Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

no.

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.35 in modern English

Syllables: no.
IPA

2

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of No..

adv

Abbreviation of in number or to the number of.

Archaic

noun

Abbreviation of number.

Example Sentences

"They goe two months, & then bring forth a blind off-spring like bitches, nᵒ. eight or nine."
"Take of Jujubes Nᵒ vi. that is, Six in number."
"No., abbreviation of L. numero, ‘to the number of’."
"See Tab. of Birds, Nᵒ 28."
"I am curious to see how the idea of the first No. of my projected work, strikes you."
"It's No. 276 Coalporter Street."

Etymology

Borrowing of the Latin scribal abbreviation No. from (in) numerō (“in number, to the number of”). Cognate with French nᵒ.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

nos. (plural) № (alternative) Nº (alternative) Nº. (alternative) No (alternative)

Synonyms

# № ordinal number ordinal

Questions

What does no. mean?: Alternative form of No..
Where does no. come from?: Borrowing of the Latin scribal abbreviation No. from (in) numerō (“in number, to the number of”). Cognate with French nᵒ.

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