No.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

接尾辞

-no

1. inflection of -en:
   1. strong nominative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative neuter plural

語源 1

Inherited from 中期英語 no, noo, na, a reduced form of none, noon, nan (“none, not any”) used before consonants (compare a to an), from 古期英語 nān (“none, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“not any”, literally “not one”), equivalent to ne (“not”) +‎ a. Piecewise doublet of none

Cognate with Scots nae (“no, not any, none”), Old Frisian nān, nēn ("no, not any, none"), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), North Frisian nian (“no, not any, none”), Old Dutch nēn ("no, not any, none"; > Dutch neen (“no”)), Old Norse neinn (“no, not any, none”). Compare also Old Saxon nigēn ("not any"; > Low German nen), Old Dutch nehēn (Middle Dutch negheen/negeen, Dutch geen), West Frisian gjin, Old High German nihein (> German kein). More at no, one.

限定詞

no

1. Not any.

   Synonyms: zero, not even one, not one

   Antonyms: any, some; one; a few, a couple of, a handful of; multiple, various; many, numerous; countless, every single

   no one

   There is no water left.

   No hot dogs were sold yesterday.

   I've got no wife and no children either.

   No two people are the same.

   There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)

2. Hardly any.

   Antonyms: quite, some

   We'll be finished in no time at all.

   Fifty pounds for this is no money, really.

3. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).

   No smoking. No parking.

   There's no stopping her once she gets going.

   No under-18s (allowed).

4. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

   My mother's no fool.

   Working nine to five every day is no life.

   No geese have blue beaks.

派生語

語源 2

Inherited from 中期英語 no, na, from 古期英語 nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *né, *nē, *nēy (negative particle), equivalent to 古期英語 ne (“not”) + ā, ō (“ever, always”). Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay.

副詞

no (not comparable)

1. (with following adjective) Not, not at all.
   1. Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.

      It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome.

      I can think of no more deserving cause.

      Look no further than one's nose.

      This is no different from what we've been doing all along.

      Is your sister any better? ~ No different. Still ill.

   2. (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.

      This thing is no good.

      The teacher’s decision was no fair.

2. (without adjective, now Scotland, informal) Not.

   I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.

   Can ye no help me?

   • 1725, Daniel Defoe, An essay on the history and reality of apparitions:

     AS the Devil is not so Black as he is Painted, so neither does he appear in so many Shapes as we make for him; we Dress him up in more Suits of Cloaths, and more Masquerade Habits, than ever he wore; and I question much, if he was to see the Pictures and Figures which we call Devil, whether he would know himself by some of them or no.

3. (colloquial, usually humorous) Not, does not, do not, etc.

   Ug no like veggie.

使用する際の注意点

• When used humorously to mean “not” or “does not”, this word usually implies a caveman-like way of speaking.

不変化詞

no

1. Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.

   Synonyms: nay, nope; see also Thesaurus:no

   Antonyms: aye, maybe, yea, yes; see also Thesaurus:yes

   No, you are mistaken.

   No, you may not watch television now.

   David, no!

2. Used to express sadness or disappointment.

   We lost. / No!

3. Used to express disbelief.

   Synonym: no way

   I got the job! / No! Really? That's fantastic!

4. Used to show agreement with a negative question.

   Synonyms: nah, nay, nope

   "Don’t you like milk?" "No." (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")

5. (colloquial) Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.

   No, totally.

   No, yeah, that's exactly right.

   "Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!"

派生語

派生した語

• → American Sign Language: H^o@Side-PalmForward Flatten

前置詞

no

1. Without.

   Look Ma, no hands!

2. (Can we verify this sense?) Like.

名詞

no (plural noes or nos)

1. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.
   • 1994, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, “All Good Things...”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episodes 25-26, John de Lancie (actor):

     Q: I'll answer any ten questions that call for a yes or a no.

2. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.

   The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty yeses and two nos.

