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• nī′thə
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• rhymes with -aɪðə(ɹ)
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• rhymes with -iːðə(ɹ)
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.ðə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈniː.ðə/
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• General-American: /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/
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• General-American: /ˈni.ðɚ/
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• nā′thə r
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• Northern-England, rare: /ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ in use until the 20th c.
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• India, South: /nɛj.d̪ɐ(r)/
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• CMU ARPABET: N IY1 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: N AY1 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَلَا (walā) — similarly not
• Aromanian: nitsi — similarly not
• Catalan: tampoc — similarly not
• Dalmatian: ne — similarly not
• Dutch: ook niet — similarly not
• Dutch: evenmin — similarly not
• Finnish: eikä — similarly not
• Finnish: -kaan — similarly not
• French: non plus — similarly not
• Galician: tampouco — similarly not
• Georgian: არც (arc) — similarly not
• Italian: né — similarly not
• Polish: też nie — similarly not
• Portuguese: tampouco — similarly not
• Romanian: nici — similarly not
• Russian: та́кже не (tákže ne) — similarly not
• Scottish Gaelic: cha mhotha — similarly not
• Scottish Gaelic: nì motha — similarly not
• Spanish: tampoco — similarly not
• Arabic: لَا X وَلَا (lā X walā X) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Arabic: لا... ولا... (la .. wala ...) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Armenian: ոչ ... ոչ ... (očʻ ... očʻ ...) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Aromanian: nitsi — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Belarusian: ні X ні X (ni X ni X) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Bulgarian: нито X нито Y (nito X nito Y) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Chinese Mandarin: 不X也不X (bù X yě bù X) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Cimbrian: nèt X nèt Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Cornish: na X na — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Cornish: naneyl X na Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Czech: ani X — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Czech: ani Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Danish: hverken X eller Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Dutch: noch X noch Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Dutch: X noch Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Esperanto: nek — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Finnish: ei X — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Finnish: eikä Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• French: ni X ni Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Friulian: ni — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Friulian: nancje — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Galician: nin — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Georgian: არც (arc) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• German: weder X noch Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Hungarian: sem — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Hungarian: se — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Icelandic: hvorki X né Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Istriot: gnanca — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Italian: né X né Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Japanese: XでもなくYでもない (X de mo naku Y de mo nai) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Japanese: XもYも...ない (X mo Y mo ...nai) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Korean: X도 아니고 Y도 아니다 (Xdo anigo Ydo anida) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Korean: X도 Y도 아니다 (Xdo Ydo anida) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Latin: nec X nec Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Latvian: ne — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Lithuanian: nei X — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Lithuanian: nei Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Norwegian Bokmål: hverken — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Norwegian Bokmål: verken X eller Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Norwegian Nynorsk: korkje X eller Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Persian: نه (na) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Polish: ani X — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Polish: ani Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Portuguese: nem X nem Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Romanian: nici X nici Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Romansch: ni X ni Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Russian: ни X ни X (ni X ni X) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Scottish Gaelic: no — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Scottish Gaelic: aon chuid X no Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Scottish Gaelic: an dara cuid X no Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Scottish Gaelic: na X na Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Slovene: niti — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Spanish: ni X ni Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Swedish: varken X eller Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Swedish: vare sig X eller Y — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Ukrainian: ні X ні X (ni X ni X) — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Venetan: nianca — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Venetan: nanca — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Venetan: gnanca — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Vietnamese: không X cũng không X — not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y
• Albanian: asnjë — not one of two; not either
• Bulgarian: нито един (nito edin) — not one of two; not either
• Bulgarian: никой (nikoj) — not one of two; not either
• Cornish: naneyl — not one of two; not either
• Czech: žádný — not one of two; not either
• Danish: ingen af — not one of two; not either
• Danish: hverken — not one of two; not either
• Dutch: geen van beide — not one of two; not either
• Finnish: ei kumpikaan — not one of two; not either
• French: aucun des deux — not one of two; not either
• Galician: nengún — not one of two; not either
• Galician: nengunha — not one of two; not either
• Georgian: არცერთი (arcerti) — not one of two; not either
• German: weder — not one of two; not either
• Ancient Greek: οὐδέτερος (oudéteros) — not one of two; not either
• Hungarian: egyik sem — not one of two; not either
• Hungarian: semelyik — not one of two; not either
• Irish: ceachtar — not one of two; not either
• Italian: nessuno dei due — not one of two; not either
• Japanese: どちらも...ない (dochira mo ... nai) — not one of two; not either
• Latin: neuter — not one of two; not either
• Norwegian: ingen av — not one of two; not either
• Norwegian: korkje — not one of two; not either
• Persian: هیچیک (hičyek) — not one of two; not either
• Persian: هیچکدام (hīčkodām) — not one of two; not either
• Polish: żaden — not one of two; not either
• Portuguese: nenhum (dos dois) — not one of two; not either
• Russian: ни оди́н (ni odín) — not one of two; not either
• Russian: ни тот, ни друго́й (ni tot, ni drugój) — not one of two; not either
• Scots: naither — not one of two; not either
• Serbo-Croatian: niti — not one of two; not either
• Serbo-Croatian: ni — not one of two; not either
• Slovene: noben — not one of two; not either
• Spanish: ninguno — not one of two; not either
• Spanish: ningún — not one of two; not either
• Swedish: ingendera — not one of two; not either
• Swedish: ingen av — not one of two; not either
• Arabic: أَحَد لَا (ʔaḥad lā) — not either one
• Bulgarian: нито един (nito edin) — not either one
• Czech: žádný — not either one
• Danish: ingen af dem (ingen af de to) — not either one
• Dutch: geen van beide — not either one
• Finnish: ei kumpikaan — not either one
• French: aucun — not either one
• Galician: nengún — not either one
• Galician: nengunha — not either one
• Georgian: არცერთი (arcerti) — not either one
• German: keiner — not either one
• German: keine — not either one
• German: keines — not either one
• Hindi: भी नहीं (bhī nahī̃) — not either one
• Hungarian: egyik sem — not either one
• Hungarian: semelyik — not either one
• Irish: ceachtar — not either one
• Italian: nessuno — not either one
• Japanese: どちらも...ない (dochira mo ...nai) — not either one
• Latvian: neviens — not either one
• Polish: żaden — not either one
• Portuguese: nenhum (dos dois) — not either one
• Russian: ни оди́н (ni odín) — not either one
• Russian: никто́ (niktó) — not either one
• Russian: ничто́ (ništó) — not either one
• Slovene: nobeden — not either one
• Spanish: ninguno — not either one
• Swedish: ingendera — not either one
• Swedish: ingen av dem — not either one
• Swedish: varken eller — not either one
• Ukrainian: жоден (žoden) — not either one