different between none vs nono

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English n?n (“not one, not any, none”), from ne (“not”) + ?n (“one”). (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German n?n, neen (“none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin n?n (“not”).

Alternative forms

• non [11th-17th c.]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?n/, /n?n/
• Homophones: nun, non-

Pronoun

none

1. Not any of a given number or group.
   1. No one, nobody.

   2. No person.
      • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, page 253:

        Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.

Usage notes

None used to replace uncountable nouns should always be singular. None used in place of countable nouns may be either singular or plural, unless the rest of the circumstances or phrasing require it to be one or the other.

Antonyms

• some
• all

Derived terms

• half a loaf is better than none

Translations

Determiner

none

1. (archaic outside Scotland, West Country) Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h):

   Thou shalt have none other gods but me.

   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXV:

     the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.

   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 138:

     None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys.

Adverb

none (not comparable)

2. To no extent, in no way. [from 11th c.]

3. Not at all, not very. [from 13th c.]

4. (obsolete) No, not. [14th-16th c.]
   • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Shipman's Tale", The Canterbury Tales:

     And up into his contour-hous gooth he / To rekene with hymself, wel may be, / Of thilke yeer how that it with hym stood, / And how that he despended hadde his good, / And if that he encresses were or noon.

Translations

Etymology 2

From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a play of words on nun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?n/, /n?n/
• Homophones: nun, non-

Noun

none (plural nones)

1. (chiefly American) A person without religious affiliation.

Etymology 3

From French none, from Latin n?na (“ninth; ninth hour”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /no?n/
• Homophone: known

Noun

none (plural nones)

1. Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christian) the religious service appointed to this hour.
2. (obsolete) Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.
   • 1706, D. Cotes translating L.E. Dupin as A New Ecclesiastical History of the 16th Century. Vol. II, Chapter v, 43:

     The last, which began at the middle of the Afternoon, i.e. at half the Time between Noon and Sun-setting, was called None, because it began at the Ninth Hour.

References

Anagrams

• neon

Dutch

Alternative forms

• noon

Pronunciation

Noun

none m (plural nonen, diminutive noontje n)

1. (music) An interval of 13 (kleine none) of 14 (grote none) halftones.

Anagrams

• neon

Friulian

Etymology

Feminine of nono. Compare Italian nonna, Venetian nona.

Noun

none f (plural nonis)

1. grandmother

   Synonym: ave

Related terms

• nono

Interlingua

Adjective

none

1. ninth

Italian

Adjective

none

1. feminine plural of nono

Noun

none f pl

1. plural of nona

Anagrams

• neon

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?no?.ne/, [?no?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?no.ne/, [?n??n?]

Numeral

n?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of n?nus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French nonne.

Noun

none (plural nones)

1. Alternative form of nonne

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman noun.

Noun

none

1. Alternative form of noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin n?nus.

Noun

none m (definite singular nonen, indefinite plural noner, definite plural nonene)

1. (music) An interval of 13 (liten none) or 14 (stor none) halftones.

Inflection

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin n?nus.

Noun

none m (definite singular nonen, indefinite plural nonar, definite plural nonane)

1. (music) An interval of 13 (liten none) or 14 (stor none) halftones.

Inflection

Old French

Etymology 1

Latin n?na.

Noun

none f (oblique plural nones, nominative singular none, nominative plural nones)

1. (originally) noon; the ninth hour of the day, equivalent to about 3pm by modern standards
2. noon; midday (12pm)

Etymology 2

Latin nonna.

Noun

none f

1. nominative singular of nonain

Tarantino

Adjective

none

1. ninth

Adverb

none

1. no

See also

• sìne

Venetian

Noun

none

1. plural of nona

English

Noun

nono (plural nonos)

1. Alternative spelling of no-no

Anagrams

• Noon, noon

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• nóono

Etymology

From Venetian nono, from Late Latin nonnus (“monk; old person”).

Noun

nono m (plural non)

1. (Luserna) grandfather

   Synonym: èno

Coordinate terms

• nona

References

• “nono” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

French

Pronunciation

Noun

nono

1. (Quebec) fool, idiot

Friulian

Etymology

Compare Italian nonno, Venetian nono. Ultimately from Latin nonnus.

Noun

nono m (plural nonos)

1. grandfather

Synonyms

• von

Related terms

• none

Garo

Noun

nono

1. younger sister

Synonyms

• nogipa (formal)
• no

Hausa

Etymology

An areal word, perhaps from a Chadic root *nVnV- ("mother"), but also perhaps from Niger-Congo or Cushitic.

Noun

n?n? m (possessed form n?nòn)

1. milk
2. a woman's breast

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin nonnus.

Noun

nono m

1. grandfather

Italian

Etymology

From Latin n?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?.no/
• Hyphenation: nò?no
• Rhymes: -?no

Adjective

nono (feminine nona, masculine plural noni, feminine plural none)

1. ninth

Noun

nono m (plural noni)

1. ninth (fraction)

nono m (plural noni, feminine nona)

1. ninth (one in 9th position)

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Ladino

Etymology

From Late Latin nonno.

Noun

nono m (Latin spelling)

1. grandfather

Synonyms

• avuelo
• papú

Coordinate terms

• (gender): nona

Latin

Numeral

n?n?

1. dative masculine singular of n?nus
2. dative neuter singular of n?nus
3. ablative masculine singular of n?nus
4. ablative neuter singular of n?nus

References

• nono in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nunuh, from Proto-Austronesian *nunuh. Compare Kulon-Pazeh nunuh and Tsou nun?u.

Noun

nono

1. breast

Derived terms

• minono
• mampinono
• fampinonoana

Synonyms

• tratra

Maquiritari

Noun

nono

1. soil, earth, ground

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Italian nonno (“grandfather”), from Latin nonnus (“monk; tutor; old person”).

Noun

nono m

1. grandfather

   Coordinate term: nu'na

References

• “nono” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?no.nu/
• Hyphenation: no?no

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese nono, from Latin nonus.

Alternative forms

• 9º (abbreviation)

Ordinal number

nono m (feminine nona, masculine plural nonos, feminine plural nonas)

1. ninth

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Venetian nono (“grandfather”), from Latin nonnus (“monk; tutor; old person”).

Noun

nono m (plural nonos, feminine nona, feminine plural nonas)

1. (South Brazil, familiar) grandfather

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nonus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nono/, [?no.no]

Adjective

nono (feminine nona, masculine plural nonos, feminine plural nonas)

1. (unusual) ninth

   Synonym: noveno

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

-nono (declinable)

1. fat

Usage notes

Only used of animals; for people, use -nene.

Inflection

Tauya

Noun

nono

1. child

References

• Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya

Venetian

Etymology

From Late Latin nonnus. Cognate with Italian nonno.

Noun

nono m (plural noni)

1. grandfather

Coordinate terms

• nona

Descendants

• ? Cimbrian: nono, nóono
• ? Portuguese: nono