English Explanatory Dictionary

nowhere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In no place.
  2. To no place.
adj
  1. Unimportant; unworthy of notice.
noun
  1. No particular place, noplace.

Pronunciation

/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ /ˈnəʊ.wɛə/ en-us-nowhere.ogg

Word forms

nowhere no where nowheres

Etymology

From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc.

Antonyms

everywhere

Related words

anywhere anyplace everywhere everyplace somewhere someplace nobody no one nothing quantifier

Derived words

nowhere dense nowhere dense set all dressed up and nowhere to go all dressed up with nowhere to go arse end of nowhere bumfuck middle of nowhere bum fuck nowhere bumfuck nowhere bum-fuck nowhere get nowhere fast go nowhere go nowhere fast lead nowhere middle of bumfuck nowhere middle of nowhere nowhere else nowhere income nowhere in sight nowhere near nowhereness Nowheresville nowhere to be found nowhere to be seen Nowhereville out of nowhere run nowhere view from nowhere

Translations

Arabic: إِلَى لَا مَكَان Azerbaijani: heç yerə Azerbaijani: heç yana Bashkir: бер ҡайҙа ла Belarusian: нікуды́ Bulgarian: наникъде Catalan: enlloc Czech: nikam Danish: ingen vegne Danish: ikke fremad Dutch: nergens heen Dutch: nergens naartoe Esperanto: nenien Finnish: ei minnekään Finnish: ei mihinkään French: nulle part Galician: ningures German: nirgendwohin German: nirgendshin Greek: πουθενά Haitian Creole: okenn kote Hungarian: sehová Hungarian: sehova Ido: adnulaloke Ingrian: kuhukaa Italian: da nessuna parte Japanese: どこへも Kapampangan: nokarinmo Kapampangan: nokarinpamo Latin: nequo Old English: nāhwider Old English: nāhwǣr Persian: هیچجا Persian: ناکجا Polish: donikąd Russian: никуда́ Slovak: nikam Slovak: nikde Spanish: a ninguna parte Spanish: a ningún lugar Spanish: a ningún lado Swedish: ingenstans Ukrainian: нікуди́ Welsh: i unman Welsh: i unlle Welsh: i nunlle
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