See also Appendix:Variations of "no"
Translingual [ ]
no
The ISO 639 language code for Norwegian .
See also [ ]
English [ ]
Most common English words: would «
been «
will «
#48: no »
them »
when »
if
Pronunciation [ ]
Etymology 1 [ ]
Middle English , from reduced form of none , noon ( “ ‘ none, not any’ ” ) , used before consonants, from Old English nān ( “ ‘ none, not any’ ” ) from ne ( “ ‘ not’ ” ) + ān ( “ ‘ one’ ” ) , cf Old Saxon nigēn ( “ ‘ not any’ ” ) (Dutch geen ), Old High German nihein (German kein )
Determiner [ ]
No
File:Blanco landscape.svg No (not any) bricks .
Not any.
no one
There is no water left.
No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
No smoking
There's no stopping her once she gets going.
Not; not properly, not really; not fully.
My mother's no fool.
Working nine to five every day is no life.
Antonyms [ ]
Derived terms [ ]
Terms derived from no (determiner)
See also [ ]
Translations [ ]
not any
American Sign Language : O@Inside O@Side , O@Side Sidetoside
Arabic: ﻻ ar (ar) (laa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沒有 cmn (cmn) , 没有 cmn (cmn) (méiyǒu)
Cornish :
Kernewek Kemmyn: ny , nyns (before forms of mos , 'to go', and bos , 'to be', that begin with a vowel)
Czech: žádný cs (cs)
Danish: ingen da (da)
Dutch: geen nl (nl)
Esperanto: ne eo (eo)
Estonian: üldse et (et) , ükski et (et)
Finnish: ei fi (fi) yhtään fi (fi) , ei fi (fi) mitään fi (fi) , ei fi (fi) yksikään fi (fi)
French: pas de, (emphatically ) aucun m. , aucune f.
There is no water — Il n’y a pas d’eau
There are no horses here — Il n’y a pas de chevaux ici or Il n’y a aucun cheval ici
There are no apples — Il n’y a pas de pommes or Il n’y a aucune pomme
No horse has two tails Aucun cheval n’a deux queues
No apple is blue — Aucune pomme n’est bleue
Georgian: არ ka (ka) , არა ka (ka)
German: kein de (de)
Greek: δεν (ðen)/ δε (ðe), (emphatically ) κανένας / κανείς m. , καμιά f. , κανένα n.
There are no horses here — Δεν υπάρχουν άλογα εδώ or Δεν υπάρχει κανένα άλογο εδώ
Hungarian: semmi , semelyik (it is always expressed with a negative verb, and usually semmi is not used )
There is no water. — Nincs víz.
No horse has two tails. — Semelyik lónak sincs két farka.
I see no problem. — Semmi bajt nem látok.
Icelandic: enginn is (is) m. , engin is (is) f. , ekkert is (is) n.
Ido : nula io (io)
Interlingua : nulle
An expression with "no" qualifying a direct object is usually converted into an equivalent expression with "not" during translation: I eat no meat → I don’t eat meat → io non mangia carne .
Italian: non , (emphatically ) nessun m. , nessun before a masc. noun beginning with ps, gn, x, z, or s + consonant , nessuna f. , nessun ' before a feminine noun beginning with a vowel
There is no water — Non c’è acqua
There are no horses here — Non ci sono cavalli qui or Non c’è nessun cavallo qui
There is no zero — Non c’è nessuno zero
There are no apples — Non ci sono mele or Non c’è nessuna mela
There is no goose here — Non c’è nessun’oca qui
No horse has two tails — Nessun cavallo ha due code
No apple is blue — Nessuna mela è blu
Japanese: 無い ja (ja) (nai), ない ja (ja) (nai), ありません ja (ja) (arimasen)
Latin: nōn la (la) , nullus la (la) m.
Maltese: xejn , ebda
There are no apples - M’hawn xejn tuffieħ
No apple is blue - L-ebda tuffieħa m’hija kaħla
Norwegian: ingen no (no)
Novial : nuli
Polish: żaden pl (pl) m. , żadna f. , żadne n.
Portuguese: nenhum m. , nenhuma f. , nada de
An expression with "no" qualifying a direct object is usually converted into an equivalent expression with "not " during translation:
I eat no meat → I don’t eat meat → eu não como carne .
