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not
English
Etymology
From Middle English not, nat, variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *n?ht, n?ht (“nought, nothing”), short for n?wiht, n?wiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), corresponding to ne (“not”) + ?wiht, ?wiht (“anything”), corresponding to ? (“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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation)
- IPA(key): /n?t/
- (General American)
- IPA(key): /n?t/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): [n??t]
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophone: knot
- Homophone: naught, nought (cot–caught merger)
Adverb
not (not comparable)
- Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
- ‘Do they know?’ ‘I believe not’ (formal)
- 1973 November 17, Richard Milhous Nixon, Orlando press conference:
- People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 59:
- The sound of Abba singing 'Dancing Queen' had started up in a room the other side of the court. Adrian slammed the window shut.
‘That'll teach you to throw things out of the window,’ said Gary.
‘It'll teach me not to throw things out of the window.’
- The sound of Abba singing 'Dancing Queen' had started up in a room the other side of the court. Adrian slammed the window shut.
- 1998 January 26, William Jefferson Clinton, White House press conference:
- I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Oh, Pete. This is not the gym. — That’s right, Anna. This is the mailroom.
- Oh, Pete. This is not the gym. — That’s right, Anna. This is the mailroom.
- Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
- To no degree.
- (understatement, litotes) Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.
- That day was not the best day of my life. (meaning the day was bad or awful)
- It was not my favorite movie of all time. (meaning the speaker dislikes or strongly dislikes the movie)
- In the not too distant future my view on the matter might be not a million miles away from yours.
Usage notes
In modern usage, do-support requires that the form do not ... (or don’t ...) be preferred to ... not for all but a short list of verbs (be, have, can, shall, will, would, may, must, need, ought):
- They do not sow. (modern) vs. They sow not. (KJB)
American usage tends to prefer don’t have or haven’t got to have not or haven’t, except when have is used as an auxiliary (or in the idiom have-not):
- I don’t have a clue or I haven’t got a clue. (US)
- I haven’t a clue or I haven’t got a clue. (outside US)
- I haven’t been to Spain. (universal)
The verb need is only directly negated when used as an auxiliary, and even this usage is rare, especially in the US.
- You don’t need to trouble yourself. (common)
- You needn’t trouble yourself. (outside US, rare)
- I don’t need any eggs today. (universal)
The verb dare can sometimes be directly negated.
- I daren't do that.
The verb do, as a main verb, takes do not.
- He does not do that.
In the imperative, all verbs, including be, take do not.
- Don't do that.
- Don't be silly. (not *Be not silly.)
In the infinitive, verbs must be negated directly. In this case not cannot appear after the verb; some authorities recommend placing it before to to avoid a split infinitive, but for most speakers the forms not to do and to not do are more or less interchangeable, with the latter being mostly informal.
- The objective is not to lose or The objective is to not lose.
- I wanted not to go or I wanted to not go. (Note the difference between this and I didn't want to go, where want is the verb being negated.)
In the subjunctive mood, do-support is not used for negation; not is placed by itself, or with should, immediately before the verb it modifies, even be:
- They suggested that he (should) not do it.
- The law requires that it (should) not be done.
Derived terms
- not to put too fine a point on it
Related terms
Translations
Conjunction
not
- And not.
- I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
- He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
Usage notes
- The construction “A, not B” is synonymous with the constructions “A, and not B”; “not B, but A”; and “not B, but rather A”.
Translations
Interjection
not!
- (slang, 1990s) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
- I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
- Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
Synonyms
- bender, I don't think
Translations
See also
- Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year
Noun
not (plural nots)
- Alternative letter-case form of NOT
Usage notes
Boolean operators and states are commonly written in all uppercase in order to distinguish them from the ordinary uses of the words.
Translations
Contraction
not
- (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot; not to know.
-
- I noot which was the fairer of hem two
-
See also
References
- not at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- -ton, NTO, ONT, Ont, Ont., TNO, TON, on't, ton
Albanian
Etymology
From notoj.
Noun
not m
- swim
Related terms
- notoj (“to swim”), bën not (“to swim”)
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Greek ????? (nótos).
Alternative forms
- Not
Noun
not m
- dry wind from the south
Synonyms
- iug
See also
- vimtu
- sud/Sud
- livã
- austru
Etymology 2
Verb
not
- Alternative form of anot to swim
Etymology 3
From anot (“I swim”). Compare Italian nuoto, Portuguese nado.
Noun
not m
- swim, swimming
Synonyms
- notalui
Danish
Etymology 1
From German Nut.
Noun
not c (singular definite noten, plural indefinite noter)
- (mechanics) A groove.
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Norwegian not.
