Phrase guide

neither ... nor

conj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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conj

Meaning 1

used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَا... وَلَا ... (lā... walā ...) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Belarusian: ні ... ні (ni ... ni) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Belarusian: ані́ ... ані́ (aní ... aní) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Bulgarian: ни́то ... ни́то (níto ... níto) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Bulgarian: ни ... ни (ni ... ni) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不......也不...... (bù ... yě bù ...) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Czech: ani ... ani — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Danish: hverken ... eller — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Dutch: noch ... noch — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Esperanto: nek ... nek — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Finnish: ei ... eikä — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • French: ni ... ni — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • German: weder ... noch — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Ancient Greek: μήτε ... μήτε (mḗte ... mḗte) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Ancient Greek: οὔτε ... οὔτε (oúte ... oúte) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Hungarian: sem..., sem... — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Hungarian: se..., se... — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Icelandic: hvorki ... né — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Italian: né ... né — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Japanese: ...もなくて...もない (... mo nakute ... mo nai) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Korean: ...도 아니고 ...도 아니다 (...do anigo ...do anida) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Korean: ...도 않고 ...도 않다 (...do anko ...do anta) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Latin: neque ... neque — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Latin: nec ... nec — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Lithuanian: nei̇̃ ... nei̇̃ — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Macedonian: ни ... ни (ni ... ni) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Macedonian: ниту ... ниту (nitu ... nitu) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: verken ... eller — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hverken ... eller — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: korkje ... eller — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verken ... eller — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Pannonian Rusyn: анї ... анї (anji ... anji) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Polish: ani ... ani — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Portuguese: nem ... nem — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Romanian: nici ... nici — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Russian: ни ... ни (ni ... ni) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Slovak: ani ... ani — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Spanish: ni ... ni — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Swedish: varken ... eller — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Turkish: ne ... ne — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Ukrainian: ні ... ні (ni ... ni) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
  • Ukrainian: ані́ ... ані́ (aní ... aní) — used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas