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• Received-Pronunciation: /nɒt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /nɔt/
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• General-American, dialectal: /nɑt/ of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /nɒt/ of the US
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• Australian: /nɔt/
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• New-Zealand: /nɒt/
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• New-Zealand: [nɔ̟t]
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• Ireland: [nɞt]
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• [näʔ] Local Dublin
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• homophone: knot
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• homophone: naught
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• homophone: nought (cot–caught merger)
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• rhymes with -ɒt
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• CMU ARPABET: N AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h2ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h2óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekw- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékwtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵhtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English not From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), shortening of nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit.

396 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Acehnese: hana — negates meaning of another word
• Afrikaans: nie — negates meaning of another word
• Afrikaans: nie ... nie — negates meaning of another word
• Albanian: nuk — negates meaning of another word
• Albanian: s' — negates meaning of another word
• Amharic: አይደለም (ʾäydäläm) — negates meaning of another word
• Guerrero Amuzgo: chi — negates meaning of another word
• Western Apache: dawǫ́’ — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: لَا (lā) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: مَا (mā) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: لَم (lam) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: لَن (lan) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: لَيْسَ (laysa) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: مش (miš, muš) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: مب (mub) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: مو (mū) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: ما (mā) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: مش (miš) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: مو (mū) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: ما (mā) — negates meaning of another word
• Iraqi Arabic: مو (mū) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: ماشي (māši) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: مش (miš) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: مو (mū) — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: مش (miš, muš) — negates meaning of another word
• Tunisian Arabic: مش (muš) — negates meaning of another word
• Yemeni Arabic: مش (miš) — negates meaning of another word
• Armenian: չ- + (čʻ-) — negates meaning of another word
• Aromanian: nu — negates meaning of another word
• Assamese: নহয় (nohoy) — negates meaning of another word
• Assamese: ন- (no-) — negates meaning of another word
• Assamese: না (na) — negates meaning of another word
• Asturian: nun — negates meaning of another word
• Azerbaijani: deyil — negates meaning of another word
• Bangi: te — negates meaning of another word
• Bashkir: түгел (tügel) — negates meaning of another word
• Basque: ez — negates meaning of another word
• Belarusian: не (nje) — negates meaning of another word
• Belarusian: ня (nja) — negates meaning of another word
• Bengali: না (na) — negates meaning of another word
• Bhojpuri: नाहीं (nāhī̃) — negates meaning of another word
• Central Bikol: bako — negates meaning of another word
• Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin: tera — negates meaning of another word
• Bulgarian: не (ne) — negates meaning of another word
• Burmese: မ ... ဘူး (ma. ... bhu:) — negates meaning of another word
• Carpathian Rusyn: не (ne) — negates meaning of another word
