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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Norwegian or Norwegian norsk.

Symbol

no

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Norwegian terms

English

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəʊ/

    • Audio:

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  • (Scotland) IPA^(key): /no/
  • (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA^(key): /noː/
  • (Northumbria)
    • (determiner, adverb) IPA^(key): /niː/
      • (sometimes) IPA^(key): /neː/
    • (particle, noun) IPA^(key): /næ/, /nɜː/, /nɑː/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /noʊ/

  • Audio:

    (file)

• (Australia) IPA^(key): /nəʉ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /nɐʉ/

  • Audio:

    (file)

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /nœʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: noh; know (toe–tow merger)

Etymology 1

Inherited 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. Piecewise doublet of none.

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.

   I've got no wife and no children either.

   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 (something).

   No smoking. No parking.

   There's no stopping her once she gets going.

   No under-18s (allowed).

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
• all fur and no knickers
• all retch and no vomit
• be no match for
• certificate of no criminal conviction
• duck or no dinner
• have no right
• natheless
• no-account
• no-action letter
• Nobama
• nobbut
• no bigs
• no-brainer
• no-brow
• no brown in town
• no clue
• nocoiner
• no fall zone
• no-fault
• no-fi
• no fidelity
• no flies on
• no-fly
• no glove no love
• no-go
• nogoer
• no-good
• no good ass
• no guts, no glory
• no harm, no foul
• no-hit
• no-hitter
• no holds barred
• no-hoper
• nohow
• nojito
• no later than
• no-legged
• nolisting
• no-load
• no love lost
• noman
• No Man's Heath
• no man's land
• No Man's Land
• no match for
• no-name
• no names, no pack drill
• no need
• no news is good news
• no-no
• no-nonsense
• no nothing
• noone
• no one, no-one
• no pain, no gain
• No Place
• no place, noplace
• no-platform
• nopony
• no problem
• no quarter
• no questions asked
• no relation
• no rest for the wicked
• no room at the inn
• no-scope
• no-score draw
• nosecco
• no-see-um
• no-self
• no shit, Sherlock
• noshore
• no-show
• no-show sock
• no skin off one's back
• no soap
• no soup for you
• NoSQL
• no-stride
• no strings attached
• nothing
• no through road
• NOTP
• no-trade
• no-trump
• no-trumper
• no trumps
• novid
• noway
• no way to treat a lady
• nowhat
• nowhen
• nowhence
• nowhile
• nowhither
• no-win
• nowise
• no wonder
• no worries
• no 🧢
• say no more
• vote blue no matter who
• waste no time

Translations

See no/translations § Determiner.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), from *ne (“not”) + *aiwō (“ever”), equivalent to ne +‎ aye. 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”). Doublet of 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.

      I can think of no more deserving cause.

      Look no further than one's nose.

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

      Is your sister any better? ~ No different. Still ill.

   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.

   Can ye no help me?

   • 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.

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.

Translations

Translations

• Russian: не (ru) (ne), нет (ru) (net)
• Spanish: no (es)

Particle

no

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

   Synonyms: nay, nope; see also Thesaurus:no

   Antonyms: aye, maybe, yea, yes; see also Thesaurus:yes

   No, you are mistaken.

   No, you may not watch television now.

   David, no!

   • 2000 February 5, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Beyond the Grave”, in Midsomer Murders:

     Why is it when I say 'no', you both hear 'yes'?

2. Used to ask for confirmation.

   Synonyms: yes, right

   The legal drinking age in the States is 21, no?

3. Used to express sadness or disappointment.

   "We lost." "No!"

4. Used to express disbelief.

   Synonym: no way

   I got the job! / No! Really? That's fantastic!

5. 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.")

6. (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!"

Derived terms

• nossuh
• yeah, no
• yes and no

Descendants

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

Translations

See no/translations § Particle.

Preposition

no

1. Without.

   Look Ma, no hands!

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Like.

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

• nah
• nope
• naw
• nay

Antonyms

• aye
• yea
• yes

Translations

See no/translations § Noun.

