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== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Nomatsiguenga. === Symbol === not (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nomatsiguenga. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Nomatsiguenga terms == English == === Etymology === From Middle English not, nat, variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), short for nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɒt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [nɒt], [nɒʔ(t)] (Standard Southern British, General Australian) IPA(key): [nɔt], [nɔʔ(t)] (General American) IPA(key): [nɑ̈ʔ(t̚)] (Ireland) IPA(key): [nɞʔt] (Local Dublin) IPA(key): [näʔ] (Canada) IPA(key): [nɒːt], [nɔ̈ʔ] Homophone: knot Homophones: naught, nought (cot–caught merger) Rhymes: -ɒt === Adverb === not (not comparable) Negates the meaning of the modified verb. 1973 November 17, Richard Milhous Nixon, Orlando press conference: People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got. 1998 January 26, William Jefferson Clinton, White House press conference: I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) Oh, Pete. This is not the gym. — That’s right, Anna. This is the mailroom. To no degree. (litotes) Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement. That day was not the best day of my life. (meaning the day was bad or awful) It was not my favorite movie of all time. (meaning the speaker dislikes or strongly dislikes the movie) Used before a determiner phrase, a pronominal phrase etc. to convey a negative attitude (e.g. denial, sadness, anger) towards something. (ironic, informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Used before a non-finite clause (especially a gerund-participial clause) or less commonly a determiner phrase to ironically convey some attitude (e.g. surprise, incredulity, amusement, embarrassment) towards something. [attested since the late 2000s, popularized around 2020] Not me writing example sentences again. ― Oh my, there I go writing example sentences again! ==== Usage notes ==== In modern usage, do-support requires that the form do not ... (or don’t ...) be preferred to ... not for all but a short list of verbs (be, have, can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must, need, ought): They do not sow. (modern) vs. They sow not. (KJB) American usage tends to prefer don’t have or haven’t got to have not or haven’t, except when have is used as an auxiliary (or in the idiom have-not): I don’t have a clue or I haven’t got a clue. (US) I haven’t a clue or I haven’t got a clue. (outside US) I haven’t been to Spain. (universal) The verb need is only directly negated when used as an auxiliary; this usage is rare in the US but common elsewhere. You don’t need to trouble yourself. (common in US) You needn’t trouble yourself. (common outside US) I don’t need any eggs today. (universal) The verb dare can sometimes be directly negated. I daren't do that. The verb do, as a main verb, takes do not. He does not do that. In the imperative, all verbs, including be, take do not. Don't do that. Don't be silly. (not *Be not silly.) In the infinitive, verbs must be negated directly. In this case not cannot appear after the verb; some authorities recommend placing it before to to avoid a split infinitive, but for most speakers the forms not to do and to not do are more or less interchangeable, with the latter being mostly informal. The objective is not to lose or The objective is to not lose. I wanted not to go or I wanted to not go. (Note the difference between this and I didn't want to go, where want is the verb being negated.) In the subjunctive mood, do-support is not used for negation; not is placed by itself, or with should, immediately before the verb it modifies, even be: They suggested that he (should) not do it. The law requires that it (should) not be done. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Conjunction === not And not. ==== Usage notes ==== The construction “A, not B” is synonymous with the constructions “A, and not B”; “not B, but A”; and “not B, but rather A”. ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === not! (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. [chiefly 1990s] Coordinate term: just kidding Near-synonyms: I don't think; psych; bender (obsolete, UK) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year === Noun === not (plural nots) An instance of using the word “not”; a negation or denial. Alternative letter-case form of NOT (“unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true”). ==== Usage notes ==== Boolean operators and states are commonly written in all uppercase in order to distinguish them from the ordinary uses of the words. ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === === Further reading === “not”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === -ton, NTO, ONT, Ont, Ont., TNO, TON, on't, ton == Albanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnot/ Rhymes: -ot === Etymology 1 === From a deverbal of Latin natāre, *notāre, compare Italian nuoto. A direct verbal borrowing would have regularly yielded **nëtoj instead of attested notoj, which must be a secondary derivation from the noun. Earliest attestations start with /mn/, likely due rebracketing of expressions such as i bie m not, compare Romanian înota. ==== Alternative forms ==== mnot — dialectal nod — dialectal ==== Noun ==== not m (definite noti) (uncountable) swim, swimming (act of swimming or ability to swim) bëj not ― to swim ra not ― to swim di not ― to know how to swim mësoj not ― to learn how to swim (dialectal) swimmer Synonym: notar ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== FGJSSH (1980), page 1270: “nót,~i”; Mann (1948), page 326b: “not” Çabej SE, vol. 6, pages 93f.: “not” Meyer (1891), page 311: “notóń”; Miklosich AF, vol. 2, pages 43f.: “553. natare”; Orel (1998), page 301: “not” — they assume notoj to be primary Bashkimi (1908), page 307b: “not”; Kristoforidhi (1904), page 280: “νοτ-ι”; Weigand (1914), page 63b: “not-i”; Leotti (1916), page 133: “not-i” Rossi (1875), page 838a: “mnòt” — only one to give the sense “swimmer”, perhaps a mistake; Jungg (1895), page 81b: “mnot” Bardhi (1635), page 64: “natare” → “me raam mnot”, page 72: “obnatare” → “me raam mnot cundre” === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Greek νότος (nótos). ==== Noun ==== not m (dialectal) southwest wind, libeccio Synonym: garbi ===== Related terms ===== ==== References ==== Mann (1948), page 326b: “not” == Ambonese Malay == === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Dutch uitnodiging. === Verb === not to invite === Noun === not invitation === References === D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎[4], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa == Aromanian == === Etymology 1 === From Greek νότος (nótos). ==== Alternative forms ==== Not ==== Noun ==== not m dry wind from the south ===== Synonyms ===== iug ==== See also ==== vimtu sud/Sud livã austru === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== not alternative form of anot to swim === Etymology 3 === From anot (“to swim”). Compare Italian nuoto, Portuguese nado. ==== Noun ==== not m swim, swimming ===== Synonyms ===== notalui == Danish == === Etymology 1 === From German Nut. ==== Noun ==== not c (singular definite noten, plural indefinite noter) (mechanics) A groove. ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === From Norwegian not. ==== Noun ==== not c or n (singular definite noten or notet, plural indefinite noter or not) (fishing) seine net Synonym: snurpenot ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== snurpenot === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== not imperative of note == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /noːt/ Rhymes: -oːt === Adverb === not only used in nottun == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *nutą (“use, profit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔːt/ Rhymes: -ɔːt === Noun === not n pl (plural only, genitive plural nota) use Synonyms: gagn, notkun ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== koma að notum (“to be of use, to be useful”) ==== Related terms ==== nota (“to use”) === Further reading === “not” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch noot, from Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota. Doublet of nota. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈnɔt/ [ˈnɔt̪̚] Rhymes: -ɔt Syllabification: not === Noun === not (music) note, a character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch Synonym: titi nada ==== Compounds ==== === Further reading === “not”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoːt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔt] === Verb === nōt third-person singular perfect active indicative of nōscō == Lower Tanana == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔtʰ/ === Postposition === not alternative form of no (“sign of”) == Luxembourgish == === Adjective === not strong/weak nominative/accusative neuter singular of no == Michif == === Etymology === From Canadian French notre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [nɔt] === Determiner === not m or f (plural noo) our == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Reduction of nought (from Old English nāwiht, nōwiht). ==== Alternative forms ==== nat, note, notte, nate, nut ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /nɔt/, /nat/ ==== Adverb ==== not not (negates the accompanying verb) Þei ne bileveden hire not. ― They didn't believe her. not (to no degree, extent, or way) Þou art not weyke. ― You aren't weak. ===== Descendants ===== English: not Geordie: nut Scots: nat (obsolete) Yola: nat ===== References ===== “not, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. ==== Noun ==== not (uncountable) nothing, nought (rare) nobody, no person ===== Descendants ===== English: not Scots: nat (obsolete) ===== References ===== “not, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old English nāt, first and third person singular of nitan, equivalent to ne +‎ woot and ne +‎ witen. ==== Alternative forms ==== noot, note, nat ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /nɔːt/, /naːt/ ==== Contraction ==== not contraction of ne +‎ woot, literally “not to know”. ===== Related terms ===== nost nould ===== Descendants ===== Yola: note ===== References ===== “witen, v.