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Translingual

No
symbol for nobelium


English

Abbreviation

№, No., no. abbreviation for number

Translations

  • Danish: nr.
  • Dutch: nr, n°
  • Finnish: nro (abbreviation from numero)
  • French: n°
  • German: Nr.
  • Interlingua: nº
  • Portuguese: nº
  • Slovak: č.
  • Slovene: št.
  • Spanish: nº m, nª f
  • Swedish: nr

Interjection

no

  1. Used to show disagreement or negation.
    "No, you are mistaken."
    "No, you may not watch television now."

Antonyms

Translations

  • Chiness: 否(fou), 不(bu)
  • Czech: ne
  • Dutch: nee, neen (formal)
  • Esperanto: ne
  • Estonian: ei
    sega (Vosa Vaka Viti )
  • Finnish: ei
  • French: non
  • German: nein
  • Greek: όχι (óhi)
  • Hungarian: nem
  • Interlingua: no
  • Italian: no (1)
  • Japanese: いいえ (iie) (polite), いえ (ie) (polite), ううん (uun) (informal)
  • Korean: 아니오 (anio), 아뇨 (anyo)
  • Norwegian: nei
  • Portuguese: não
  • Quechua: mánan
  • Romanian: nu
  • Russian: Нет
  • Sasxsek: na
  • Slovak: nie
  • Slovene: ne
  • Spanish: no
  • Swedish: nej
  • Turkish: hayır
  • Vietnamese: không
  • Volapük: no

Adverb

no

  1. Used to indicate zero amount or number.
    "There is no water left here."
    "No hot dogs were sold yesterday."
  2. Without
    "No brainer."

Antonyms

Translations

  • Danish: uden
  • Dutch: geen
  • Esperanto: ne
  • French: pas de, (emphatically) aucun m, aucune f
    Examples: 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 (2)
  • German: kein (2)
  • Greek: δεν (den), δε (de)
  • Interlingua: nulle
    An expression with "no" qualifying a direct object is usually converted into an equivalent expression with "not" during translation: I eat no meatI don't eat meatio non mangia carne.
  • Italian: non, (emphatically) nessun m, nessun before a m noun beginning with ps, gn, x, z, or s + consonant, nessuna f, nessun ' before a f noun beginning with a vowel
    Examples: 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 qui; There is no goose here Non c'è nessun'oca qui; No horse has two tails Nessun cavallo a due code; No apple is blue Nessuna mela è blu (2)
  • Latin: non
  • Norwegian: ingen
  • Portuguese: nenhum m, nenhuma f (2); nada de (2)
    An expression with "no" (2) qualifying a direct object is usually converted into an equivalent expression with "not" during translation:
    • I eat no meatI don't eat meateu não como carne.
    If "no" can be acceptably substituted by "not even one", a double negation is introduced:
    • I see no houses (I see not even one house: acceptable) → I don't see no houseeu não vejo nenhuma casa.
    • I eat no meat (I eat not even one meat: weird) → I don't eat meateu não como carne.
  • Romanian: nu
  • Sasxsek: neni, ni
  • Spanish: no (see notes under Portuguese translation)
  • Swedish: ingen c, m, inga pl, f, inget n
  • Turkish: agglutinative particle mi, mu, mı , mü gets included in the conjugation of the verb. Which one, depends on vowel harmony , also değil

Noun

no ()

  1. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
  2. 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

  • Danish: nej n (1,2)
  • Dutch: nee f, neen f, neestem f (2)
  • Finnish: ei
  • German: Nein n (1), Gegenstimme f (2)
  • Interlingua: no
  • Portuguese: não m
  • Slovak: nie (1), proti (2, 3)
  • Swedish: nej n
  • Vietnamese: lời không

Noun

no

  1. a form of classical Japanese musical drama.

Alternative spellings

Translations

  • Danish: noh n
  • Japanese: (のう, nō)

Finnish

Interjection

  • well! (as in: "Well, that's nice.")

French

Abbreviation

No, ,

  1. No. (abbreviation)

Adverb

no

  1. no

Frisian

Adverb

no

  1. now

Interlingua

Adverb

no

  1. A word used to reply negatively to some question: no.
    No, ille non travalia hodie.

Noun

no

  1. A negative response: no.
    Illa time audir un no.

Italian

Adverb

  1. no
  2. not

See also


Japanese Romaji

Particle

no ()

  1. of, 's

Slovak

Etymology

Short for áno yes

Adverb

no

  1. yeah
  2. yep

Spanish

Adverb

no

  1. no
  2. not

Noun

№, No., no.

  1. No.

Tok Pisin

Adverb

no

  1. not

Vietnamese

Adverb

no

  1. full, as of a stomach: Đang no. (I'm full.) No bụng. (My stomach's full.)

Usage note

The usage highlighted in the examples are the only meaning of "full" that no represents. In essence, no cannot be used to mean a "full gasoline tank", or a "bucket full of water."



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