Noun
not c or n (singular definite noten or notet, plural indefinite noter or not)
- (fishing) seine net
- Synonym: snurpenot
Inflection
Derived terms
- snurpenot
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
not
- imperative of note
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
not n pl (plurale tantum)
- use
Declension
Synonyms
- (use): gagn, notkun
Derived terms
- koma að notum (to be of use, to be useful)
Related terms
- nota (“to use”)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch noot, from Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota. Doublet of nota.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t/
- Hyphenation: not
Noun
not
- (music) note, a character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
- Synonym: titi nada
Compounds
Further reading
- “not” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Luxembourgish
Adjective
not
- strong/weak nominative/accusative neuter singular of no
Middle English
Alternative forms
- nat, note, notte, nate, nut
Etymology
Reduction of nought (from Old English n?wiht, n?wiht).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?t/, /nat/
Adverb
not
- not (negates the accompanying verb)
- not (to no degree, extent, or way)
Descendants
- English: not
- Scots: nat (obsolete)
- Yola: nat
References
- “not, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
not (uncountable)
- nothing, nought
- (rare) nobody, no person
Descendants
- English: not
- Scots: nat (obsolete)
References
- “not, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nu?t/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse nót.
Noun
not f (definite singular nota, indefinite plural nøter, definite plural nøtene)
- Alternative spelling of nót
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German.
Noun
not f (definite singular nota, indefinite plural noter, definite plural notene)
- alternative spelling of nót
Etymology 3
From Old Norse hnot.
Noun
not f (definite singular nota, indefinite plural neter, definite plural netene)
- alternative spelling of nòt (non-standard since 2012)
References
- “not” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ton
Old English
Alternative forms
- n?t
Etymology
From Latin nota.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /not/
Noun
not m (nominative plural notas)
- a sign; mark; a mark made on an object
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: note, noote
- Scots: note
- English: note
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse nót, from Proto-Germanic *n?t?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no?t/
Noun
n?t f
- net, seine
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: not
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) notg
Etymology
From Latin noctem, accusative of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts.
Noun
not f (plural nots)
- (Puter, Vallader) night
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n???ht?/
Noun
not m (genitive singular not, plural notaichean)
- Alternative form of nota
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old French note (noun), noter (verb), both from Latin nota.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nu?t/
Noun
not c
- (music) note.
- a short message; note.
- (diplomacy) a formal message from a country to another country’s embassy.
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
not c
- seine
Declension
Anagrams
- ont, ton
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English North.
Noun
not
- North
Turkish
Etymology
From French note.
Noun
not (definite accusative notu, plural notlar)
- a short message; note
Declension
not From the web:
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- what not to eat while breastfeeding
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nok
Atong (India)
Etymology
From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nok (“house”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nok/
Noun
nok (Bengali script ???)
- house
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Czech
Noun
nok
- dumpling
Declension
Synonyms
- knedle
- knedlík
- knedlí?ek
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?n???]
Etymology 1
From the noun Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“hook”), cognate with Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Old English hnocc (“hook, penis”). In the maritime meaning, it is in borrowed from Dutch nok or Low German Nock.
Noun
nok c (singular definite nokken, plural indefinite nokker)
- (dialect) tap
- (nautical) yardarm, peak
Inflection
References
- “nok,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “nok,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German n?ch, from Proto-Germanic *gan?gaz, cognate with Old Norse nógr, gnógr, English enough, German genug.
Determiner
nok (uninflected)
- enough
Adverb
nok
- enough
- probably
References
- “nok,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “nok,5” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Etymology 3
From Low German noch, German noch, from Proto-Germanic *nuh, cognate with Dutch nog and Gothic ???????????????? (nauh).
Adverb
nok
- yet
References
- “nok,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “nok,6” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch nocke, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnakka-, related to *hnakkô (“back of the neck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?k/
- Hyphenation: nok
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
nok f (plural nokken, diminutive nokje n)
- ridge of a roof
- cam
Derived terms
- nokvorst
Descendants
- ? Sranan Tongo: noko
Further reading
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010) , “nok1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Garo
Etymology
From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nok (“house”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nok/
Noun
nok
- house
- classifier for families, households, for what is held in a house.
Derived terms
- nokchaka
- nokdang
- nokdonggaa
- noking
- nokkap
- nokpante
Hlai
Etymology
From Proto-Hlai *C-nok (“monkey”), from Pre-Hlai *C-nok (Norquest, 2015).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hlai) IPA(key): /nok?/
Noun
nok
- monkey
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Compare Persian ????? (noxod).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no?k/
- Rhymes: -o?k?
Noun
nok f (Arabic spelling ????)
- chickpea
Declension
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “nok”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German noch. Compare with Old Norse nógr.
Adverb
nok
- enough
- surely, probably
Derived terms
- riktignok
References
- “nok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German noch.
Adverb
nok
- enough
- Du har ikkje nok pengar.
- You don't have enough money.
- Du har ikkje nok pengar.
- surely, probably
- Eg ser det nok.
- I'll surely see it.
- Eg ser det nok.
References
- “nok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Rohingya
Etymology
From Bengali ?? (nôkh), from Sanskrit ?? (nakha).
Noun
nok
- nail (on fingers/toes)
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