non

See also: nón, nőn, nôn, nőn, nõn, non-, and Non.

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Symbol

non

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Old Norse.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /nɑn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɒn/
Audio (US): (file)

Adverb

non (not comparable)

Obsolete form of none.

Noun

non (plural nons)

(Malaysia, slang) A non-Muslim citizen.

Etymology

From Latin non.

Adverb

non

no

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *no- (interrogative stem) +‎ -n (inessive suffix).

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /non/ [nõn]

Rhymes: -on

Hyphenation: non

Adverb

non (interrogative)

inessive indefinite inanimate of nor; where

Derived terms

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

Noun

non

Alternative spelling of nun

Preposition

non

in

Noun

non

plural of nono (“grandfather”): grandparents

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nonne, which ultimately derives from Late Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔn
Audio: (file)

Noun

non f (plural nonnen, diminutive nonnetje n)

nun

Synonyms

Descendants

→ Papiamentu: nònchi (from the diminutive)

Alternative forms

nun
no

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“not”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnon/
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: non

Adverb

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.

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Etymology

From Old French non, from Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ̃/
Audio: (file)
Homophones: nom, noms, nons

Adverb

non

no

Conjunction

non (literary)

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.

Noun

non m (plural non or nons)

a no, a negative response

Interjection

non

no!

Derived terms

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

non m (plural nons)

name

Adverb

non

a deictic element referring to either a preceding adverb or the preceding statement
debbo reeduujo hino hanndi e ñaametee yottiiɗo fii yo tere makko ɗen gollu no haaniri non.
A pregnant woman requires a substantial diet for her body to function properly

Particle

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nʊ̃ŋ], [ˈnõŋ]
- Rhymes: -on
Hyphenation: non

Adverb

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

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:

Non o queres? ("You don't want it?"): IPA^(key): (central) [nõnoˈkɛɾɪs], (western) [noˈkɛs].

References

“non”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “non”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “non”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “non”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From French non (“no, not”).

Adverb

non

no

Antonyms

wi

Etymology 2

From French nom (“name”).

Noun

non

name

Related terms

onon

**Ido numbers ^(edit)**
	90
← 8	9	10 →
Cardinal: non Ordinal: nonesma Adverbial: nonfoye Multiplier: nonopla Fractional: nonima

Etymology

From English nine, German neun, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. In length from English nona-, French nona-, Italian nono, Spanish nono.

Numeral

non

nine (9)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnɔn]
Rhymes: -ɔn
Hyphenation: non

Etymology 1

Ultimately derives from Late Latin nonna.

The sense of nun is a Dutch non (“nun”), cf above.

Noun

non (first-person possessive nonku, second-person possessive nonmu, third-person possessive nonnya)

apocopic form of nona
nun
Synonyms: biarawati, suster

Etymology 2

Cognate of Indonesian non-

Noun

non (first-person possessive nonku, second-person possessive nonmu, third-person possessive nonnya)

see kaum non (“non-cooperative groups of Dutch colonial government”).

Adverb

non

not

Alternative forms

nom

Etymology

From Latin nōmen. Compare Friulian non, Dalmatian naun.

Noun

non

name

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /non/
- (prevocalic) IPA^(key): [no.n‿]
- preconsonantally the final /-n/ assimilates the place of articulation of the following consonant.
- (stressed, prepausal) IPA^(key): [ˈnon.nə̆], [ˈnon]
  - Audio: (file)
  - Rhymes: -on
(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

non

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Adverb

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.

Alternative forms

n̄ (abbreviation, Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”). Equivalent to ne + ūnus.^[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *nó-h₁ ne (“not at all”) and cognate with the uncertain Gaulish nane (“not”) and Luwian [Term?] (/⁠nā̆na⁠/, “not”).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noːn/, [noːn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /non/, [nɔn]

Particle

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

The particle nōn may be used to negate verbs, adjectives, nouns, or phrases.

Derived terms

Related terms

nē (“not”, + subjunctive)
nī (“if not, that not”)

Descendants

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
- French: non, ne
Old Occitan: non
- Catalan: no
- Occitan: non
Old Galician-Portuguese: nom
- Galician: non
- Portuguese: não
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

[1]
Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “non”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 174f.
[2]
Dunkel, George E. (2014) “*nóh₁ ne ‘gar nicht’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 533

Noun

non

man

References

Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

Romanization

non

Romanization of ᠨᠣᠨ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From French nom.

Noun

non

name

Alternative forms

nom

Etymology 2

From French non.

Adverb

non

no; a word used to indicate disagreement or negation
Antonym: wi

Etymology

From Old French non.

Interjection

non

no

Descendants

French: non

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

non

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse nón, from Latin nona (hora) (“ninth hour”). Akin to English noon and nones.

