no

Meanings

Adverb

• Not, not at all.
• Alternative of No.

Noun

• a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval
• a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition
• Alternative of No.

Related

Similar words

• nope
• nay

Opposite words

• yes
• yea
• aye

Origin

• , Old Dutch nehēn (Middle Dutch negheen/negeen, Dutch geen), West Frisian gjin, Old High German nihein (> German kein). More at no, one.
• From Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō, from Proto-Germanic *nai, *nē, from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy, equivalent to Old English ne + a, o. Cognate with Scots na, Saterland Frisian noa, West Frisian né, West Frisian nea, Dutch nee, Low German nee, German nie, dialectal German nö, Danish nej, Swedish nej, Icelandic nei. More at nay.
• Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero.