none

Meaning

Pron

1. Not any of a given number or group.
2. Not any of a given number or group.
3. Not any of a given number or group.

Det

Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) To no extent, in no way.
2. (not-comparable) Not at all, not very.
3. (not-comparable, obsolete) No, not.

Noun

A person without religious affiliation.

Noun

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.
2. (obsolete) Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.

Synonyms

nothing

no

🙅

nobody

no one

not

🚫

neither

not at all

no-one

not any

none at all

zero

without

never

not one

absent

have not

in no way

naught

no person

one

all gone

not any thing

no more

nohow

nothing at all

not nearly

nought

noway

no way

no end-of-line hyphenation

whatever

whatsoever

nil

left

no quotation marks

nada

not a

not anyone

not available

not in the slightest

at all

apart from

not have

no man

absolutely

not a bit

nones

Translations

aucun

🙅

ninguno

🙅

nessuno

🙅

personne

🧑‍🦱

κανένας

geen

🙅

niemand

kein

🙅

nessuna

nenhum

🙅

niets

niks

rien

keines

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nʌn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: none

Inherited from Old English: nān

Cognate with Scots: nane

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: naan

Cognate with Western Frisian: neen

Cognate with Dutch: neen

Cognate with Low German: nen

Cognate with German: nein

Cognate with Latin: nōn

In summary

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”).

Sentences

And yet , none of these people has ever met the old king .

Lemon said that none of the teams were profitable .

None of the Nessers attended college , despite many offers .