Verb

no (third-person singular simple present noes, present participle noing, simple past and past participle noed)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) To say “no”.
   • 1983, Sasha Moorsom, chapter 5, in In the Shadow of the Paradise Tree, London; Melbourne, Vic.; Henley-on-Thame, Oxfordshire: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 80:

     She felt disquiet at these tales of Musa’s illicit activities. ‘Does your father know?’ / ‘My father always noes. He never yeses. Specially when he’s sick, then he noes all the time. I gotta get out. Can’t stick around the house with him yelling. […]’

   • 1994, Malcolm Ross, “Part Three: The New Woman”, in Kernow & Daughter, London: BCA, →ISBN, page 293:

     “Heaven knows why a woman ‘Noes’!” / Clarrie nodded glumly. “And why she ‘Yesses’ in the end.”

   • 2001, Nicholas Weinstock, “The Flowers”, in As Long As She Needs Me, New York, N.Y.: Perennial, published 2002, →ISBN, page 140:

     There were days, entire years of his life, spent yessing and noing on the phone, picking up and hanging up and accomplishing nothing at all.

2. (transitive, colloquial) To answer with “no”; to decline, reject.
   • 1835 April, “The Whimsey Papers.—No. II. Vague Conclusions Concerning Selfishness and Benevolence—Vivid the Casuist—Skinflint the Misanthrope—Green, the Good-Natured Man.”, in [Caroline Norton], editor, The Court Magazine, […], volume VI, number IV, London: Edward Churton, […], →OCLC, page 168, column 1:

     Never accustom yourself to say ‘Yes,’—practise an emphatic and decisive enunciation of the far more dignified and important monosyllable, ‘No.’ […] Believe me, it is of the utmost importance (the advice is not of recent date) that you should No the world.

   • 1940 March 17, “Back of the CAA Fight: Independence or Closer Executive Control of Aviation Agency”, in David Lawrence, editor, The United States News, Washington, D.C.: United States News Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 2:

     BUDGET DIRECTOR SMITH / The President yessed his report […] SENATOR McCARRAN / He noed the President’s report

   • 1955, Fred Rodell, “Powerful, Irresponsible, and Human”, in Nine Men: A Political History of the Supreme Court from 1790 to 1955, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12:

     Yet in every such instance—and there are scores of them—the Justices can do nothing but impotently point toward future action after Yessing or Noing past action by men in a position to act.

Etymology 3

Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin (in) numerō (“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.

Further reading

• yes and no on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -on, ON, ON., on, on-

Achang

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-nəʔ (“ear”).

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /nɔ˧/

Noun

no

1. ear
   • 2010, “Psalm 115:6”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible‎^[6], Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:

     No dap laus eq ma xauhgyo, nho dap laus eq ma yoh nam.

     [The idols have] ears stuck [to them] but do not hear; [the idols have] noses stuck [to them] but cannot smell.

Usage notes

Inglis's lexicon does not have this simple word for "ear", despite listing several compounds. The simple word does show up in his preliminary phonology and is attested in the Bible.

Derived terms

• no-jet
• no-khung
• no-khyung
• no-khyvp

Etymology 2

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *na², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na (“to rest”).

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /nɔ˧/
• (Lianghe) [na³¹]
• (Longchuan) [nɔ³¹]
• (Luxi) [na⁵¹]
• (Xiandao) [nɔ³¹]

Verb

no

1. to rest, stop

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[7], Payap University, pages 93-94

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nó/

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

Akan

Pronoun

no

1. him, her, them (third singular animate accusative personal pronoun)

Pronoun

no

1. it (third singular inanimate accusative personal pronoun)

See also

Akan personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		me	yɛn yɛ-
2nd person		wo	mo
3rd person		ɔno (animate nominative) ɛno (inanimate nominative) ɛ- no (accusative) ne (possessive)	wɔn wɔ-

Article

nó

1. (postpositive) the

References

• LearnAkan (2018–present), “him”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)
• LearnAkan (2018–present), “her”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)
• LearnAkan (2018–present), “the”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)

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

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Ashkun

Ashkun cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : no

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nuristani *no (or less likely borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit नव (náva)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

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

Borrowed 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)

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-nók.

