contraction · det · pron · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:N OW1 B AA2 D IY2 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:N OW1 B AH0 D IY0 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
contraction
Meaning 1
Contraction of nobody + is.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
contraction
Meaning 2
Contraction of nobody + has.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
det
Meaning 3
Possessive case of nobody. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
pron
Meaning 4
That which belongs to nobody; the possessive case of nobody, used without a following noun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From nobody + 's.
From nobody + -'s.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ոչ մեկի
(očʻ meki)
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Belarusian:
нічы́й
(ničýj)
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Czech:
ničí
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Esperanto:
nenies
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Finnish:
ei kenenkään
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
French:
à personne
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Georgian:
არავისი
(aravisi)
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Hungarian:
senki(nek sem a/az) ...-a/-e/-ja/-je
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Hungarian:
senkié
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Macedonian:
ничиј
(ničij)
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Polish:
niczyj
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Portuguese:
de ninguém
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Russian:
ниче́й
(ničéj)
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Russian:
ниче́йный
(ničéjnyj)
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Serbo-Croatian:
ничији
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Serbo-Croatian:
ničiji
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Slovak:
ničí
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Spanish:
de nadie
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Swedish:
ingens
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
Ukrainian:
нічи́й
(ničýj)
— belonging to nobody (possessive form of nobody)
