adj
Meaning 1
Not OK. Initialism of no good.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 🆖
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ng
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/əŋ/
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/ʌŋ/
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/ɪŋ/
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/ɛŋ/
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[ŋ̍]
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Hong-Kong: [ŋ̍]
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Hong-Kong: [m̩]
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Philippines: [nɐŋ]
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Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore: [(ʔ)əŋ]
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rhymes with -ʌŋ
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rhymes with -ɪŋ
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rhymes with -ɛŋ
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: IH1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Initialism of nasogastric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Hokkien
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Cantonese
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 5
Initialism of Newgrounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
Initialism of National Geographic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Initialism of newsgroup; also NG.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Initialism of natural gas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, natural-sciences, petrochemistry, petrology, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
Initialism of nitroglycerine (nitroglycerin).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
Initialism of newsgroup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Examples
- Could someone please re-post the FAQ to the NG?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
Initialism of narrow gauge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
one billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nanogram
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metric weight unit, weight unit
History
Etymology
no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).
From various Chinese surnames, including: * Hokkien 黃 /黄 (N̂g) * Cantonese 吳 /吴 (ng4) and 伍 (ng5) The Philippine pronunciation is influenced by Tagalog ng.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: GN (gaz naturel) — (petrochemistry) natural gas
- French: NG — (Internet) newsgroup