Verb

no

1. to fall (rain), to rain

Bavarian

Etymology

Inherited 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): /ˈnoː/, (unstressed) [no]
• Rhymes: -oː

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

Inherited from Old Catalan no, from Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “no”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “no” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “no”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• noh — slang

Etymology

Derived 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

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish no (“no”).

Verb

no

1. (pseudoverb) do not; don't (used as a negative imperative)

Czech

Etymology

Short for ano (“yes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈno]

• Audio:

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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), 2008–2026

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

• IPA^(key): /no/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: 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

Further reading

• “no”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “no”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǒ/, [n̺ǒ], [n̪ǒ] (noun)
• IPA^(key): /nò/, [n̺ò], [n̪ò] (verb)

Noun

nǒ

1. breast

Verb

nò

1. to drink
2. to suck

Fala

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited 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

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese no. By surface analysis, 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), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 209

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
• Syllabification^(key): no
• 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!

2. well? (replaces an obvious question)

   – Kävin kysymässä sulkemisaikaa. – No?

   – I went and asked them for their closing time. – Well?

Further reading

• “no”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[8] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• -on, on

French

Alternative forms

• nº, Nº

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

no m

1. abbreviation of numéro (“number”)

Anagrams

• on

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited 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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Contraction

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

1. in the

   Pois eu anque lexos estaba do conde ben o vin no tempro.

   Well, even though I was from the count's house, I saw him well in the temple.

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.

See also

Galician personal pronouns

number	person		nominative (subject)	accusative (direct object)	dative (indirect object)	prepositional	prepositional with con	non-declining
singular	first		eu	me		min	comigo	—
	second		ti	te	che	ti	contigo	vostede
	third	m	el	o (lo, no)	lle	el	con el	—
		f	ela	a (la, na)		ela	con ela	—
plural	first		nós nosoutros m nosoutras f	nos		nós	connosco	—
	second		vós vosoutros m vosoutras f	vos		vós	convosco	vostedes
	third	m	eles	os (los, nos)	lles	eles	con eles	—
		f	elas	as (las, nas)		elas	con elas	—
reflexive third / indefinite			—	se		si	consigo	—

Related terms

• lo
• na
• o

References

• “no”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “no”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “no”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “no”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “no”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Garo

Noun

no

1. younger sister

Synonyms

• nogipa (formal)
• nono

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

Derived 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) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], 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

Inherited 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. 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?

Derived terms

• nì
• 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)

Jair Awyu

Pronoun

no

1. I

References

• Randy Lebold, Ronald Kriens and Yunita Susanto , A report on the Bamgi, Kia, and Lower Digul River language survey in Papua, Indonesia (2013), SIL Journal of Language Survey Reports

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

Inherited from Sanskrit नव (náva).

Numeral

no

1. nine; 9

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno/ [ˈno]
• Hyphenation: no

Pronoun

no

1. alternative spelling of nala
2. alternative spelling of nalu
3. alternative spelling of nayu

Kapampangan personal pronouns

		absolute		ergative	oblique
		disjunctive	enclitic
first person	singular	aku/i aku/yaku	ku		kanaku
	plural inclusive	ikatamu	katamu/tamu	tamu/ta	kekatamu
	plural exclusive	ikami, ike	kami/ke	mi	kekami/keke
second person	singular	ika	ka	mu	keka
	plural	ikayu/iko	kayu/ko	yu	kekayu/keko
third person	singular	iya/ya	ya	na	keya/kaya
	plural	ila	la	da/ra	karela

Particle

no

1. indicates emphasis

   Kuwanan kuno.

   I should now take them.

   Kanan kuno...

   I'm gonna eat these now...

2. indicates confirmation and clarification in a question, depending on intonation

   Synonyms: na, ne

   Menanu no?

   What is it now?

   Kayan muno?

   You sure you're gonna do it?

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

Inherited from Latin nōn.

Adverb

no

1. not
2. no

Ladino

Alternative forms

• non

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish no, non (“not”), from Latin nōn (compare Catalan no, Galician non, French non, Italian no, Portuguese não, Romanian nu, Sicilian no, nun, & Spanish no).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris):

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Adverb

no (Hebrew spelling נו)

1. not
   • 2018 February 7, Dora Niyego, “El Antisemitizmo De Oy”, in Şalom‎^[9], archived from the original on 28 February 2026:

     Kritikar Israel no es el antisemitizmo.