• Catalan: no — negates meaning of another word
• Catalan: no ... pas — negates meaning of another word
• Cebuano: dili — negates meaning of another word
• Central Atlas Tamazight: pronoun — negates meaning of another word
• Chamicuro: kala — negates meaning of another word
• Chechen: ца (ca) — negates meaning of another word
• Chechen: ма (ma) — negates meaning of another word
• Chechen: яц (jac) — negates meaning of another word
• Cherokee: Ꮭ (tla) — negates meaning of another word
• Chichewa: osati — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese Cantonese: 不 (bat1) — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese Cantonese: 唔 (m4) — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese: бу (bu) — negates meaning of another word
• Eastern Min Chinese: 伓 (n̂g) — negates meaning of another word
• Hakka Chinese: 唔 (m̀) — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese: 無 /无 (bô) — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese Mandarin: 不 (bù) — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese Mandarin: 沒 /没 (méi) — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese Mandarin: 沒有 /没有 (méiyǒu) — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese Mandarin: 別 /别 (bié) — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese Mandarin: 無 /无 (wú) — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese Mandarin: 未 (wèi) — negates meaning of another word
• Chinese Mandarin: 非 (fēi) — negates meaning of another word
• Wu Chinese: 勿 — negates meaning of another word
• Xiang Chinese: 不 (bu6) — negates meaning of another word
• Ngazidja Comorian: tsi — negates meaning of another word
• Corsican: micca — negates meaning of another word
• Czech: ne- — negates meaning of another word
• Danish: ikke — negates meaning of another word
• Danish: ej — negates meaning of another word
• Dutch: niet — negates meaning of another word
• Middle Dutch: niet — negates meaning of another word
• Old Dutch: ne — negates meaning of another word
• Old Dutch: ne- — negates meaning of another word
• Old Dutch: niewiht — negates meaning of another word
• Egyptian: nj — negates meaning of another word
• Enga: daa — negates meaning of another word
• Esperanto: ne — negates meaning of another word
• Estonian: ei — negates meaning of another word
• Faroese: ikki — negates meaning of another word
• Faroese: ei — negates meaning of another word
• Finnish: ei — negates meaning of another word
• French: ne ... pas — negates meaning of another word
• French: pas — negates meaning of another word
• French: ne — negates meaning of another word
• North Frisian: ai — negates meaning of another word
• North Frisian: ei — negates meaning of another word
• North Frisian: ek — negates meaning of another word
• North Frisian: ni — negates meaning of another word
• Old Frisian: ne — negates meaning of another word
• Old Frisian: ni — negates meaning of another word
• West-Frisian: net — negates meaning of another word
• Gagauz: diil — negates meaning of another word
• Gagauz: -me — negates meaning of another word
• Gagauz: -ma — negates meaning of another word
• Galician: non — negates meaning of another word
• Georgian: არ (ar) — negates meaning of another word
• German: nicht — negates meaning of another word
• German: net — negates meaning of another word
• German: nit — negates meaning of another word
• German: nüt — negates meaning of another word
• German: nöt — negates meaning of another word
• Bavarian German: niad — negates meaning of another word
• Bavarian German: ned — negates meaning of another word
• Bavarian German: net — negates meaning of another word
• Bavarian German: nit — negates meaning of another word
• Bavarian German: it — negates meaning of another word
• East Central German: nich — negates meaning of another word
• East Central German: net — negates meaning of another word
• East Central German: ni — negates meaning of another word
• East Central German: nicht — negates meaning of another word
• East Central German: ne — negates meaning of another word
• East Central German: nit — negates meaning of another word
• Swabian: it — negates meaning of another word
• Swabian: et — negates meaning of another word
• Swabian: net — negates meaning of another word
