not

Signification (English)

Adv

1. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
2. To no degree.
3. Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.
4. Used before a noun phrase or pronominal phrase to denote an aversion to its presence or occurrence.
5. (informal) Used before a determiner phrase or a non-finite clause (especially a gerund-participial clause) to convey some attitude (such as surprise, criticism, or embarrassment) towards someone or something, without conveying negation.

Conj

And not.

Intj

Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of NOT

Concepts

ne

🚫

non

🙅

pas

ne pas

ne … pas

ne point

ne…pas

point

ne ... pas

niet

no

ne guère

négation

Synonyms

no

🙅

none

negative

nothing

don’t

non-

non

nope

negative particle

never

do not

without

nay

prohibition

nor

doesn’t

have not

negation

won’t you

zero

must not

not available

not present

un-

negative prefix

na

even not

not also

like a hole in the head

like a hole in one’s head

don't

bare

ex

except

excluding

fail

in

inside

ne

necessarily

neither

not even

not yet

of necessity

sunset

there is not

un

unavoidably

yet

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/nɒt/

Étymologie (English)

Cognate with écossais: nat

Cognate with saterlandais: nit

Cognate with frison occidental: net

Cognate with néerlandais: niet

Cognate with allemand: nicht

In summary

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.

Phrases

Okay , there is not a lot to do at the moment .

D'accord, il n'y a pas grand-chose à faire pour le moment.

They certainly did not waste it either .

Ils ne l'ont certainement pas gaspillé non plus.

And after the bath a shave would not be bad .

Et après le bain, un rasage ne serait pas mauvais.

She wanted to know why her name was not on the drawings of all the previous years .

Elle voulait savoir pourquoi son nom n'était pas sur les dessins de toutes les années précédentes.

Now he was here not with his flock , but with a shovel .

Maintenant, il n'était pas ici avec son troupeau, mais avec une pelle.

Otherwise , the circuit is not manufactured as it was intended .

Sinon, le circuit n'est pas fabriqué comme il était prévu.

This algorithm is not galactic and is used in practice .

Cet algorithme n'est pas galactique et est utilisé dans la pratique.

I'm not doing it for you !

Je ne le fais pas pour toi!