     Criticizing Israel is not antisemitism.

Interjection

no (Hebrew spelling נו)

1. no (nope)

   Antonym: si

   • 1988, Miriam Raymond, edited by Matilda Koén-Sarano, De Saragosa a Yerushaláyim: kuentos sefaradís‎^[10], Zaragoza: Ibercaja, published 1995, →ISBN, page 67:

     No, sinyor bakal, esto kosta sólo siete!

     No, mister shopkeeper, this costs only seven!

Derived terms

• no es koza

References

• “no”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₂ti

Proto-Italic *(s)nāō

Latin nō

Inherited from Proto-Italic *(s)nāō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₂ti, from *(s)neh₂- + *-ti. Cognate with Ancient Greek νάω (náō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː]

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 passive, no supine stem)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		nāre			—			nāns			—
perfect		nāvisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		nandī		nandō		nandum		nandō		—		—

Derived terms

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

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō (“on, onto”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”).

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

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Bangi no.

Verb

no

1. to fall (rain), to rain

Livonian

Etymology

Compare Finnish no, Estonian no; see the former for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno]

Interjection

no

1. well

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “no”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[11] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

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”)

Lower Tanana

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *noˑ.

Alternative forms

• not

Postposition

no

1. sign of, premonition of, omen of
2. recurring event of

Root

no

1. to move, tremble, shake; for there to be an earthquake

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Durative	no	no'	noɬ	no'
Momentaneous	noyh	nonh	noɬ	no'
Customary	noyh	noyh	noyh	noyh

Derived terms

• ghedeno (“he/she labors, is industrious”)
• gheno (“it is shaking”)
• ghini'i (“maggots, rice”)
• noghenoyi (“fresh fish”)
• sronot (“early spring”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 331-332

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *naˑʷ. Cognate with Ahtna naa, Navajo -NÁ.

Root

no

1. to nomadize
2. to live in or occupy an area

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	nayh	no	naɬ	naɬ
Continuative	na'	no	na'	na'
Perambulative	nayh	no	nayh	nayh
Customary	niyh	niyh	niyh	niyh
Neuter	no'	no'	no'	no'

Derived terms

• ghenaɬna (“band of people traveling”)
• Ninano' (“Nenana River”)
• Ninano' Xwt'ana (“Nenana River band”)
• xwnoya (“gyrfalcon”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 332-334

Etymology 3

From Proto-Athabaskan *naˑ. The cognate root appears in Ahtna ʼelnaa (“drudge, slave”).

Root

no

1. to capture, work for

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	no	no'	noɬ	—
Conclusive	—	nonh	—	—

Derived terms

• elno (“captive, slave”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 329

Etymology 4

From Proto-Athabaskan *ŋaˑ, *ŋeˑ. Cognate with Ahtna naa.

Root

no

1. to become depleted, exhausted; plural subjects die

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Conclusive	na	nonh	naɬ	naɬ

Derived terms

• ndena (“it is leaking”)
• nena (“they die one by one”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 330

Etymology 5

Related to no- (“across”).

Postposition

no

1. alternative form of noda (“across”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 336

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old High German nāh

Middle High German nāh

Luxembourgish no

Inherited from Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noː/
  • Rhymes: -oː

Preposition

no (+ dative)

1. after (in time)
2. after (in a sequence)
3. after (the further side of, past)
4. according to
5. 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

   nächsten Arrêt ― next stop

2. close, closely related

Declension

Declension of no

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
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

Inherited from Old English nā, nō (adjective).

Alternative forms

• na

Adjective

no

1. no

Descendants

• English: no
• Yola: na, nae, no

References

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English nā, nō.

Alternative forms

• na

Adverb

no

1. not

Descendants

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

References

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

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *naw (“cup”).

Noun

no

1. cup, mug

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *naw (“young”).

