pron · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈnəʊ wʌn/
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General-American:/ˈnoʊ ˌwʌn/
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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