Phrase guide

no one

pron · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ wʌn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈnoʊ ˌwʌn/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

pron

Meaning 1

Used in contrast to anyone, someone or everyone: not one person; nobody.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We went to the store but no one was there.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nobody, none

Antonyms: all, everyone, someone, anyone, everybody, somebody, anybody

2

pron

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • No one athlete could pull off such a stunt!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: niemand — not even a single person
  • Albanian: askush — not even a single person
  • Albanian: kurrkush — not even a single person
  • Chungli Ao: shinga — not even a single person
  • Arabic: أَحَد لَا (ʔaḥad lā) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: ماحدش (maḥaddiš) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: حتى حد (ḥetta ḥadd) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: حتى واحد (ḥetta wāḥed) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: ما حدا (ma ḥada) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: ولا حدا (wala ḥada) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: ولا حدّ (wala ḥadd) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: ولا واحد (wala waḥad) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: ما حدا (ma ḥada) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: ما حد (ma ḥadd) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: ما حداش (ma ḥadāš) — not even a single person
  • Arabic: ما حدش (ma ḥaddiš) — not even a single person
  • Armenian: ոչ ոք (očʻ okʻ) — not even a single person
  • Armenian: ոչ մեկը (očʻ mekə) — not even a single person
  • Asturian: naide — not even a single person
  • Asturian: ñaide — not even a single person
  • Azerbaijani: heç kim — not even a single person
  • Azerbaijani: heç kəs — not even a single person
  • Basque: inor — not even a single person
  • Belarusian: ніхто́ (nixtó) — not even a single person
  • Belizean Creole: nobadi — not even a single person
  • Bengali: কেউ না (keu na) — not even a single person
  • Breton: den ebet — not even a single person
  • Bulgarian: ни́кой (níkoj) — not even a single person
  • Burmese: ဘယ်သူမှ (bhaisuhma.) — not even a single person
  • Catalan: ningú — not even a single person
  • Chamicuro: meyana'shanaye — not even a single person
  • Chinese Cantonese: 冇人 (mou5 jan4) — not even a single person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沒有人 /没有人 (méiyǒu rén) — not even a single person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沒人 /没人 (méirén) — not even a single person
  • Czech: nikdo — not even a single person
  • Dalmatian: nenčoin — not even a single person
  • Danish: ingen — not even a single person
  • Dutch: niemand — not even a single person
  • Esperanto: neniu — not even a single person
  • Estonian: ei keegi — not even a single person
  • Estonian: mitte keegi — not even a single person
  • Faroese: eingin — not even a single person
  • Finnish: ei kukaan — not even a single person
  • French: personne — not even a single person
  • French: nul — not even a single person
  • French: qui que ce soit — not even a single person
  • Old French: nul — not even a single person
  • West-Frisian: nimmen — not even a single person
  • Friulian: nissun — not even a single person
  • Galician: ninguén — not even a single person
  • Galician: can nin gato — not even a single person
  • Georgian: არავინ (aravin) — not even a single person
  • German: niemand — not even a single person
  • German: keiner — not even a single person
  • Greek: κανένας (kanénas) — not even a single person
  • Ancient Greek: οὐδείς (oudeís) — not even a single person
  • Ancient Greek: μηδείς (mēdeís) — not even a single person
  • Ancient Greek: οὔτις (oútis) — not even a single person
  • Ancient Greek: μήτις (mḗtis) — not even a single person
  • Mbya Guarani: avave — not even a single person
  • Hebrew: אַף אֶחָד (af ekhad) — not even a single person
  • Hindi: कोई नहीं (koī nahī̃) — not even a single person
  • Hungarian: senki — not even a single person
  • Icelandic: enginn — not even a single person
  • Icelandic: neinn — not even a single person
  • Ido: nulu — not even a single person
  • Interlingua: necuno — not even a single person
  • Interlingua: nemo — not even a single person
  • Irish: aon duine — not even a single person
  • Istriot: ningun — not even a single person
  • Italian: nessuno — not even a single person
  • Japanese: 誰も...ない (dare-mo...nai) — not even a single person
  • Kapampangan: alang ninuman — not even a single person
  • Kapampangan: alang-ala — not even a single person
  • Kashubian: nicht — not even a single person
  • Kazakh: ешкім (eşkım) — not even a single person
  • Khmer: គ្មាននរណាម្នាក់ (kmien nɔɔnaa mneak) — not even a single person
  • Korean: 아무도...아니다 (amu-do...anida) — not even a single person
  • Central Kurdish: کەس (kes) — not even a single person
  • Lao: ບໍ່ມີໃຜ (bǭ mī phai) — not even a single person
  • Latin: nēmō — not even a single person
  • Latvian: neviens — not even a single person
  • Macedonian: никој (nikoj) — not even a single person
  • Maltese: ħadd — not even a single person
  • Māori: pākorehā — not even a single person
  • Middle English: noman — not even a single person
  • Mirandese: naide — not even a single person
  • Classical Nahuatl: ayāc — not even a single person
  • Navajo: doo nagháí da — not even a single person
  • Neapolitan: nisciuno — not even a single person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ingen — not even a single person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ingen — not even a single person
  • Old English: nān mann — not even a single person
  • Old Norse: engi — not even a single person
  • Persian: هیچکس (hič-kas) — not even a single person
  • Plautdietsch: kjeena — not even a single person
  • Polish: nikt — not even a single person
  • Portuguese: ninguém — not even a single person
  • Romanian: nimeni — not even a single person
  • Romanian: niciun — not even a single person
  • Russian: никто́ (niktó) — not even a single person
  • Scots: naebody — not even a single person
  • Scottish Gaelic: duine — not even a single person
  • Serbo-Croatian: ни̏ко — not even a single person
  • Serbo-Croatian: ни̏тко — not even a single person
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȉko — not even a single person
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȉtko — not even a single person
  • Sicilian: nuḍḍu — not even a single person
  • Slovak: nikto — not even a single person
  • Slovene: nihčè — not even a single person
  • Spanish: nadie — not even a single person
  • Spanish: nadies — not even a single person
  • Spanish: naiden — not even a single person
  • Spanish: nadien — not even a single person
  • Spanish: naides — not even a single person
  • Spanish: naidies — not even a single person
  • Spanish: náidenes — not even a single person
  • Spanish: nadi — not even a single person
  • Swedish: ingen — not even a single person
  • Tagalog: walang sino man — not even a single person
  • Tagalog: walang sinuman — not even a single person
  • Tajik: ҳеҷкас (hejkas) — not even a single person
  • Tajik: ҳечкас (hečkas) — not even a single person
  • Talysh: هیش کسی (hiš kasi) — not even a single person
  • Thai: ไม่มีใคร (mâi mee krai) — not even a single person
  • Turkish: kimse — not even a single person
  • Turkish: hiç kimse — not even a single person
  • Ukrainian: ніхто́ (nixtó) — not even a single person
  • Urdu: کوئی نہیں (koī nahī̃) — not even a single person
  • Uzbek: hech kim — not even a single person
  • Venetan: nisuni — not even a single person
  • Venetan: nisun — not even a single person
  • Vietnamese: không ai — not even a single person
  • Volapük: nek — not even a single person
  • Walloon: nouk — not even a single person
  • Walloon: nolu — not even a single person
  • Welsh: neb — not even a single person
  • Yiddish: קיינער (keyner) — not even a single person