Adjective

no

1. young, tender

Related terms

• nau

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “no”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Mòcheno

Etymology

Inherited 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

Derived terms

• nohno

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[12], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 172

Nalögo

Noun

no

1. fish

References

• Alfarano, Valentina (2021), A grammar of Nalögo, an Oceanic language of Santa Cruz Island (PhD thesis)‎^[13], page 98

Narua

Etymology

Inherited 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 (Orkanger, Skaun, Frosta, Innherad, Salten, Lofoten, Harstad, Varanger)
• nå (Oslo area, Øysterdal, coastal Agder, Rogaland, Nordmøre, Bardu, Alta)

Etymology

Inherited 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

From ne +‎ ā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noː/
• Rhymes: -oː

Adverb

nō

1. alternative form of nā

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• eno, ẽno

Contraction

no

1. contraction of en +‎ o
   • 1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 79:

     et disso que despenderan en tres ueces que fora a San Cibrao a pinnorar a balea et a entregala ccc mor. et disso que ennas pinnaças et no trager da balea metera c mor. et quandor foronon o maestreescola et don Pedro Dias a San Cibrao con quinentos ommes et con xxx a caualo por tomar esta balea aos ommes do infante

     And he said that he spent, in three times that he went to San Cibrao to pawn the whale and to deliver it, 300 mor.; and he said that in the pinnaces and in the delivery of the whale he spent 100 mor.; and when the schoolmaster and lord Pedro Dias went to San Cibrao with five hundred peons and 30 mounted men, for seizing the whale from the prince’s men.

Descendants

• Fala: no
• Galician: no
• Portuguese: no

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “no”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Irish

Conjunction

no

1. alternative spelling of nó

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• non

Etymology

Inherited from Latin non.

Adverb

no

1. no

   Antonym: oc

Descendants

• Occitan: non

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• non

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōn (“not”).

Adverb

no

1. not
   • 1492, Diego de San Pedro, Cárcel de Amor 151:

     Lo cual yo no niego, pero atrevime a ello pensando que me harías merced no segund quien la pedía, mas segund tú, que la haviés de dar

     I deny this not, but I dared to do it thinking that you would forgive me, not because of who was asking for forgiveness, but because it is proper of you, who had to do it

Descendants

• Ladino: no, נו
• Spanish: no

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “no”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 358

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

Etymology tree

Portuguese nãoder.

Spanish noder.

Portuguese nãoder.

Kabuverdianu nauder.

Papiamentu no

Derived from Portuguese não, Spanish no, and Kabuverdianu nau.

Adverb

no

1. no
2. not

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German nâ, from Old Saxon nāh.

Preposition

no

1. towards

   Synonym: opptoo

2. near

   Synonym: dichtbie

3. (as a prefix) after

Derived terms

• (no + däm) nom m or n

Related terms

• Noheit (“vicinity”)

Polabian

Picture dictionary

no

voisĕk

püd

vå

prid

zo

no

ai̯

püd

?

Prepositions of location

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō

Proto-Slavic *na

Polabian no

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

Preposition

no

1. on

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/

• (Masovia):
  • (Masuria) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ]
  • (Podlachia) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Western Kraków) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ]
  • (Podegrodzie) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ]
  • (Biecz) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ]
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ]
  • (Goral):
    • (Podhale) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ]
• (Borderlands):
  • (Southern Borderlands) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ]

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō

Proto-Slavic *a

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *anas

Proto-Slavic *onъ

Proto-Slavic *ono

univ.

Proto-Slavic *ano

Old Polish ano

Polish anoclip.

Polish no

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

Alternative forms

• ną (Western Kraków, Bochnia, Wadowice, Biecz, Ropczyce, Żywiec, Podhale, Zakopane, Skawa)

Interjection

no

1. (colloquial or Podlachia, Drohiczyn, Western Kraków, Kraków, Bochnia, Wadowice, Myślenice, Pisarzowice, Biecz dialect, Ropczyce, Podhale, Zakopane, Rabka-Zdrój) 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 or Western Kraków, Zebrzydowice) 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁edʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Indo-European *h₁edʰ-(H)iHnos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *edī́ˀnas

Proto-Slavic *edìnъ

Old Polish jeden

Proto-Slavic *-o

Old Polish -o

Old Polish jedno

Old Polish jeno

Polish jenoclip.

Polish no

Clipping of jeno. First attested in 1749. Compare Silesian no.

