no

no

no¹ [nō]

adv.

[ME < OE na < ne a, lit., not ever < IE base * ne, nē, negative particle > Sans ná, Gr ne-, L ne-, Goth & OHG ni, OIr no]

1. not [whether or no]

2. not in any degree; not at all [no worse]

3. nay; not so: the opposite of YES, used to deny, refuse, or disagree

interj.

1. it is not so; nay: the opposite of yes

2. it cannot be so: used to express surprise, disbelief, dismay, etc.

3. emphatically not: used to give force to a following negative statement or to introduce a fuller or more specific statement

adj.

[ME, form of non, none (see NONE¹) used only before a consonant < OE nan < ne an, lit., not one (see ONE)]

not any; not a; not one [no errors]

n.

pl. noes or nos

1. an utterance of no; refusal or denial

2. a negative vote, or a person voting in the negative; nay

no² [nō]

n.

pl. no

[also N-] NOH

no³

abbrev.

1. north

2. northern

3. [L numero] number