English Explanatory Dictionary

nor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

conj
  1. And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
  2. A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.
  3. Neither.
  4. Used to introduce a further negative statement.
  5. Than.
noun
  1. Alternative form of NOR.
noun
  1. A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function.
  2. Acronym of nucleolus organiser region.

Pronunciation

nô /nɔː/ nôr /nɔɹ/ en-us-nor.ogg

Word forms

nor nors

Etymology

From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither. By surface analysis, not + or.

Antonyms

OR

Related words

neither AND OR NAND NOT XOR

Derived words

buff nor stye common sense is neither common nor sensical for love nor money gentle nor simple hide nor hair make head nor tail of make neither head nor tail of meddle nor make neither a borrower nor a lender be neither fish, flesh, nor fowl neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring neither fish nor flesh neither fish nor fowl neither here nor there neither use nor ornament neither … nor rhyme nor reason tide nor time tarrieth no man XNOR

Translations

Albanian: as Arabic: وَلَا Belarusian: ні Bulgarian: нито Catalan: ni Czech: ani Dutch: noch Esperanto: nek Estonian: ega Finnish: -kä French: ni Galician: nin Georgian: არც German: noch Hungarian: sem Hungarian: se Icelandic: né Italian: né Latin: nec Latvian: arī ne Luxembourgish: nach Middle English: ne Norwegian: eller Norwegian: heller ikke Persian: نه Persian: و نه Polish: ani Portuguese: nem Romanian: nici Russian: ни Scottish Gaelic: no Scottish Gaelic: neo Scottish Gaelic: air neo Scottish Gaelic: cha mhò Serbo-Croatian: niti Serbo-Croatian: ni Slovak: ani Slovene: niti Slovene: ne Spanish: ni Swedish: eller Turkish: ne Ukrainian: ні Ukrainian: ніт
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