同意語

• nah
• nope
• naw
• nay

反意語

• aye
• yea
• yes

動詞

no (third-person singular simple present noes, present participle noing, simple past and past participle noed)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) To say “no”.
   • 1983, Sasha Moorsom, chapter 5, in In the Shadow of the Paradise Tree, London; Melbourne, Vic.; Henley-on-Thame, Oxfordshire: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 80:

     She felt disquiet at these tales of Musa’s illicit activities. ‘Does your father know?’ / ‘My father always noes. He never yeses. Specially when he’s sick, then he noes all the time. I gotta get out. Can’t stick around the house with him yelling. […]’

   • 1994, Malcolm Ross, “Part Three: The New Woman”, in Kernow & Daughter, London: BCA, →ISBN, page 293:

     “Heaven knows why a woman ‘Noes’!” / Clarrie nodded glumly. “And why she ‘Yesses’ in the end.”

   • 2001, Nicholas Weinstock, “The Flowers”, in As Long As She Needs Me, New York, N.Y.: Perennial, published 2002, →ISBN, page 140:

     There were days, entire years of his life, spent yessing and noing on the phone, picking up and hanging up and accomplishing nothing at all.

2. (transitive, colloquial) To answer with “no”; to decline, reject.
   • 1835 April, “The Whimsey Papers.—No. II. Vague Conclusions Concerning Selfishness and Benevolence—Vivid the Casuist—Skinflint the Misanthrope—Green, the Good-Natured Man.”, in [Caroline Norton], editor, The Court Magazine, […], volume VI, number IV, London: Edward Churton, […], →OCLC, page 168, column 1:

     Never accustom yourself to say ‘Yes,’—practise an emphatic and decisive enunciation of the far more dignified and important monosyllable, ‘No.’ […] Believe me, it is of the utmost importance (the advice is not of recent date) that you should No the world.

   • 1940 March 17, “Back of the CAA Fight: Independence or Closer Executive Control of Aviation Agency”, in David Lawrence, editor, The United States News, Washington, D.C.: United States News Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 2:

     BUDGET DIRECTOR SMITH / The President yessed his report […] SENATOR McCARRAN / He noed the President’s report

   • 1955, Fred Rodell, “Powerful, Irresponsible, and Human”, in Nine Men: A Political History of the Supreme Court from 1790 to 1955, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12:

     Yet in every such instance—and there are scores of them—the Justices can do nothing but impotently point toward future action after Yessing or Noing past action by men in a position to act.

語源 3

Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin (in) numerō (“in number, to the number of”).

副詞

no (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of No..

名詞

no (plural nos)

1. Alternative form of No..

参考

• Thesaurus:quantifier

参照

• “no”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Further reading

• yes and no on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• -on, ON, ON., on, on-

発音

• IPA: /noː/

副詞

nō

1. alternative form of nā

語源 1

Inherited from 古期英語 nā, nō (“adj”).

別の表記

• na

形容詞

no

1. no

派生した語

• English: no
• Yola: na, nae, no

参照

• “nō, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

語源 2

Inherited from 古期英語 nā, nō.

別の表記

• na

副詞

no

1. not

派生した語

• English: no
• Geordie: ne
• Scots: nae
• Yola: no, na

参照

• “nō, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈnɔː]

動詞

nō (present infinitive nāre, perfect active nāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to swim

   Nat lupus inter oves. ― The wolf swims between the sheep.

   Nare contra aquam ― To swim against the stream

   Piger ad nandum ― Slow at swimming

   Ars nandi ― The art of swimming

   • 1st century BC, Lucretius, De rerum natura iii. 479.

     Cum vini vis penetravit,
     Consequitur gravitas membrorum, præpediuntur
     Crura vacillanti, tardescit lingua, madet mens,
     Nant oculi, clamor, sigultis, jurgia gliscunt. --

     When once the force of wine hath inly pierst,
     Limbes-heavinesse is next, legs faine would goe,
     But reeling cannot, tongue drawles, mindes disperst,
     Eyes swime, ciries, hickups, brables grow.

2. (intransitive) to float

   Synonym: fluitō

   Carinae nant freto. ― Ships float in the sea.

3. (poetic, intransitive) to sail, flow, fly, etc.

   Per medium classi barbara navit Athon. ― The barbarian youth sailed its fleet through the middle of Athos.

   Undae nantes refulgent. ― The flowing waves glitter.

Conjugation

派生語

参照

• no in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• no in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers