# none
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) +‎ one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.)
Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).

#### Alternative forms

* non [11th–17th c.]

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /nʌn/, /nɔn/
* (US) IPA: /nʌn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: nun
* Rhymes: -ʌn

#### Pronoun

none
* Not any of a given number or group.
    None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.
    None of this meat tastes right.
** No one, nobody.
    None of those people is my father.
** No person.
    None of those people are my parents. None shall pass.
*** 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, page 253:Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.

##### Usage notes

None used to replace uncountable nouns should always be singular. None used in place of countable nouns may be either singular or plural, unless the rest of the circumstances or phrasing require it to be one or the other.

##### Antonyms

* some
* all

##### Derived terms

* all-or-none
* bar none
* Buckley's and none
* half a loaf is better than none
* have none of it
* have none of something
* it's none of your business
* none of someone's business
* none of these words are in the Bible
* none of your bees' wax
* none of your bee's wax
* none of your beeswax
* none other than
* none-so-pretty
* nonesuch
* none the less
* none the wiser
* none the worse
* none too soon
* none to the worse
* religious none
* say none
* second to none
* there are none so blind as those who will not see
* there's none so blind as those who will not see
* two's company and three is none

##### Translations

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#### Determiner

none
* (archaic outside Scotland, West Country) Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h):
    Thou shalt have none other gods but me.
** 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.
** 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 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.

#### Adverb

none (not comparable)
* To no extent, in no way. [from 11th c.]
    I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
** 1973, Paul Simon (lyrics and music), “Kodachrome”:my lack of education hasn't hurt me none
* Not at all, not very. [from 13th c.]
    He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
    We could hear none too well from the back.
* (obsolete) No, not. [14th–16th c.]

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a play on words on nun.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nʌn/, /nɒn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌn, -ɒn
* Homophones: nun, non-

#### Noun

none (plural nones)
* (chiefly American) A person without religious affiliation.
** 2003, Jacob A. Belzen, Antoon Geels, Mysticism: A Variety of Psychological Perspectives‎, page 50:Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.
** 2010, Robert D. Putnam, David E Campbell, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us‎, page 591:Stable nones, that is, people who report in both years that they have no religious affiliation, are, in fact, much less religious
** 2013, Michael Corbett, Politics and Religion in the United States:we have grouped people into nones (no religion), Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants, and evangelical protestants.

### Etymology 3

From French none, from Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /nəʊn/
* (US) IPA: /noʊn/
* Rhymes: -əʊn, -oʊn
* Homophone: known

#### Noun

none (plural nones)
* Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.
* (obsolete) Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.
** 1656, T. Blount, Glossographia:None of the day, is the third quarter of the day beginning at Noon and lasting till the Sun be gone half way towards setting.
** 1706, L.E. Dupin, “v, 43”, in D. Cotes, transl., A New Ecclesiastical History of the 16th Century, volume II:The last, which began at the middle of the Afternoon, i.e. at half the Time between Noon and Sun-setting, was called None, because it began at the Ninth Hour.

### See also

* Thesaurus:quantifier

### References

* ↑ "none, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

### Anagrams

* neon

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* noon

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

none m (plural nonen, diminutive noontje n)
* (music) an interval of 13 (kleine none) or 14 (grote none) halftones

### Anagrams

* neon

## Friulian
### Etymology

Feminine of nono. Compare Italian nonna, Venetan nona.

### Noun

none f (plural nonis)
* grandmother
    Synonym: ave

#### Related terms

* nono

## Interlingua
### Adjective

none
* ninth

## Italian
### Adjective

none
* feminine plural of nono

### Noun

none f pl
* plural of nona

### Anagrams

* enno, neon, onne

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈnoː.ne/, [ˈnoːnɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈno.ne/, [ˈnɔːne]

### Numeral

nōne
* vocative masculine singular of nōnus

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

none (plural nones)
* Alternative form of nonne (“nun”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

none
* Alternative form of noun (“noun”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin nōnus.

### Noun

none m (definite singular nonen, indefinite plural noner, definite plural nonene)
* (music) An interval of 13 (liten none) or 14 (stor none) halftones.

### Anagrams

* neon, noen, -onen, onne

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin nōnus.

### Noun

none m (definite singular nonen, indefinite plural nonar, definite plural nonane)
* (music) An interval of 13 (liten none) or 14 (stor none) halftones.

#### Inflection
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnoː.ne/

### Noun

nōne
* dative singular of nōn

## Old French
### Etymology 1

Latin nōna.

#### Noun

none oblique singular, f (oblique plural nones, nominative singular none, nominative plural nones)
* (originally) noon; the ninth hour of the day, equivalent to about 3pm by modern standards
* noon; midday (12pm)

### Etymology 2

Latin nonna.

#### Noun

none f
* nominative singular of nonain

## Tarantino
### Adjective

none
* ninth

### Adverb

none
* no

### See also

* sìne

## Venetan
### Noun

none
* plural of nona