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na

/nɑː/

na adverb: not. Also the abbreviation of noun animate.

Adverb (1)

na (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not.
  2. (obsolete) No.

Interjection

na

  1. (Geordie, Scotland) No.
    • Na, yor wrang.
    • Na, ye cannet watch telly.

Adverb (2)

na (not comparable)

  1. (Philippines, slang) Now; already.
    • You need to sleep na.
    • I have to go na.

Adverb (3)

na (not comparable)

  1. (India, North, slang) Isn't it?
    • It is far na?

Noun capitalized: NA

NA (countable and uncountable, plural NAs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nerve agent.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of new adult.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nursing assistant.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: NA

NA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Narcotics Anonymous.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of North America: a continent.

Adjective capitalized: NA

NA (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Native American (“American Indian”).
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of non-alcoholic.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Na

Na

  1. A language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of the Sino-Tibetan languages.
    Synonyms:
    Mosuo, Narua

Also used as

na is also the abbreviation of noun animate.

na meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

na in Tamil

நா

na in Malayalam

നാ, ന

na in Kannada

ನಾ

Examples of na in a sentence

  • The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".
  • "Naïve" takes an umlaut because it is pronounced as two syllables.
  • Experience will cure him of his naïveté.

All 40 example sentences with na

Synonyms of na

Forms of na

pluralNAs

Origin of na

From Middle English na, from Old English nā, from Old English ne (“not”) + ā (“ever”). More at no.

Development of Etymology 1, above; compare nah.

Borrowed from Tagalog na.

Phrases with na

10 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with na

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about na

What does na mean?
Na means not.
What is na in Tamil?
Na in Tamil is நா. See Na meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is na?
Na can be an adverb, an interjection, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce na?
Na is pronounced /nɑː/.

Words near na in the dictionary

  1. N9
  2. N95
  3. N95s
  4. N99
  5. N99s
  6. na
  7. na na na na boo boo
  8. na na na na na na
  9. na'theless
  10. na-adjective
  11. na-adjectives

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: na (page history and authors); NA (page history and authors); Na (page history and authors); na (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); na (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); na (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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