never

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɛv.ə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈnɛv.ɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɛvə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: N EH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent to ne + ever.

218 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ахаан (axaan) — at no time
• Afrikaans: nooit — at no time
• Albanian: kurrë — at no time
• Albanian: asnjëherë — at no time
• Arabic: أَبَدًا (ʔabadan) — at no time
• Arabic: أبدًا (ʔabadan) — at no time
• Aragonese: nunca — at no time
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܸܟ̰ ܓܵܗܵܐ (hič gāhā) — at no time
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܵܐ ܠܥܵܠܲܡ (lā lˁālam) — at no time
• Armenian: երբեք (erbekʻ) — at no time
• Armenian: բնավ (bnav) — at no time
• Asturian: nunca — at no time
• Asturian: enxamás — at no time
• Azerbaijani: heç vaxt — at no time
• Azerbaijani: heç vədə — at no time
• Bashkir: бер ҡасан да (ber qasan da) — at no time
• Basque: inoiz ez — at no time
• Belarusian: ніко́лі (nikóli) — at no time
• Bengali: না (na) — at no time
• Bislama: neva — at no time
• Breton: nepred — at no time
• Breton: morse — at no time
• Breton: biken biskoazh james — at no time
• Cameroon Pidgin: neba — at no time
• Carpathian Rusyn: нї́ґда (njígda) — at no time
• Catalan: mai — at no time
• Chamicuro: mepolajyaka — at no time
• Cherokee: Ꮭ ᎢᎸᎯᏳ (tla ilvhiyu) — at no time
• Chinese Mandarin: 從未 /从未 (cóngwèi) — at no time
• Chinese Mandarin: 從來 /从来 (cónglái) — at no time
• Chinese Mandarin: 不曾 (bùcéng) — at no time
• Chinese Mandarin: 未曾 (wèicéng) — at no time
• Chinese Mandarin: 從不 /从不 (cóngbù) — at no time
• Crimean Tatar: iç bir vaqıt — at no time
• Czech: nikdy — at no time
• Danish: aldrig — at no time
• Dutch: nooit — at no time
• Dutch: nimmer — at no time
• Esperanto: neniam — at no time
• Estonian: iial — at no time
• Estonian: eales — at no time
• Ewe: gbeɖe — at no time
• Faroese: ongantíð — at no time
• Faroese: aldri — at no time
• Finnish: ei koskaan — at no time
• Finnish: ei ikinä — at no time
• Finnish: ei milloinkaan — at no time
• French: jamais — at no time
• Middle French: oncques — at no time
• Middle French: iamays — at no time
• Old French: onques — at no time
• Old French: jamés — at no time
• North Frisian: oler — at no time
• West-Frisian: nea — at no time
• Galician: xamais — at no time
• Galician: endexamais — at no time
• Galician: ar — at no time
• Galician: nunca — at no time
• Georgian: არასოდეს (arasodes) — at no time
• Georgian: არასდროს (arasdros) — at no time
• Georgian: ვერასოდეს (verasodes) — at no time
• Georgian: ვერასდროს (verasdros) — at no time
• German: nie — at no time
• German: niemals — at no time
• German: nimmer — at no time
• German: nie — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: keemols — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: nie — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: niemols — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: nimme — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: nimmermehr — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: nimmi — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: sei Daag des Lewes net — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: sei Lebbdaag net — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: sei Lewe net — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: seilebbdaag net — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: seilewe net — at no time
• Pennsylvania German: seilewes net — at no time
• Greek: ποτέ (poté) — at no time
• Greek: ουδέποτε (oudépote) — at no time
• Ancient Greek: οὔποτε (oúpote) — at no time
• Ancient Greek: μήποτε (mḗpote) — at no time
• Ancient Greek: οὐδέποτε (oudépote) — at no time
• Hawaiian: ʻaʻole — at no time
• Hebrew: אַף פַּעַם (af pá'am) — at no time
• Hebrew: לעולם לא (l'olám lo) — at no time
• Hindi: कभी नहीं (kabhī nahī̃) — at no time
• Hungarian: sohasem — at no time
• Hungarian: sohase — at no time
• Hungarian: sosem — at no time
• Hungarian: sose — at no time
• Icelandic: aldrei — at no time
• Ido: nultempe — at no time
• Ido: nulatempe — at no time
• Indonesian: tidak pernah — at no time
• Indonesian: tidak akan — at no time
• Ingrian: konskaa — at no time
• Ingrian: ikinää — at no time
• Irish: riamh — at no time
• Irish: go deo — at no time
