no

Etymology 1

intj

1. mild disapproval

Etymology 2

From Middle English no, noo, na, a reduced form of none, noon, nan (“none, not any”) used before consonants (compare a to an), from Old English nān (“none, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“not any”, literally “not one”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + a. Cognate with Scots nae (“no, not any, none”), Old Frisian nān, nēn ("no, not any, none"), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), North Frisian nian (“no, not any, none”), Old Dutch nēn ("no, not any, none"; > Dutch neen (“no”)), Old Norse neinn (“no, not any, none”). Compare also Old Saxon nigēn ("not any"; > Low German nen), Old Dutch nehēn (Middle Dutch negheen/negeen, Dutch geen), West Frisian gjin, Old High German nihein (> German kein). More at no, one.

det

1. Not any.
   no one
   There is no water left.
   No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
   No geese were at the lake.
   No two people are the same..
   There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)
2. Hardly any.
   We'll be finished in no time at all.
   Fifty pounds for this is no money, really.
3. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
   No smoking
   There's no stopping her once she gets going.
4. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
   My mother's no fool.
   Working nine to five every day is no life.
   No geese have blue beaks.

Etymology 3

From Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle), equivalent to Old English ne (“not”) + ā, ō (“ever, always”). Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay.

adv

1. (with following adjective) not, not at all
   1. Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
      It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
      You’re no better than a common thief.
      Look no further than one's nose
      This is no different from what we've been doing all along.
   2. (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
      This thing is no good.
      The teacher’s decision was no fair.
2. (without adjective, now Scotland, informal) not
   I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
   AS the Devil is not so Black as he is Painted, so neither does he appear in so many Shapes as we make for him; we Dress him up in more Suits of Cloaths, and more Masquerade Habits, than ever he wore; and I question much, if he was to see the Pictures and Figures which we call Devil, whether he would know himself by some of them or no. 1725, Daniel Defoe, An essay on the history and reality of apparitions

prep

1. without
2. like
3. (colloquial, usually humorous) not, does not, do not, etc.

noun

1. a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval
   Q: I'll answer any ten questions that call for a yes or a no. 1994, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, “All Good Things...”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episodes 25-26, John de Lancie (actor)
2. a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition
   The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and two "nos".

Etymology 4

Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero (“in number, to the number of”).

adv

1. (archaic) Alternative form of No.

noun

1. Alternative form of No.