• Greek: δε (de) — negates meaning of another word
• Greek: δεν (den) — negates meaning of another word
• Greek: μη (mi) — negates meaning of another word
• Greek: μην (min) — negates meaning of another word
• Ancient Greek: οὐ (ou) — negates meaning of another word
• Ancient Greek: μή (mḗ) — negates meaning of another word
• Greenlandic: -nngit — negates meaning of another word
• Paraguayan Guarani: nd- -i — negates meaning of another word
• Gujarati: નથી (nathī) — negates meaning of another word
• Haitian Creole: pa — negates meaning of another word
• Hausa: ba — negates meaning of another word
• Hawaiian: ʻaʻole — negates meaning of another word
• Hebrew: לא (lo) — negates meaning of another word
• Hebrew: אֵין (ein) — negates meaning of another word
• Hindi: नहीं (nahī̃) — negates meaning of another word
• Hindi: न (na) — negates meaning of another word
• Hindi: मत — negates meaning of another word
• Hittite: 𒈾𒀜𒋫 (natta) — negates meaning of another word
• Central Huishui Hmong: tsis — negates meaning of another word
• White Hmong: tsis — negates meaning of another word
• Hungarian: nem — negates meaning of another word
• Icelandic: ekki — negates meaning of another word
• Icelandic: ei — negates meaning of another word
• Icelandic: eigi — negates meaning of another word
• Ido: ne — negates meaning of another word
• Igbo: ọ bụghị — negates meaning of another word
• Indonesian: tidak — negates meaning of another word
• Indonesian: tak — negates meaning of another word
• Ingush: ца (ca) — negates meaning of another word
• Interlingua: non — negates meaning of another word
• Irish: ní — negates meaning of another word
• Irish: níor — negates meaning of another word
• Irish: cha — negates meaning of another word
• Irish: chan — negates meaning of another word
• Irish: char — negates meaning of another word
• Irish: gan — negates meaning of another word
• Old Irish: ní — negates meaning of another word
• Old Irish: nícon — negates meaning of another word
• Italian: non — negates meaning of another word
• Italian: mica — negates meaning of another word
• Japanese: ...ではない (de wa nai) — negates meaning of another word
• Japanese: ...ない (nai) — negates meaning of another word
• Japanese: -ません (...masen) — negates meaning of another word
• Jarawa: naɖem — negates meaning of another word
• Jarawa: -ma — negates meaning of another word
• Javanese: ora — negates meaning of another word
• Kamkata-viri: nā̃i — negates meaning of another word
• Kannada: ಅಲ್ಲ (alla) — negates meaning of another word
• Kapampangan: ali — negates meaning of another word
• Kapampangan: e — negates meaning of another word
• Kashubian: ni — negates meaning of another word
• Kazakh: емес (emes) — negates meaning of another word
• Khalaj: داغ — negates meaning of another word
• Khalaj: dâğ — negates meaning of another word
• Khmer: មិន...ទេ (min ... teː) — negates meaning of another word
• Khün: ᨷᩢ (baw2) — negates meaning of another word
• Kilivila: gala — negates meaning of another word
• Korean: 안 (an) — negates meaning of another word
• Korean: ...아니다 (...anida) — negates meaning of another word
• Central Kurdish: نە (ne) — negates meaning of another word
• Central Kurdish: نا (na) — negates meaning of another word
• Kyrgyz: эмес (emes) — negates meaning of another word
• Ladino: נון (non) — negates meaning of another word
• Lao: ບໍ່ (bǭ) — negates meaning of another word
• Latin: non — negates meaning of another word
• Latin: nil — negates meaning of another word
• Latin: haud — negates meaning of another word
• Latin: hau — negates meaning of another word
• Latin: haut — negates meaning of another word
• Latin: nunquam — negates meaning of another word
• Latin: ne — negates meaning of another word
• Latin: nec — negates meaning of another word
• Latin: neque — negates meaning of another word
• Latvian: ne- — negates meaning of another word
• Lepcha: ᰕ- -ᰍᰬ (ma- -ne) — negates meaning of another word
• Lingala: te — negates meaning of another word
• Linngithigh: ngga' — negates meaning of another word
• Lithuanian: ne- — negates meaning of another word
• Lü: ᦢᧁᧈ (ḃaw1) — negates meaning of another word
• Lü: ᨷᩢ — negates meaning of another word
• Luxembourgish: net — negates meaning of another word
• Macedonian: не (ne) — negates meaning of another word
