no
Not, not at allNot, not at all.: Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
» That is no business of his.
Das ist nicht seine Sache. — MUIRIEL
Das geht ihn nichts an. — Tamy
Это не его дело. — shanghainese
Это его не касается. — marafon
Це не його справа. — deniko
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4 sensesNot, not at all.
(not comparable)Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
I can think of no more deserving cause.
(informal, not comparable)Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
This thing is no good.
The teacher’s decision was no fair.
(Scotland, informal, not comparable)Not.
I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
Can ye no help me?
неne, нетnet
(colloquial, humorous, not comparable, usually)Not, does not, do not, etc.
Ug no like veggie.
- used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc. or especially to emphasize a negative statement
- not in any degree or manner; not at all
- referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present
Examples
27417 sentencesThat is no business of his.
Це не його справа. — deniko
ruЭто не его дело. — shanghainese
deDas ist nicht seine Sache. — MUIRIEL
That makes no sense at all.
Це не має жодного сенсу. — deniko
ruЭто совершенно бессмысленно. — marafon
deDas ergibt überhaupt keinen Sinn. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It makes no difference to me.
Мені байдуже. — deniko
deDas ist mir egal. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There's no one but me here.
Тут немає нікого крім мене. — ascolto
ruЗдесь кроме меня никого нет. — sharptoothed
deEs gibt dort niemand außer mir hier. — Felixjp
We had no water to drink.
В нас не було питної води. — lingvokrolik
ruУ нас не было питьевой воды. — ae5s
deWir hatten kein Wasser zum Trinken. — Esperantostern
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”)Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), from *ne (“not”) + *aiwō (“ever”), equivalent to ne + aye. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). Doublet of nay.
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present:no more
Collocations
12 patterns- had no idea
- no idea
- there was no
- no idea what
- had no choice
- no matter what
- no longer
- no matter
- there's no way
- no one knows
- no one was
- no choice but