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Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of English Old Norse with n as a placeholder.

Symbol

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non

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

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English

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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non (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of none.
  2. (nonstandard) Used to negate or invert the meaning of the following adjective. More properly written as the prefix non-.

Noun

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non (plural nons)

  1. (Malaysia, slang) A non-Muslim citizen.
  2. (slang) A nonwhite person.
    • 2026 June 10, @Aarvoll_, X[2] (post), archived from the original on 11 June 2026:
      For nons to be eligible to apply to live in White countries they also must first go through a thousand years of purging their criminal elements

Abau

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Noun

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non

  1. heaven (incl. Heaven), the sky
  2. cold (weather), wind

Preposition

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non

  1. with, through, by (the means of)

Usage notes

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While non does not mean to have on its own, it is used for this meaning. SIL International's Abau dictionary (Webonary) includes the following example:

Hakwe yeyk krompri non.
I have three canoes.
(literally, “I am with three canoes.”)

References

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  • Abau Dictionary © 2020 SIL International (Available online: [3])

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin non.

Adverb

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non

  1. no

Basque

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /non/ [nõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Hyphenation: non

Adverb

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non (interrogative)

  1. inessive indefinite inanimate of nor; where

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • non”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • non”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chiricahua

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Noun

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non

  1. alternative spelling of nun

Chuukese

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Preposition

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non

  1. in

Cimbrian

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Noun

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non

  1. plural of nono (grandfather): grandparents

Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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non f (plural nonnen, diminutive nonnetje n)

  1. nun

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Papiamentu: nònchi (from the diminutive)

Fala

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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non

  1. 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

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[4], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 210

French

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Etymology

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From Old French non, from Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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non

  1. no

Conjunction

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non (literary)

  1. 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

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non m (plural non or nons)

  1. a no, a negative response

Interjection

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non

  1. no!

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: non
  • Louisiana Creole: non
  • Mauritian Creole: non
  • Réunion Creole French: non

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Friulian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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non m (plural nons)

  1. name

Fula

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Adverb

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non

  1. 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

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non

  1. 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

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nʊ̃ŋ], [ˈnõŋ]
  • Hyphenation: non

Adverb

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non

  1. no, not, not at all
  2. no (used to show disagreement or negation)
  3. 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
  4. no (reinforces a mandate in interrogative sentences)

Usage notes

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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].

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Haitian Creole

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From French non (no, not).

Adverb

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non

  1. no
Antonyms
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Etymology 2

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    From French nom (name).

    Noun

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    non

    1. name
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    References

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    • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary[5], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, pages 136-137

    Ido

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

    Etymology

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

    Numeral

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    non

    1. nine (9)

    Indonesian

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Ultimately derives from Late Latin nonna.

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

    Noun

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    non (plural non-non)

    1. apocopic form of nona
    2. nun
      Synonyms: biarawati, suster

    Etymology 2

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    Cognate of Indonesian non-

    Noun

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    non (plural non-non)

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

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    Interlingua

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    Adverb

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    non

    1. not

    Istriot

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Latin nōmen. Compare Friulian non, Dalmatian naun.

    Noun

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    non

    1. name

    Italian

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    Etymology

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      From Latin nōn.

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      • 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]
      • (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.
      • (unmonitored speech, prevocalic, less common) IPA(key): /n‿/, */n‿/

      Adverb

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      non

      1. not
      2. un-
      3. don't

      Ladino

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      Etymology

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      From Latin nōn.

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      non (Hebrew spelling נון)

      1. 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

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      Uncertain. Maybe from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *né (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

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      Particle

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      nōn (negative particle)

      1. 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

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

      Derived terms

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      • (not, + subjunctive)
      • (if not, that not)

      Descendants

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      • Aromanian: nu
      • Dalmatian: na
      • Emilian:
      • Friulian: no
      • Italian: no, non
      • Judeo-Italian: נוּן (nun)
      • Ladino: non (נון)
      • Lombard:
      • Mozarabic: نن (nn), נון (nwn)
      • Old French: non, ne
      • Old Occitan: non
      • Old Leonese: non (no), (Fuero de León) nom
        • Asturian: non (no)
        • Mirandese: (no)
      • Old Leonese: nun (not), (Fuero de León) num
        • Asturian: nun (not)
          • Galician: (Galician-Asturian) nun
        • Mirandese: nun (not)
      • Old Galician-Portuguese: nom
      • Romanian: nu
      • Romansh: na
      • Sardinian: no, non, nu
      • Sicilian: nun (used before a verb), no (used before a noun), (nun + lu/u)
      • Spanish: no, non


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      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]‎[1] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 533

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      • 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.

      Lote

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      Noun

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      non

      1. man

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      Louisiana Creole

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Louisiana French non (no).

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      Particle

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      non

      1. no; a word used to indicate disagreement or negation
        Antonyms: (more common), wi (less common)
        • 1998, Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page 330:
          Non, mo pa las jòdi-la.
          No, I'm not tired today.

      Luxembourgish

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Yenish non, from Yiddish נון (nun) or directly from Hebrew נוּן (nun, nun, the Hebrew letter for fifty).

      Numeral

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      non

      1. (Jéinesch, cant) fifty

      Manchu

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      Romanization

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      non

      1. romanization of ᠨᠣᠨ

      Mauritian Creole

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      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

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        From French nom.

        Noun

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        non

        1. name
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        Etymology 2

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        From French non.