• Malay: tidak — negates meaning of another word
• Malay: bukan — negates meaning of another word
• Malay: endah (Sarawak) — negates meaning of another word
• Brunei Malay: endah — negates meaning of another word
• Malayalam: ഇല്ല (illa) — negates meaning of another word
• Maltese: mhux — negates meaning of another word
• Maltese: lanqas — negates meaning of another word
• Mansaka: di — negates meaning of another word
• Māori: e kore — negates meaning of another word
• Māori: kāore — negates meaning of another word
• Maranao: di' — negates meaning of another word
• Marathi: नाही (nāhī) — negates meaning of another word
• Middle English: nought — negates meaning of another word
• Middle English: ne — negates meaning of another word
• Middle English: not — negates meaning of another word
• Miskito: apia — negates meaning of another word
• Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠰᠢ (bisi) — negates meaning of another word
• Mongolian: ᠦᠯᠦ (ülü) — negates meaning of another word
• Mongolian: биш (biš) — negates meaning of another word
• Mongolian: үлүү (ülüü) — negates meaning of another word
• Mudburra: kula — negates meaning of another word
• Navajo: dooda — negates meaning of another word
• Naxi: me — negates meaning of another word
• Nepali: छैन (chaina) — negates meaning of another word
• Norwegian Bokmål: ikke — negates meaning of another word
• Norwegian Bokmål: ei — negates meaning of another word
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ikkje — negates meaning of another word
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ei — negates meaning of another word
• Occitan: non — negates meaning of another word
• Occitan: pas — negates meaning of another word
• Ojibwe: gaawiin — negates meaning of another word
• Church Slavic: не (ne) — negates meaning of another word
• Old East Slavic: не (ne) — negates meaning of another word
• Old English: ne — negates meaning of another word
• Old Norse: ekki — negates meaning of another word
• Old Saxon: ne — negates meaning of another word
• Old Saxon: ni — negates meaning of another word
• O'odham: pi — negates meaning of another word
• Ossetian: нӕ (næ) — negates meaning of another word
• Persian: نه (na) — negates meaning of another word
• Polish: nie — negates meaning of another word
• Portuguese: não — negates meaning of another word
• Punjabi: ਨਾ (nā) — negates meaning of another word
• Quechua: ama — negates meaning of another word
• Rapa Nui: kai — negates meaning of another word
• Rapa Nui: hoki — negates meaning of another word
• Romani: na — negates meaning of another word
• Romani: ći — negates meaning of another word
• Romani: ni — negates meaning of another word
• Romanian: nu — negates meaning of another word
• Russian: не (ne) — negates meaning of another word
• Salar: emes — negates meaning of another word
• Samoan: lē — negates meaning of another word
• Sanskrit: न (na) — negates meaning of another word
• Scottish Gaelic: chan eil — negates meaning of another word
• Scottish Gaelic: chan — negates meaning of another word
• Scottish Gaelic: cha — negates meaning of another word
• Serbo-Croatian: не — negates meaning of another word
• Serbo-Croatian: ne — negates meaning of another word
• Shan: ဢမ်ႇ (ʼàm) — negates meaning of another word
• Sicilian: nun — negates meaning of another word
• Sicilian: non — negates meaning of another word
• Sicilian: 'un — negates meaning of another word
• Sicilian: unn — negates meaning of another word
• Sicilian: nn' — negates meaning of another word
• Slovak: ne- — negates meaning of another word
• Slovene: nè — negates meaning of another word
• Somali: ma — negates meaning of another word
• Lower Sorbian: nje- — negates meaning of another word
• Spanish: no — negates meaning of another word
• Sundanese: enteu — negates meaning of another word
• Sundanese: sanés — negates meaning of another word
• Sundanese: teu — negates meaning of another word
• Swedish: inte — negates meaning of another word
• Swedish: ej — negates meaning of another word
• Swedish: icke — negates meaning of another word
• Tagalog: hindi — negates meaning of another word
• Tai Dam: ꪹꪚ꪿ꪱ (báu) — negates meaning of another word
• Tajik: не (ne) — negates meaning of another word
• Tamil: இல்லை (illai) — negates meaning of another word