Noun

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

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

“non” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

onn

Etymology 1

From Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /noːn/

Noun

nōn n

(historical) Nones, the ninth hour after sunrise
(Christianity) Nones, the religious service appointed to this hour

Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	nōn	—
accusative	nōn	—
genitive	nōnes	—
dative	nōne	—

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Synonyms

(time): nōntīd, nōntīma
(religious service): nōnsang

Derived terms

nōngereord, nōnmete, nōnsang, nōntīd, nōntīma
ofernōn (“afternoon”)

Descendants

Middle English: non, none, noon, noun, noune
- English: noon

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /non/

Noun

non m

a form of address from younger to older monks

References

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.

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -on

Interjection

non

no

Adverb

non

not
- c. 1190, Chrétien de Troyes, Le Roman de Percival:
  Les uns barbez, les autres non
  Some bearded, the others not

Noun

non oblique singular, m (oblique plural nons, nominative singular nons, nominative plural non)

Alternative form of nom

Etymology

From Latin nōn (“no”), from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnõ/

Adverb

non

no, not
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 84 (facsimile):
  
  ſi ou non
  yes or no

Descendants

Fala: non
Galician: non
Portuguese: não

Etymology

From Late Latin nonnus (compare Italian nonno).

Noun

non m (plural nons)

(Puter) grandfather

Synonyms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) tat
(Vallader) bazegner, bapsegner

Related terms

nona

Etymology

From French non.

Interjection

non

no

Alternative forms

nun

Etymology

Dialectal variant of Sicilian nun, from Latin nōn. Maybe influenced from Italian non.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔn/

Adverb

non

not

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnon/ [ˈnõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: non

Etymology 1

From Latin non.

Adverb

non

Archaic form of no.

Etymology 2

From Latin non (par).

Adjective

non

odd (indivisible by two)
Synonym: impar

Antonym: par

Etymology

From Persian (nân).

Noun

non (plural nonlar)

bread

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	non	nonlar
genitive	nonning	nonlarning
dative	nonga	nonlarga
definite accusative	nonni	nonlarni
locative	nonda	nonlarda
ablative	nondan	nonlardan
similative	nondek	nonlardek

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Declension of non

More information my, singular ...

my	singular	plural
nominative	nonim	nonlarim
genitive	nonimning	nonlarimning
dative	nonimga	nonlarimga
definite accusative	nonimni	nonlarimni
locative	nonimda	nonlarimda
ablative	nonimdan	nonlarimdan
similative	nonimdek	nonlarimdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	noning	nonlaring
genitive	noningning	nonlaringning
dative	noningga	nonlaringga
definite accusative	noningni	nonlaringni
locative	noningda	nonlaringda
ablative	noningdan	nonlaringdan
similative	noningdek	nonlaringdek
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	noni	nonlari
genitive	nonining	nonlarining
dative	noniga	nonlariga
definite accusative	nonini	nonlarini
locative	nonida	nonlarida
ablative	nonidan	nonlaridan
similative	nonidek	nonlaridek
our	singular	plural
nominative	nonimiz	nonlarimiz
genitive	nonimizning	nonlarimizning
dative	nonimizga	nonlarimizga
definite accusative	nonimizni	nonlarimizni
locative	nonimizda	nonlarimizda
ablative	nonimizdan	nonlarimizdan
similative	nonimizdek	nonlarimizdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	noningiz	nonlaringiz
genitive	noningizning	nonlaringizning
dative	noningizga	nonlaringizga
definite accusative	noningizni	nonlaringizni
locative	noningizda	nonlaringizda
ablative	noningizdan	nonlaringizdan
similative	noningizdek	nonlaringizdek
their	singular	plural
nominative	noni	nonlari
genitive	nonining	nonlarining
dative	noniga	nonlariga
definite accusative	nonini	nonlarini
locative	nonida	nonlarida
ablative	nonidan	nonlaridan	similative	nonidek	nonlaridek

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Possessive forms of non

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɔn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [nɔŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɔŋ˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)

Etymology 1

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.

Adjective

non • (嫩)

Etymology 2

Noun

non • (𡽫, 𧀒)

mountain

Etymology

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

Noun

non

barracuda, (blackfin barracuda) Sphyraena qenie

Alternative forms

noi

Etymology

Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Chiricahua nun, Mescalero nun, Plains Apache nǫǫ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nòn]

Noun

non

something stored away, cache

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnon]
Hyphenation: non

Noun

non

Alternative form of nan

[1] [1]
Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “non”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 174f.

[2] [2]
Dunkel, George E. (2014) “*nóh₁ ne ‘gar nicht’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 533

[1]

[2]

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	нон‍
Latin	non‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

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