        Adverb

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        non

        1. no (used to indicate disagreement or negation)
          Antonym: wi

        References

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        • Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 743

        Middle French

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        Etymology

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        From Old French non.

        Interjection

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        non

        1. no

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        Norwegian Nynorsk

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        Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia nn

        Etymology

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

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        non n (definite singular nonet, indefinite plural non, definite plural nona)

        1. (historical) the ninth hour after dawn (about 3pm)
        2. a meal eaten around 3-5 pm
        3. (Catholicism) none, nones

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        • Nonfjell (toponym, used only in Western and Southern Norway)
        • Nonsfjell (toponym, almost not used in Eastern Norway)
        • Nonshaug (a common Norwegian toponym)
        • Nonshei (toponym common in Trøndelag)
        • Nonshøa (toponym common in Oppdal and Upper Gudbrandsdal)
        • nonsmat m

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        Anagrams

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        Old English

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        Etymology 1

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        From Latin nōna (ninth; ninth hour).

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        Noun

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        nōn n

        1. (historical) Nones, the ninth hour after sunrise
        2. (Christianity) Nones, the religious service appointed to this hour
        Declension
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        Strong a-stem:

        singular plural
        nominative nōn
        accusative nōn
        genitive nōnes
        dative nōne
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        Etymology 2

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        Noun

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        non m

        1. a form of address from younger to older monks

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        Old French

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        Etymology

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        From Latin nōn.

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        Interjection

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        non

        1. no

        Adverb

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        non

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

        Noun

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

        1. alternative form of nom

        Old Galician-Portuguese

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        Etymology

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

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        Adverb

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        non

        1. no, not

        Descendants

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        Réunion Creole French

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        Etymology 1

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        From French non.

        Interjection

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        non

        1. no (used to indicate disagreement or refusal)
          Antonym: wi

        Etymology 2

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        From French nom.

        Noun

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        non

        1. name

        References

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        • Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 247

        Romansh

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        Etymology

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        From Late Latin nonnus (compare Italian nonno).

        Noun

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        non m (plural nons)

        1. (Puter) grandfather

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        Seychellois Creole

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        Etymology

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        From French non.

        Interjection

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        non

        1. no

        Sicilian

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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

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        non

        1. not

        Spanish

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        Pronunciation

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

        Etymology 1

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        From Latin non.

        Adverb

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        non

        1. archaic form of no

        Etymology 2

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        From Latin non (par).

        Adjective

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        non

        1. odd (indivisible by two)
          Synonym: impar
          Antonym: par

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        Uzbek

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        Other scripts
        Arabic Afghan Uzbek نان (non)
        Yangi Imlo
        Cyrillic нон
        Latin non

        Etymology

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        Inherited from Chagatai نَان (nān), from Classical Persian نَان (nān).

        Noun

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        non (plural nonlar)

        1. bread

        Declension

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        Declension of non
        singular plural
        nominative non nonlar
        genitive nonning nonlarning
        dative nonga nonlarga
        definite accusative nonni nonlarni
        locative nonda nonlarda
        ablative nondan nonlardan
        similative nondek nonlardek
        Possessive forms of non
        1st person singular
        singular plural
        nominative nonim nonlarim
        genitive nonimning nonlarimning
        dative nonimga nonlarimga
        definite accusative nonimni nonlarimni
        locative nonimda nonlarimda
        ablative nonimdan nonlarimdan
        similative nonimdek nonlarimdek
        2nd person singular
        singular plural
        nominative noning nonlaring
        genitive noningning nonlaringning
        dative noningga nonlaringga
        definite accusative noningni nonlaringni
        locative noningda nonlaringda
        ablative noningdan nonlaringdan
        similative noningdek nonlaringdek
        3rd person singular
        singular plural
        nominative noni nonlari
        genitive nonining nonlarining
        dative noniga nonlariga
        definite accusative nonini nonlarini
        locative nonida nonlarida
        ablative nonidan nonlaridan
        similative nonidek nonlaridek
        1st person plural
        singular plural
        nominative nonimiz nonlarimiz
        genitive nonimizning nonlarimizning
        dative nonimizga nonlarimizga
        definite accusative nonimizni nonlarimizni
        locative nonimizda nonlarimizda
        ablative nonimizdan nonlarimizdan
        similative nonimizdek nonlarimizdek
        2nd person plural
        singular plural
        nominative noningiz nonlaringiz
        genitive noningizning nonlaringizning
        dative noningizga nonlaringizga
        definite accusative noningizni nonlaringizni
        locative noningizda nonlaringizda
        ablative noningizdan nonlaringizdan
        similative noningizdek nonlaringizdek
        3rd person plural
        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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        Vietnamese

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        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 (MC nwonH) (SV: nộn) as well.

        Adjective

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        non ()

        1. young, tender, green
        2. new
        3. mild
        4. premature
        5. not up to the mark
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        Etymology 2

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        Noun

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        non (𡽫, 𧀒)

        1. mountain
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        Vurës

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        Etymology

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

        Noun

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        non

        1. barracuda, (blackfin barracuda) Sphyraena qenie

        References

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        • Malau, Catriona (2021), “non”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu, Canberra: Australian National University Press, →ISBN, page 136

        Western Apache

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        non

        1. something stored away, cache

        Zazaki

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        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): [ˈnon]
        • Hyphenation: non

        Noun

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        non m

        1. alternative form of nan