• Tatar: түгел (tügel) — negates meaning of another word
• Tausug: di — negates meaning of another word
• Tày: bấu — negates meaning of another word
• Tày: ná — negates meaning of another word
• Tày: nắm — negates meaning of another word
• Tày: bố — negates meaning of another word
• Tày: mì — negates meaning of another word
• Telugu: కాదు (kādu) — negates meaning of another word
• Tetum: la — negates meaning of another word
• Thai: ไม่ (mâi) — negates meaning of another word
• Thai: ไม่ใช่ (mâi-châi) — negates meaning of another word
• Northern Thai: ᨷᩴ᩵ (bɔɔ2) — negates meaning of another word
• Tibetan: མ (ma) — negates meaning of another word
• Tibetan: མི (mi) — negates meaning of another word
• Tibetan: མིན (min) — negates meaning of another word
• Tibetan: མེད (med) — negates meaning of another word
• Turkish: değil — negates meaning of another word
• Turkish: -ma — negates meaning of another word
• Turkish: -me — negates meaning of another word
• Turkmen: däl — negates meaning of another word
• Tz'utujil: ma — negates meaning of another word
• Ukrainian: не (ne) — negates meaning of another word
• Urdu: نہیں (nahī̃) — negates meaning of another word
• Urdu: نہ (na) — negates meaning of another word
• Urdu: مت — negates meaning of another word
• Uyghur: ئەمەس (emes) — negates meaning of another word
• Uzbek: emas — negates meaning of another word
• Vietnamese: không — negates meaning of another word
• Vietnamese: chẳng — negates meaning of another word
• Vietnamese: chả — negates meaning of another word
• Waigali: ne — negates meaning of another word
• Welsh: dim — negates meaning of another word
• Yaghnobi: на (na) — negates meaning of another word
• Yiddish: ניט (nit) — negates meaning of another word
• Yiddish: נישט (nisht) — negates meaning of another word
• Yucatec Maya: ma' — negates meaning of another word
• Zealandic: nie — negates meaning of another word
• Zhuang: mbouj — negates meaning of another word
• ǃXóõ: ǁʻàa — negates meaning of another word
• Arabic: لَا (lā) — And not
• Assamese: নহয় (nohoy) — And not
• Chinese Mandarin: 不是 (bú shì) — And not
• Czech: ne — And not
• Czech: nikoliv — And not
• Dutch: geen — And not
• Dutch: niet — And not
• Estonian: mitte — And not
• Finnish: eikä — And not
• French: pas — And not
• French: non — And not
• Galician: non — And not
• Georgian: და არა (da ara) — And not
• German: nicht — And not
• Greek: όχι (óchi) — And not
• Hebrew: ולא (v'ló) — And not
• Hungarian: nem pedig — And not
• Icelandic: ekki — And not
• Icelandic: ei — And not
• Icelandic: eigi — And not
• Indonesian: bukan — And not
• Italian: non — And not
• Japanese: ...ではなく (...de wa naku) — And not
• Kapampangan: alimu — And not
• Kapampangan: alirin — And not
• Central Kurdish: نەک (nek) — And not
• Malay: bukan — And not
• Middle English: nought — And not
• Norwegian Bokmål: ikke — And not
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ikkje — And not
• Old English: nā — And not
• Persian: نه (na) — And not
• Polish: nie — And not
• Polish: a nie — And not
• Portuguese: não — And not
• Romanian: nu — And not
• Russian: а не — And not
• Russian: не (ne) — And not
• Slovak: nie — And not
• Spanish: no — And not
• Sundanese: sanés — And not
• Swedish: inte — And not
• Swedish: icke — And not
• Swedish: ej — And not
• Tatar: түгел (tügel) — And not
• Turkish: değil — And not
• Chinese Mandarin: 才怪 (cáiguài) — Translations
• Danish: ikke — Translations
• Faroese: ikki — Translations
• Finnish: ja paskat — Translations
• French: ou pas — Translations
• Galician: non — Translations
• Icelandic: ekki — Translations
• Japanese: じゃない (ja nai) — Translations
• Kapampangan: ale — Translations
• Malay: tidak — Translations
• Malay: tak — Translations
• Norwegian Bokmål: ikke — Translations
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ikkje — Translations
• Old Norse: ekki — Translations
• Portuguese: só que não — Translations
• Swedish: inte — Translations
• Swedish: icke — Translations
• Swedish: ej — Translations
• Finnish: EI — unary negation function
• Kapampangan: ali — unary negation function
• Kapampangan: ala — unary negation function
• Malay: tak — unary negation function
• Swedish: icke — unary negation function
• French: NON — NOT
• German: Nicht — NOT
• Japanese: NOT (notto) — NOT
• Japanese: 否定 (hitei) — NOT