If "no" can be acceptably replaced by "not even one ", a double negation is introduced:
I see no houses (which can be phrased as "I see not even one house" ) — Eu não vejo nenhuma casa .
I eat no meat (which cannot be phrased as "I eat not even one meat" ) — Eu não como carne .
Romanian: nu , deloc , nici , niciun
There is no water — Nu este apă (statement), Nu este deloc apă (emphasis on negation).
There are no pencils — Nu sunt creioane (statement), Nu este niciun creion (emphasis on negation).
Russian: нет (nyet, with the noun in the genitive case)
There is no water — Воды́ нет. Нет воды́ .
There are no pencils — Карандаше́й нет. Нет карандаше́й .
Spanish: no es (es) , ninguno es (es) , nada de es (es)
Swedish: ingen c. , m. , inga pl. , f. , inget n.
Tagalog : wala
Telugu : లేదు (lEdu) singular , లేవు (lEvu) plural
Turkish: agglutinative particle mi , mu , mı , mü is included in the conjugation of the verb; choice depends on vowel harmony ; değil
West Frisian : gjin fy (fy)
used to show an activity is forbidden
Albanian: esht i ndaluar (preceded by an infinitive )
Arabic: ممنوع (mimnúʕa) (preceded by verbal noun )
Armenian: չ- hy (hy) (č-) (attached to infinitive )
Cornish :
Kernewek Kemmyn: difennys (forbidden) ; megi difennys (no smoking)
Czech: zakázáno (followed by an infinitive )
Danish: forbudt (preceded by a verbal noun )
Dutch: verboden te (followed by an infinitive ), verboden (preceded by an infinitive )
Esperanto: malpermesi (followed by an infinitive )
Finnish: (a prohibition) kielletty (preceded by a verbal noun ); (generally) ei fi (fi) (saa, voi) (followed by an infinitive )
French: défense de (followed by an infinitive )
German: verboten (preceded by an infinitive )
Greek: απαγορεύεται το (apagorévetai to) (followed by a verbal noun )
Hebrew: לא (lo) (followed by verb with prefix ל )
Hungarian: tilos hu (hu) (followed by a /az and a verbal noun )
Italian: non (followed by an infinitive ), vietato (followed by an infinitive ), divieto di (followed by an infinitive or the corresponding noun )
Latin: ( preceded by an infinitive ) prohibitus est la (la) n.
Latvian: aizliegts (followed by an infinitive )
Lithuanian: nevale (followed by an infinitive )
Maltese: m'hemmx , mhux permess
No smoking - tpejjipx
No Entry - tidħolx
Navajo: tʼaadoo
Norwegian: forbudt (preceded by a verbal noun )
Persian: ممنوع است (memnu ast) (preceded by a verbal noun )
Polish: nie wolno (followed by an infinitive )
Portuguese: é proibido (followed by an infinitive )
Romanian: interzis , este interzis (preceded by a verbal noun ):
No smoking — Fumatul interzis
No trespassing — Intrarea interzisă
No honking from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. — Claxonarea este interzisă între orele 22 şi 6.
Russian: воспрещается (vospreščájetsja) (followed by an imperfective infinitive )
Slovene: prepovedano (preceded by an infinitive )
Spanish: se prohíbe (followed by an infinitive )
Swahili: hakuna (followed by a ku-class infinitive )
Swedish: ingen (followed by a noun denoting an activity ), förbjudet att (followed by infinitive ), förbjuden /förbjudet (preceded by a noun denoting an activity )
Tagalog : huwag (plus either future or infinitive form of verb)
Thai: ไม่ th (th) (maI)
Turkish: yasaktır (preceded by an infinitive or verbal noun )
Vietnamese: cấm (followed by an infinitive )
Yiddish: ביט ניט צו (bíte nit tsu) (followed by an infinitive )
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations .
Translations to be checked
Indonesian : tidak , tak , bukan
Javanese : ora , mboten , boten
Korean : 아니오 (anio)
Persian : نه (nah)
Etymology 2 [ ]
Middle English no , na from Old English nā , nō ( “ ‘ never’ ” ) from ne ( “ ‘ not’ ” ) + ā , ō ( “ ‘ ever, always’ ” ) .
Adverb [ ]
No (not comparable )
( largely obsolete except in Scotland ) Not .