• Istriot: mai — at no time
• Italian: mai — at no time
• Italian: giammai — at no time
• Japanese: 決して (kesshite) — at no time
• Japanese: 何時でも (itsudemo) — at no time
• Japanese: 曾て (katsute) — at no time
• Japanese: 万々 (manman) — at no time
• Japanese: 万々 (banban) — at no time
• Japanese: 全く (mattaku) — at no time
• Jarai: ngai — at no time
• Kapampangan: agyandirit — at no time
• Kapampangan: anjandirit — at no time
• Kazakh: бұрын-соңды (būryn-soñdy) — at no time
• Kazakh: ешқашан (eşqaşan) — at no time
• Kazakh: еш уақытта (eş uaqytta) — at no time
• Khmer: មិនដែល (mɨn dael) — at no time
• Korean: 절대로 (jeoldaero) — at no time
• Korean: 결코 (gyeolko) — at no time
• Central Kurdish: ھیچ (hîç) — at no time
• Central Kurdish: قەد (qed) — at no time
• Central Kurdish: ھەرگیز (hergîz) — at no time
• Northern Kurdish: qet — at no time
• Northern Kurdish: ticar — at no time
• Northern Kurdish: hîç (carekê jî) — at no time
• Kyrgyz: эч качан (ec kacan) — at no time
• Kyrgyz: эч убакта (ec ubakta) — at no time
• Lao: ບໍ່ຈັກເທື່ອ (bǭ chak thư̄a) — at no time
• Lao: ບໍ່ເຄີຍ (bǭ khœ̄i) — at no time
• Latin: numquam — at no time
• Latvian: nekad — at no time
• Lithuanian: niekada — at no time
• Low German: niemals — at no time
• Low German: niemols — at no time
• Low German: mien Leevdag nich — at no time
• Luxembourgish: ni — at no time
• Luxembourgish: nimools — at no time
• Luxembourgish: keemol — at no time
• Luxembourgish: keemools — at no time
• Macedonian: никогаш (nikogaš) — at no time
• Malay: tidak pernah — at no time
• Malay: tidak akan — at no time
• Malay: تيدق ڤرنه — at no time
• Malay: تيدق اکن — at no time
• Maltese: qatt — at no time
• Māori: kā(h)ore kau — at no time
• Māori: kā(h)ore rawa — at no time
• Māori: hore kau — at no time
• Māori: kore rawa — at no time
• Mirandese: nunca — at no time
• Mongolian: хэзээ ч үгүй (xezee č ügüj) — at no time
• Mongolian: ер үгүй (jer ügüj) — at no time
• Nahuatl: ayouica — at no time
• Navajo: tsʼídá háadi da — at no time
• Norman: janmais — at no time
• Norwegian Bokmål: aldri — at no time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aldri — at no time
• Occitan: jamai — at no time
• Church Slavic: николижє (nikoliže) — at no time
• Old English: nǣfre — at no time
• Ossetian: никӕд (nikæd) — at no time
• Persian: هیچوقت (hič-vaqt) — at no time
• Persian: هرگز (hargez) — at no time
• Persian: ابداً (abadan) — at no time
• Plautdietsch: nienich (nds) — at no time
• Plautdietsch: kjeenmol — at no time
• Polish: nigdy — at no time
• Portuguese: nunca — at no time
• Portuguese: jamais — at no time
• Réunion Creole French: zamé — at no time
• Romanian: niciodată — at no time
• Romanian: nicicând — at no time
• Russian: никогда́ (nikogdá) — at no time
• Sanskrit: न कदाचित् (na kadācit) — at no time
• Sanskrit: न कर्हिचित (na karhicita) — at no time
• Sanskrit: न कदापि (na kadāpi) — at no time
• Sanskrit: न सदा (na sadā) — at no time
• Sardinian: mai — at no time
• Scots: niver — at no time
• Scottish Gaelic: a-chaoidh — at no time
• Scottish Gaelic: gu bràth — at no time
• Scottish Gaelic: riamh — at no time
• Serbo-Croatian: никад — at no time
• Serbo-Croatian: никада — at no time
• Serbo-Croatian: nikad — at no time
• Serbo-Croatian: nikada — at no time
• Sicilian: mai — at no time
• Slovak: nikdy — at no time
• Slovene: nikóli — at no time
• Slovene: níkdar — at no time
• Spanish: nunca — at no time
• Spanish: jamás — at no time
• Swahili: kamwe — at no time
• Swedish: aldrig — at no time
• Tajik: ҳеҷ вақт (hej vaqt) — at no time
• Tajik: ҳаргиз (hargiz) — at no time
• Tajik: абадан (abadan) — at no time
• Tajik: асло (aslo) — at no time
• Tatar: һичвакыт (hiçwaqıt) — at no time
• Thai: ไม่เคย (mâi-kəəi) — at no time
• Tibetan: ཁྱོན་ནས (khyon nas) — at no time
• Tibetan: རྩ་བ་ནས (rtsa ba nas) — at no time
• Turkish: asla — at no time
• Turkish: hiç — at no time
• Turkish: hiçbir zaman — at no time
• Turkmen: hiç haçan — at no time
• Ukrainian: ніко́ли (nikóly) — at no time
• Urdu: کبھی نہیں (kabhī nahī̃) — at no time
• Uzbek: hech qachon — at no time
• Uzbek: hech — at no time
• Uzbek: hech vaqt — at no time
• Uzbek: aslo — at no time
• Vietnamese: không bao giờ — at no time
• Volapük: neai — at no time
• Welsh: byth — at no time
• Welsh: erioed — at no time
• Woiwurrung: ta-goong — at no time
• Yakut: ончу (onču) — at no time
• Yiddish: קיינמאָל (keynmol) — at no time