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === nót (alternative spelling of etymology 1 and 2) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nuːt/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse nót, from Proto-Germanic *nōtō (“net; seine”). ==== Noun ==== not f (definite singular nota, indefinite plural nøter, definite plural nøtene) (chiefly fishing) a net, seine ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Low German. ==== Noun ==== not f (definite singular nota, indefinite plural noter, definite plural notene) (carpentry, mechanics) a groove (as used in a tongue and groove joint) Coordinate term: fjør ===== Derived terms ===== nothøvel === Etymology 3 === From Old Norse hnot. ==== Noun ==== not f (definite singular nota, indefinite plural neter, definite plural netene) (pre-2012) alternative form of nøtt (“nut”) === References === “not” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === nót, nòt, ton, tòn == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz. === Noun === nōt f need, necessity compulsion ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ginōdi ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: nôot Dutch: noodAfrikaans: noodNegerhollands: nood→ Papiamentu: nodi→ Sranan Tongo: nowtu→ Saramaccan: noútu === References === “nōt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old English == === Alternative forms === nōt === Etymology === From Latin nota. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /not/ Rhymes: -ot === Noun === not m (nominative plural notas) a sign; mark; a mark made on an object ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: note, noote Scots: note English: note == Old High German == === Alternative forms === noot, noet === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *naudi === Noun === nōt m control (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion distress, danger, crisis, both physical and psychological need, (urgent) necessity inevitability force, violence, bluster ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “nôt”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[6] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *nod (compare Middle Welsh not, Welsh nod), from Latin nota. === Noun === not f mark, sign (in writing) scribal abbreviation ==== Descendants ==== Irish: nod Scottish Gaelic: nod === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “not, nod”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognate with Old English neat, Old Frisian nāt, Dutch noot, Old High German nōz (dialectal German Nos), Old Norse naut. === Noun === nōt n cow, ox, cattle ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: not, noot Low German: Noot Dutch Low Saxon: noot German Low German: Noot == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse nót, from Proto-Germanic *nōtō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /noːt/ === Noun === nōt f net, seine ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: not == Romansh == === Alternative forms === notg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. === Noun === not f (plural nots) (Puter, Vallader) night == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === Borrowed from English note. The "money" sense comes from the now-rare £1 note. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /n̪ˠɔht̪/ (Lewis) IPA(key): [n̪ˠõht̪], [n̪ˠʊ̃ht̪] === Noun === not m (genitive singular not, plural notaichean) (music) note (money) pound (sterling) === References === == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From Old French note (noun), noter (verb), both from Latin nota. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈnuːt/ ==== Noun ==== not c (music) note. a short message; note. (diplomacy) a formal message from a country to another country’s embassy. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== vara med på noterna ===== Related terms ===== notera === Etymology 2 === From Old Swedish nōt, from Old Norse nót, from Proto-Germanic *nōtō. Related to nät (“net”). ==== Noun ==== not c seine ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === From Low German not, nut. Cognate with German Nut. ==== Noun ==== not c (carpentry) groove Coordinate term: fjäder ===== Declension ===== === Anagrams === ont, ton == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English North. === Noun === not North == Turkish == === Etymology === From French note. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnot/ Rhymes: -ot === Noun === not (definite accusative notu, plural notlar) a short message; note Not: Seni seviyorum. ― PS: I love you. grade, score ==== Declension ==== == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔt/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English knot. ==== Noun ==== not m (plural notiau, not mutable) (aviation, nautical) knot === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== not nasal mutation of dot ==== Mutation ====