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none¹
- /nʌn/ Canada, US, UK
- /nʊn/ Ireland, Northern England
- /nɐn/ Australia, New Zealand
- /nɔn/ UK, dialectal
Sounds like nun · Rhymes with -ʌn
Where it comes from
From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.)
Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).
pronoun non
- Not any of a given number or group. None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.
- No one, nobody. None of those people is my father.
- No person. None of those people are my parents. None shall pass.
determiner non
- Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h). Thou shalt have none other gods but me.
adverb non
- To no extent, in no way. I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
- Not at all, not very. He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
- No, not.
none²
- /nʌn/
- /nɒn/
Sounds like nun, non- · Rhymes with -ʌn, -ɒn
Where it comes from
From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a play on words on nun.
noun nones
- A person without religious affiliation. Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.
none³
- /nəʊn/ UK
- /noʊn/ US
Sounds like known · Rhymes with -əʊn, -oʊn
Where it comes from
From French none, from Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).
noun nones
- Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.nones
- Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones. None of the day, is the third quarter of the day beginning at Noon and lasting till the Sun be gone half way towards setting.