I just want to find out whether she's coming or no .
Interjection [ ]
No
Used to show disagreement or negation.
No , you are mistaken.
No , you may not watch television now.
Used to show agreement with a negative question.
"Don’t you like milk?" "'No " (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
Synonyms [ ]
Antonyms [ ]
Translations [ ]
used to show disagreement or negation
Afrikaans : nee
Albanian: jo sq (sq)
Alutiiq : [[qang'a#Template:Ems |qang'a ]]
American Sign Language : H^o@Side-PalmForward Flatten
Arabic: ﻻ ar (ar) (laa)
Egyptian Arabic: ﻻ (laa), لاء (laa')
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܠܐ (lā’)
Hebrew: לא (lā’)
Armenian: ոչ hy (hy) (oč) (formal ), չէ hy (hy) (čē) (informal )
Basque : ez
Belarusian: не be (be) (ne)
Bikol : dae , bako (used to mean is not )
Breton : nann
Bulgarian: не (né)
Cebuano : dili
Chamicuro : kala
Cherokee: ᏝᏃ chr (chr) (tlano)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 不 (fat1)
Mandarin: 不 cmn (cmn) (bù); 否 cmn (cmn) (fǒu); (in the past tense and in some grammar structures ) 沒 cmn (cmn) , 没 cmn (cmn) (méi), 沒有 cmn (cmn) , 没有 cmn (cmn) (méiyǒu)
Cornish :
Kernewek Kemmyn: na , nag (before forms of the verbs mos , 'to go', and bos , 'to be', that begin with a vowel) (both forms, in response to a question, are followed by the verb of the question with its appropriate personal ending)
Czech: ne cs (cs)
Danish: nej da (da)
Dutch: nee , neen (formal )
Esperanto: ne eo (eo)
Estonian: ei et (et)
Faroese: nei fo (fo)
Fijian : sega (^ )
Finnish: ei fi (fi)
French: non fr (fr)
Ga : daabi , dabida (emphatic )
Garífuna : inó (used by males ), uá (used by females )
Georgian: არ ka (ka) , არა ka (ka)
German: nein de (de)
Greek: όχι el (el) (ókhi)
Hebrew: לא he (he) (lo)
Hiligaynon : indi , dili
Hindi: नहीं hi (hi) (nahī̃), जी नहीं hi (hi) (jī nahī̃)
Hungarian: nem hu (hu)
Ibanag: ari
Icelandic: nei is (is)
Ido : no io (io)
Indonesian: tidak id (id)
Interlingua : no
Inuktitut : ᐋᒃᑲ
Italian: no it (it)
Japanese: いいえ ja (ja) (íie) ( polite ) , いえ ja (ja) (ie) ( polite ) , ううん ja (ja) (uun) ( informal ) , 違う ja (ja) (chigau)
Kapampangan : ali , e (used to negate verbs and nouns)
Kazakh: жоқ kk (kk) (joq)
Kinaray-a: indi
Korean: 아니오 ko (ko) (anio), 아뇨 ko (ko) (anyo)
Kurdish: na ku (ku) , ne ku (ku)
Lao : (ba)
Latin: nōn la (la)
Latvian: nē lv (lv)
Lithuanian: ne lt (lt)
Maltese: le mt (mt)
Mongolian: үгүй mn (mn) (ügǘy)
Navajo: dooda
Norwegian: nei no (no)
Novial : no
Old French : non
Palauan : ng diak
Pangasinan : andi
Persian: نه fa (fa) (na)
Polish: nie pl (pl)
Portuguese: não pt (pt)
Quechua : mánan
Romanian: nu ro (ro)
Russian: нет ru (ru) (net)
Serbo-Croatian: не , ne
Slovak: nie sk (sk)
Slovene: ne sl (sl)
Spanish: no es (es)
Swedish: nej sv (sv)
Tagalog : hindi
Telugu : కాదు (kaadu), లేదు (lEdu)
Thai: ไฮ้ th (th) (hái), ไม่ th (th) (mâi), เปล่า th (th) (bplào)
Turkish: hayır tr (tr) , ııh tr (tr) (colloquial )
Tzutujil : ken ta'
Ukrainian: ні uk (uk) (ni)
Urdu: نہیں ur (ur) (nahī̃), جی نہیں ur (ur) (jī nahī̃)
Vietnamese: không vi (vi)
Volapük : no
Waray-Waray: diri
Welsh: na (nǎ or nâ, using nazalized n; commonly used also by English speakers)
West Frisian : nee fy (fy)
Yiddish: ניין yi (yi) (neyn)
used to show agreement with a negative question
In some languages this response is the usual word for "yes"
Cornish :
Kernewek Kemmyn: na , nag (before forms of the verbs mos , 'to go', and bos , 'to be', that begin with a vowel) (both forms, in response to a question, are followed by the verb of the question with its appropriate personal ending)
Czech: ne cs (cs)
French: non fr (fr)
Ga : hɛ̃ɛ
German: nein de (de)
Hungarian: nem , igen (this answer can be confusing )
Icelandic: nei is (is)
Japanese: はい (hai)
Korean: 예 (ye), 네 (ne)
Russian: (repeat the verb in the positive)
Swedish: nej sv (sv)
Noun [ ] No (noes)
A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no ".
