English - Alternative Forms

• non [11th-17th c.]

English - Etymology

From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from ne (“not”) + ān (“one”). Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen (“none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).

English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʌn/
• Homophone: nun

English - Pronoun

none

1. Not any (one) of a given number or group of things. With singular or plural concord.
   • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, page 253:

     Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.

2. Not any person: no one, nobody (with singular concord); no people (with plural concord).

Usage notes

Although uncountable nouns require none to be conjugated with a singular verb, e.g., None of this meat tastes right, the pronoun can be either singular or plural in most other cases, e.g., Fifty people applied for the position, but none were accepted., and None was qualified.

However, where the given or implied context is clearly singular or plural, then a matching verb makes better sense:

None of these men is my father.

None of those options is the best one.

None of these people are my parents.

Antonyms

• some
• all

Derived terms

• half a loaf is better than none

Translations

English - Determiner

none

1. (archaic outside Scotland) Not any; no.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXV:

     the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.

   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 138:

     None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys.

External links

• None (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:None (disambiguation)
• None on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English - Adverb

none (not comparable)

1. ​ To no extent, in no way. [from 11th c.]

   I felt none the worse for my recent illness.

   He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.

2. Not at all. [from 13th c.]

   Now don't you worry none.

3. (obsolete) No, not. [14th-16th c.]
   • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Shipman's Tale", Canterbury Tales:

     And up into his contour-hous gooth he / To rekene with hymself, wel may be, / Of thilke yeer how that it with hym stood, / And how that he despended hadde his good, / And if that he encresses were or noon.

English - Noun

none (plural nones)

1. A person without religious affiliation.

English - Anagrams

• neon

Dutch - Alternative Forms

• noon

Dutch - Noun

none m (plural nonen, diminutive noontje n)

1. (music) An interval of 13 (kleine none) of 14 (grote none) halftones.

Dutch - Anagrams

• neon

Friulian - Etymology

Feminine of nono. Compare Italian nonna, Venetian nona.

Friulian - Noun

none f (plural nonis)

1. grandmother

Synonyms

• ave

Related terms

• nono

Interlingua - Adjective

none

1. ninth

Italian - Adjective

none

1. feminine plural of nono

Italian - Noun

none f

1. plural form of nona

Italian - Anagrams

• neon

Latin - Numeral

none

1. vocative masculine singular of nonus

Middle English - Noun

none (plural nones)

1. alternative form of nonne

Norwegian - Etymology

From Latin nonus.

Norwegian - Noun

none m

1. (music) An interval of 13 (liten none) or 14 (stor none) halftones.

Inflection

Old French - Noun

none f

1. nominative singular of nonain

Tarantino - Adjective

none

1. ninth

Tarantino - Adverb

none

1. no

Tarantino - See Also

• sìne

Venetian - Noun

none f

1. plural form of nona

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