Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

no

/noʊ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.35 in modern English

Syllables: no
IPA: /noʊ/

2

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Initialism of normally open.

name

Initialism of Novus Ordo.

adv

Alternative form of No..

Archaic

noun

Alternative form of No..

noun

Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A lake in South Sudan.

name

A county of South Sudan.

det

Not any.

Example Sentences

"no one"
"There is no water left."
"No hot dogs were sold yesterday."
"I've got no wife and no children either."
"No two people are the same."
"There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)"

Etymology

Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero (“in number, to the number of”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: numero, 能, no, nān, *nain, *nainaz

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /noʊ/
British English: /nəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Nos (plural) noes (plural) noes (present, singular) noing (participle, present) noed (participle, past) noed (past)

Derived Forms

natheless Nobama nobbut nocoiner nogoer nohow nojito nolisting noman noone noplace nopony

Phrases

a closed mouth catches no flies a closed mouth gathers no feet a little bit of bread and no cheese all fur and no knickers all retch and no vomit be no match for certificate of no criminal conviction duck or no dinner

Frequently Paired Words

quantifier

Synonyms

zero not even one not one nay nope no way nah no I'm good ixnay naw negative

Homonyms

noh know (toe–tow merger) know

Antonyms

NC any some one a few a couple of a handful of multiple various many numerous countless

Rhymes With

so so-so know go show though oh ago low although co below

Questions

How do you pronounce no?: The recorded pronunciation is /noʊ/.
What does no mean?: Initialism of normally open.
Where does no come from?: It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce no

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