Translations [ ]
a negating expression
Arabic: ﻻ (lā), ﻻ ar (ar) (laa)
Armenian: ոչ hy (hy) (oč)
Czech: ne cs (cs)
Danish: nej da (da) n.
Dutch: nee nl (nl) f. , neen nl (nl) f.
Finnish: ei fi (fi)
French: non fr (fr) m.
German: Nein de (de) n.
Hungarian: nem hu (hu)
Icelandic: neitun is (is) f. , nei is (is) n.
Interlingua : no
Lithuanian: ne lt (lt)
Norwegian: nei no (no) n.
Novial : no
Portuguese: não pt (pt) m.
Romanian: nu ro (ro)
Russian: нет (njet), нет ru (ru) (net)
Slovak: nie sk (sk)
Spanish: no es (es)
Swedish: nej sv (sv) n.
Vietnamese: lời không
a vote not in favor
Arabic: ﻻ (lā)
Armenian: դեմ hy (hy) (dem)
Czech: proti cs (cs)
Dutch: neestem f. , tegenstem f.
French: non fr (fr) m.
German: Gegenstimme f.
Hungarian: nem hu (hu)
Novial : no
Portuguese: não pt (pt)
Russian: нет (njet)
Slovak: proti sk (sk)
Synonyms [ ]
Antonyms [ ]
Anagrams [ ]
Asturian [ ]
Etymology [ ]
From a contraction of the preposition en ( “ ‘ in’ ” ) + neuter singular article lo ( “ ‘ the’ ” ) .
Contraction [ ]
No n. (masculine nel, feminine na, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nes)
in the
Catalan [ ]
Pronunciation [ ]
Interjection [ ]
no
no (negation; commonly used to respond negatively to a question)
Czech [ ]
Etymology [ ]
Short for ano ( “ ‘ yes’ ” ) .
Interjection [ ]
No
well , why
No ne! — Well , I never!'
Adverb [ ]
No
certainly , indeed , of course
yeah , yep
Ewe [ ]
Pronunciation [ ]
[[w:Template:Ewe phonology|IPA]]: /no/
Noun [ ]
No
breast
Verb [ ]
No
To drink .
To suck .
Finnish [ ]
Interjection [ ]
No
well ! (as in: "No sepä mukavaa! Well, that’s nice." )
French [ ]
no , nº , Nº (numéro )
Number .
Anagrams [ ]
Galician [ ]
Etymology 1 [ ]
From contraction of preposition en ( “ ‘ in’ ” ) + masculine article o ( “ ‘ the’ ” )
Contraction [ ]
No m. (feminine na, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nas)
in the
Etymology 2 [ ]
From a mutation of o .
Pronoun [ ]
No m. (accusative )
Mutated 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 is suffixed to the preceding word
Related terms [ ]
Ido [ ]
Adverb [ ]
No
no
Antonyms [ ]
Interlingua [ ]
Adverb [ ]
No
no
No , ille non travalia hodie. — No , he is not working today
Noun [ ] No (s)
no
Illa time audir un no . — She is afraid of hearing no .
Italian [ ]
Etymology [ ]
From Latin nōn .
Pronunciation [ ]
Adverb [ ]
No
no
not
See also [ ]
Antonyms [ ]
Related terms [ ]
uno sì e uno no
sì e no
nossignore
Japanese [ ]
Noun [ ]
No (hiragana の )
の : possessive particle (postposition )
野 : field , plain
Latin [ ]
Etymology [ ]
Cf. Ancient Greek νάω .
