Indonesian non-
NounEdit
non (first-person possessive nonku, second-person possessive nonmu, third-person possessive nonnya)
- see kaum non (“non-cooperative groups of Dutch colonial government”).
Further readingEdit
- “non” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
InterlinguaEdit
AdverbEdit
non
IstriotEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin nōmen. Compare Friulian non, Dalmatian naun.
NounEdit
non
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- 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‿/
AdverbEdit
non
LadinoEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
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.
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”). Equivalent to ne + ūnus[1]. See also nē and nī.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /noːn/, [noːn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /non/, [nɔn]
Audio (Classical) (file)
ParticleEdit
nōn (negative particle)
- not
- Lingua Graeca est; potest nōn legī.
- It's Greek; it can not be read.
Usage notesEdit
The particle nōn may be used to negate verbs, adjectives, nouns, or phrases.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Aromanian: nu
- Asturian: nun, ñun
- Dalmatian: na
- Friulian: no
- Italian: no, non
- Ladino: non (נון)
- Lombard: nò
- Mirandese: nun
- Mozarabic: نن (nun)
- Old French: non, ne
- Old Occitan: non
- Old 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
ReferencesEdit
- 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 (2001–2023), “non-”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
LoteEdit
NounEdit
non
ReferencesEdit
- Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)
ManchuEdit
RomanizationEdit
non
- Romanization of ᠨᠣᠨ
Mauritian CreoleEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
non
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
AdverbEdit
non
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French non.
InterjectionEdit
non
DescendantsEdit
- French: non
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse nón, from Latin nona (hora) (“ninth hour”). Akin to English noon and nones.
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
- nonsmat m
ReferencesEdit
- “non” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
Old EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nōn ?
- (historical) Nones, the ninth hour after sunrise
- (Christianity) Nones, the religious service appointed to this hour
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
non m
ReferencesEdit
- 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 FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -on
InterjectionEdit
non
AdverbEdit
non
- not
- c. 1190, Chrétien de Troyes, Le Roman de Percival:
- Les uns barbez, les autres non
- Some bearded, the others not
NounEdit
non m (oblique plural nons, nominative singular nons, nominative plural non)
- Alternative form of nom
Old PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin nōn (“no”), from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”).
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
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
DescendantsEdit
RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin nonnus (compare Italian nonno).
NounEdit
non m (plural nons)
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
Seychellois CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
InterjectionEdit
non
SicilianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Dialectal variant of Sicilian nun, from Latin nōn. Maybe influenced from Italian non.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
non
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdverbEdit
non
- Archaic form of no.
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
non
Further readingEdit
- “non”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
UzbekEdit
NounEdit
non (plural nonlar)
DeclensionEdit
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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 nuənH) (SV: nộn) as well.
AdjectiveEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
See alsoEdit
VurësEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
non
- barracuda, (blackfin barracuda) Sphyraena qenie
Further readingEdit
Western ApacheEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Chiricahua nun, Mescalero nun, Plains Apache nǫǫ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
non
- something stored away, cache
ZazakiEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
non
- Alternative form of nan