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Added 8 October 2026

none

/nʌn/ pronoun

In Latin: nēmō Wiktionary

pronoun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about none at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Not any of a given number or group.
None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.
No one, nobody.
None of those people is my father.
No person.
None of those people are my parents. None shall pass.

determiner

Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h).
Thou shalt have none other gods but me.

adverb

To no extent, in no way.
I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
Not at all, not very.
He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
No, not.

noun

A person without religious affiliation.

Origin

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”).

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