Verb [ ] present active nō , present infinitive nāre , perfect active nāvi . (no passive )
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 .
to float
Carinae nant freto.
Ships float in the sea.
( poetic ) 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.
( of the eyes of drunken persons ) to swim
Nant oculi.
The eyes swim .
Lucr. 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.
Conjugation [ ]
First Conjugation No Passive
indicative
singular
plural
first
second
third
first
second
third
active
present
nō
nās
nat
nāmus
nātis
nant
future
nābō
nābis
nābit
nābimus
nābitis
nābunt
imperfect
nābam
nābās
nābat
nābāmus
nābātis
nābant
perfect
nāvī
nāvistī
nāvit
nāvimus
nāvistis
nāvērunt
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
imperatives
active
passive
present (you)
future (you)
future (he/she)
present (you)
future (you)
future (he/she)
singular
nā
nātō
nātō
—
—
—
plural
nāte
nātōte
nantō
—
—
—
present
perfect
future
present
perfect
future
infinitives
nāre
nāvisse
—
—
—
—
participles
nāns (nantis )
—
—
—
—
—
Derived terms [ ]
nans , nantis (swimming , floating )
Nantes scaphae.
A floating skiff.
nans f. , nantis (a swimmer )
Greges nantium .
Swimming fowl. (geese , ducks etc.)
nare sine cortice (literally; to swim without corks, meaning "to do without a guardian")
nare per aestatem liquidam (literally; To swim through cloudless summer meaning "to fly ")
Lojban [ ]
Cmavo [ ]
no (rafsi non )
zero
Norwegian Nynorsk [ ]
Noun [ ]
No n. (definite singular Noet ; indefinite plural No ; definite plural Noa [Noi ])
moment ; point in time
Adverb [ ]
No
now
Interjection [ ]
No
Used when finding something out; when being irritated.
Old English [ ]
Etymology [ ]
From ne + ā .
Pronunciation [ ]
Adverb [ ]
nō
never , in no way, by no means
Polish [ ]
Pronunciation [ ]
Interjection [ ]
No
(informal) yeah , yep
Portuguese [ ]
Contraction [ ]
No
Contraction of em o ( “ ‘ in the’ ” ) .
2003 , J. K. Rowling , Lya 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?
Rohingya [ ]
Etymology [ ]
From Template:Bn [[Category:rhg:Template:Bn derivations|No]] .
Cardinal number [ ]
no
( cardinal ) nine
Scottish Gaelic [ ]
Alternative forms [ ]
Conjunction [ ]
No
or
nor
Shabo [ ]
Verb [ ]
No [[Category:Template:Sbf verbs|No]]
go
Spanish [ ]
Etymology [ ]
From Latin nōn .
Pronunciation [ ]
Adverb [ ]
No
no
not
№, No., no. (número )
number
Tok Pisin [ ]
Adverb [ ]
No [[Category:Template:Tpi adverbs|No]]
not
Vietnamese [ ]
Pronunciation [ ]
[[w:Template:Vi phonology|IPA]]: /nɔ/
Adverb [ ]
No [[Category:Template:Vi adverbs|No]]
full (of the stomach )
Đang no . — I’m full.
No bụng. — My stomach’s full.
Usage notes [ ]
The usages in the examples given here are the only meaning of "full" that no represents in Vietnamese.
West Frisian [ ]
Adverb [ ]
No [[Category:Template:Fy adverbs|No]]
now
No [[Category:Template:Fy interjections|No]]
eh , isn't it , true (at end of declarative sentence, forms question to prompt listener's agreement)
ar:no
ca:no
cs:no
da:no
de:no
et:no
el:no
es:no
eo:no
fa:no
fo:no
fr:no
gl:no
ko:no
hy:no
hr:no
io:no
it:no
kk:no
ku:no
lo:no
la:no
lv:no
lt:no
li:no
hu:no
ml:no
nl:no
ja:no
no:no
pl:no
pt:no
ru:no
scn:no
simple:no
sl:no
fi:no
sv:no
ta:no
te:no
th:no
tr:no
uk:no
vi:no
vo:no
wa:no
zh:no