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• Received-Pronunciation: /baɪ nəʊ ˈmiːnz/
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• General-American: /baɪ noʊ ˈminz/
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From by + no + means (“condition or instrument to achieve a result”).

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَبَدًا (ʔabadan) — certainly not
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܵܐ ܠܥܵܠܲܡ (lā lˁālam) — certainly not
• Armenian: ամենեւին (amenewin) — certainly not
• Bashkir: бер ҙә (ber źə) — certainly not
• Catalan: de cap manera — certainly not
• Catalan: en absolut — certainly not
• Chinese Cantonese: 並唔 /并唔 (bing6 m4) — certainly not
• Chinese Mandarin: 並不 /并不 (bìngbù) — certainly not
• Chinese Mandarin: 並勿 /并勿 (6bin-veq) — certainly not
• Chinese Mandarin: 並未 /并未 (bìngwèi) — certainly not
• Chinese Mandarin: 決不 /决不 (juébù) — certainly not
• Chinese Mandarin: 絕不 /绝不 (juébù) — certainly not
• Czech: v žádném případě — certainly not
• Danish: ingenlunde — certainly not
• Danish: på ingen måde — certainly not
• Dutch: in geen geval — certainly not
• Dutch: zeker niet — certainly not
• Finnish: ei millään tavalla — certainly not
• Finnish: ei missään nimessä — certainly not
• Finnish: ei suinkaan — certainly not
• Finnish: ihmeessä — certainly not
• Finnish: läheskään — certainly not
• Finnish: mitenkään — certainly not
• Finnish: suinkaan — certainly not
• Finnish: suurin surminkaan — certainly not
• French: aucunement — certainly not
• French: en aucun cas — certainly not
• French: en aucune façon — certainly not
• French: en aucune manière — certainly not
• French: pas du tout — certainly not
• French: pas le moins du monde — certainly not
• Georgian: არანაირად (aranairad) — certainly not
• Georgian: არავითარ შემთხვევაში (aravitar šemtxvevaši) — certainly not
• Georgian: არასგზით (arasgzit) — certainly not
• German: auf keinen Fall — certainly not
• German: keineswegs — certainly not
• German: mitnichten — certainly not
• Greek: καθόλου (kathólou) — certainly not
• Ancient Greek: μήτι (mḗti) — certainly not
• Hungarian: sehogy — certainly not
• Hungarian: semmiféleképpen — certainly not
• Hungarian: semmiképp — certainly not
• Hungarian: semmiképpen — certainly not
• Icelandic: alls ekki — certainly not
• Italian: a nessun patto — certainly not
• Italian: per niente — certainly not
• Japanese: 決して (kesshite) — certainly not
• Japanese: 中々 (nakanaka) — certainly not
• Japanese: とても (totemo) — certainly not
• Japanese: とっても (tottemo) — certainly not
• Latin: haud — certainly not
• Latin: minimē — certainly not
• Latin: nēquāquam — certainly not
• Latin: neutiquam — certainly not
• Latin: nullātenus — certainly not
• Latin: nullo modo — certainly not
• Latvian: nekā — certainly not
• Lithuanian: anaiptõl — certainly not
• Lithuanian: niekaip — certainly not
• Luxembourgish: absolumang nit — certainly not
• Luxembourgish: kengesfalls — certainly not
• Macedonian: во никој случај (vo nikoj slučaj) — certainly not
• Mongolian: харин ч (xarin č) — certainly not
• Norwegian Bokmål: ingenlunde — certainly not
• Norwegian Bokmål: overhodet ikke — certainly not
• Norwegian Bokmål: på ingen måte — certainly not
• Norwegian Bokmål: slett ikke — certainly not
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ingaleis — certainly not
• Occitan: ges — certainly not
• Ojibwe: gaawiin baapish — certainly not
• Old English: nāteshwōn — certainly not
• Old English: nā tō þæs hwōn — certainly not
• Old English: nealles — certainly not
• Pannonian Rusyn: нїзач (njizač) — certainly not
• Persian: به هیچ وجه (be hêč vajh) — certainly not
• Polish: bynajmniej — certainly not
• Polish: pod żadnym względem — certainly not
• Polish: w żaden sposób — certainly not
• Polish: żadną miarą — certainly not
• Portuguese: coisa nenhuma — certainly not
• Portuguese: de modo algum — certainly not
• Portuguese: nem a pau — certainly not
• Portuguese: nem que a vaca tussa — certainly not
• Portuguese: porra nenhuma — certainly not
• Portuguese: só por cima do meu cadáver — certainly not
• Romanian: câtuși — certainly not
• Romanian: sub nicio formă — certainly not
• Russian: ничу́ть (ničútʹ) — certainly not
• Russian: ника́к не (nikák ne) — certainly not
• Russian: нико́им о́бразом не (nikóim óbrazom ne) — certainly not
• Russian: нипочём (nipočóm) — certainly not
• Russian: ниско́лько не (niskólʹko ne) — certainly not
• Russian: ни в ко́ем слу́чае (ni v kójem slúčaje) — certainly not
• Russian: отню́дь не (otnjúdʹ ne) — certainly not
• Sanskrit: नहि (nahi) — certainly not
• Serbo-Croatian: ни̏ка̄ко — certainly not
• Serbo-Croatian: naravno da ne — certainly not
• Serbo-Croatian: nȉkāko — certainly not
• Spanish: de ninguna manera — certainly not
• Spanish: de ningún modo — certainly not
• Spanish: ni por asomo — certainly not
• Spanish: ni por el forro — certainly not
• Swedish: för all del inte — certainly not
• Turkish: asla — certainly not
• Turkish: hiçbir şekilde — certainly not
• Turkish: ne olursa olsun — certainly not
• Vietnamese: ai đời — certainly not