not

Signification (Anglais)

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

non

pas

ne

ne pas

ne … pas

ne point

point

ne ... pas

ne…pas

ne guère

no

niet

négation

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/nɒt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

Do not cross the yellow line .

Ne traversez pas la ligne jaune.

Philip knew that she was not an Indian .

Philip savait qu'elle n'était pas indienne.

And after the bath a shave would not be bad .

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

Revenge is not my style , but obviously accidents will happen .

La vengeance n'est pas mon style, mais évidemment des accidents se produiront.

Sometimes the human soul is conceived not in human but in animal form .

Parfois, l'âme humaine n'est pas conçue en humaine mais sous forme animale.

The reviews they wrote on the Internet were not quite objective .

Les critiques qu'ils ont écrites sur Internet n'étaient pas tout à fait objectives.