neither … nor

neither … nor conjunction: used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas (This entry is a translation hub.).

Conjunction

neither … nor

used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas (This entry is a translation hub.)
- She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy;[…].1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax
- Ninety-nine out of a hundred of them could neither read nor write.(Can we date this quote?), Hsun Lu, “The Grand Finale”, in Yang Hsien-yi, Gladys Yang, transl., Selected Stories of Lu Hsun: The True Story of Ah Q, and Other Stories, published 2014, →ISBN, →OCLC...

neither … nor meaning in Arabic

neither … nor in Arabic

used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas: لَا… وَلَا … lā… walā …

Forms of neither … nor

alternative form	nor … nor

Words formed from neither … nor

Questions about neither … nor

What does neither … nor mean?: Neither … nor means used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas (This entry is a translation hub.).
What is neither … nor in Arabic?: Neither … nor in Arabic is لَا… وَلَا … (lā… walā …). See Neither … nor meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is neither … nor?: Neither … nor is a conjunction.

Words near neither … nor in the dictionary

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