not
English
/nɒt/, /nɑt/
adv
Definitions
- Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
- To no degree.
- (understatement) Used to modify superlatives to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English not derived from Old English nōht.
Origin
Old English
nōht
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- can English
- cannot English
- dursn't English
- durst English
- durstn't English
- injucundity English
- not've English
- notness English
- notself English
- notwheat English
- notwithstanding English
- self English
- what English
- whatnot English
- wheat English
- where English
- wherenot English
- will English
- withstanding English
- woll English
- won't English
- wontcha English
- injucunditas Latin
- Nichtbeachtung German
- Nichtjude German
- Nichtsein German
- Tunichtgut German
- nicht German
- nicht einmal German
- nichtenzymatisch German
- nichtig German
- nichtionisch German
- nichtjüdisch German
- nichtkristallin German
- nichtleitend German
- nichtmagnetisch German
- nichtmagnetisierbar German
- nichtmenschlich German
- nichtmetallisch German
- nichtnegativ German
- nichtperturbativ German
- nichtpositiv German
- nichtrelativistisch German
- nichtrostend German
- nichts German
- nichtswürdig German
- deugniet Dutch, Flemish
- niet Dutch, Flemish
- niet-aanvalsverdrag Dutch, Flemish
- nieten Dutch, Flemish
- nietig Dutch, Flemish
- nietmachine Dutch, Flemish
- niettegenstaande Dutch, Flemish
- niettemin Dutch, Flemish
- *ne Proto-Germanic
- notu Old English
- nāwiht Old English
- nōht Old English
- not Middle English
- notwithstandinge Middle English
- wynnot Middle English
- niwet Middle Dutch
- niowiht Old High German
- nie Afrikaans
- niht Middle High German
- niwiht Middle High German
- net Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- גאָרנישט Yiddish
- נישט Yiddish
- נישטיק Yiddish
- nicht Middle Low German
- nèt Cimbrian
- nètt Cimbrian
- note Scots
- net Western Frisian
- nich Low German
- nyst Romani
- canna Jamaican Creole
- naw Jamaican Creole