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ne.

Not.

2 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv/nə/
  1. Not.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Latin nē, Sanskrit न (na), Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Russian не (ne), Lithuanian ne, Irish ní.

conj/nə/
  1. Nor.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Latin nē, Sanskrit न (na), Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Russian не (ne), Lithuanian ne, Irish ní.

adv/nə/
  1. "Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English).

    New-Zealand · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Māori nē.

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