Alternative forms

• ną (Western Kraków, Bochnia, Wadowice, Biecz, Ropczyce, Żywiec, Podhale, Zakopane, Skawa)

Particle

no

1. (originally dialectal, Western Kraków, Bochnia, Wadowice, Podegrodzie, Nowy Sącz, Biecz, Ropczyce, Podhale, Zakopane) 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!"

   1. (Southern Borderlands, Kamianets-Podilskyi) used to urge a horse; hyah!
2. (Masuria, Western Kraków) synonym of jeno

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^[14] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “no”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[15] (in Polish)
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “no”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “no”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• Jan Karłowicz (1903), “no”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 330
• no in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• Aleksander Saloni (1908), “no”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎^[16] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 342

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu/

• Audio (Brazil (São Paulo)):

  (file)

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: no

Etymology 1

Inherited 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, literally “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.

   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.

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

Derived from Sanskrit नव (náva, “nine”).

Numeral

no (Hanifi spelling 𐴕𐴡)

1. nine

Romanian

Etymology

Related to (or derived from) the Transylvanian Saxon cognate of German na?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ(ː)/, /no/

Interjection

no

1. (Transylvania) well, so

Sakao

Noun

no

1. turtle

References

• Benjamin Touati, Description du sakao, langue océanienne du nord-est Santo (Vanuatu) (2014)
• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)
• J. B. M. Guy, A grammar of the northern dialect of Sakao (1974)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• neo, na, nà

Etymology

Inherited 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, expressive) 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

Derived from Japanese 能 (nō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nôː/

Noun

nȏ m animacy unspecified (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), 2006–2026
• “no”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “no”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Shabo

Verb

no

1. go

Siane

Noun

no

1. water

References

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

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: no

Other forms

Nů (Also spelt Nō)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō

Proto-Slavic *a

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *anas

Proto-Slavic *onъ

Proto-Slavic *ono

univ.

Proto-Slavic *ano

Old Polish ano

Silesian anoclip.

Silesian no

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

Inherited from Old Spanish no, 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. not

Alternative forms

• non (archaic)

Derived terms

• anda que no
• cómo no
• cuando no
• de no (Ecuador)
• no más
• no ni na
• no obstante
• quieras que no
• si no
• sí y no
• y que no
• ya no

Interjection

¿no?

1. no

   Antonym: sí

2. 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “no”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English no. For the sense "(more) than", possibly compare dialectical English nor (“than”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/, [nʊ̞], [nɔ̝]

Adverb

no

1. no
2. not

Particle

no

1. Used to construct comparative phrases involving a non-human standard

   A nyan switi no todo.

   The food is delicious.

   (literally, “The food is tastier than a toad”)

   A waran no hèl.

   It's awfully hot.

   (literally, “It's hotter than hell”)

Tagalog

Particle

no (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓ)

1. alternative spelling of 'no

Anagrams

• on

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Inherited 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

Ventureño

Etymology

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

Pronoun

no

1. I

References

• Timothy Henry-Rodriguez (2026), “no”, in A mitsqanaqan̓ (Ventureño Chumash) Dictionary‎^[17], California State University Channel Islands

Vietnamese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ɗɔː (“satiated”). Cognate with Muong Bi đo and Arem dɑː.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

no • (奴, 呶, 𩛂)

1. full (of the stomach)

   Synonym: no bụng

   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.

Derived terms

• ăn no ngủ kĩ
• ấm no
• không no
• no ấm
• no bụng đói con mắt
• no đòn
• no đủ
• no nê
• no say

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno]
• (Eastern Votic) 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), “no”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[18], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Walloon

Etymology

Inherited 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

Etymology

From Old Frisian nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).

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

Inherited 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

Inherited 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^[19], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 141.

Xârâgurè

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

no

1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

References

• Moyse-Faurie, Claire (2023), Dictionnaire xârâgurè - français‎^[20] (in French), Lyon, France: HAL, page 93

Yola

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• na

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔː/, /naː/

Adverb

no

1. not
   • 1867, “GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY“, page 32:

     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.

Zazaki

Pronoun

no (masculine demonstrative)

1. this