non
UK/nɒn//nɑn/
non adverb: used to negate or invert the meaning of the following adjective. More properly written as the prefix non-. Also the obsolete form of none.
Adverb
non (not comparable)
- Used to negate or invert the meaning of the following adjective. More properly written as the prefix non-.
- We have more veins than needed. These veins are essentially used up. The solution collapses the non essential veins and the body reroutes the blood flow. We have thousands of them2026 July 12, u/MacaronNotRoon, r/oddlysatisfying (Reddit post), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2026
Noun
non (plural nons)
- A non-Muslim citizen.
- A nonwhite person.
- For nons to be eligible to apply to live in White countries they also must first go through a thousand years of purging their criminal elements2026 June 10, @Aarvoll_, X (post), archived from the original on 11 Jun 2026
Also used as
non is also the obsolete form of none.
non meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi
non in Hindi
- गैर
non in Urdu
- غیر
non in Malayalam
- അല്ലാത്തവ
non in Punjabi
- ਗੈਰ
More languagesFewer languages
- non in Gujarati
- બિન
- non in Nepali
- गैर
Forms of non
| plural | nons |
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Phrases with non
- non est
- vel non
- dies non
- quod non
- non biney
- non obst.
- non compos
- non divisi
- non liquet
- non placet
- non troppo
- non constat
47 more phrasesFewer phrases
- non liquent
- non liquets
- non partant
- non placets
- non serviam
- a non domino
- non obstante
- non partants
- non possumus
- non sequitor
- non sequitur
- sine qua non
- sine quâ non
- ma non troppo
- non assumpsit
- non obstantes
- non sequitous
- non sequituri
- non sequiturs
- non sequuntur
- non assumpsits
- non est factum
- chili non carne
- non prosequitur
- non state actor
- sine quibus non
- non est inventus
- non compos mentis
- persona non grata
- tertium non datur
- allegro non troppo
- iudex non calculat
- non metallic metal
- personas non grata
- lucus a non lucendo
- non causa pro causa
- personae non gratae
- forum non conveniens
- pacta de non petendo
- allegro ma non troppo
- lex dubia non obligat
- non distributio medii
- pactum de non petendo
- de minimis non curat lex
- de bonis non administratis
- ignorantia juris non excusat
- exceptio non numeratae pecuniae
Questions about non
- What does non mean?
- Non means used to negate or invert the meaning of the following adjective. More properly written as the prefix non-.
- What is non in Hindi?
- Non in Hindi is गैर. See Non meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is non?
- Non can be an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce non?
- Non is pronounced /nɑn/ (US).
Words near non in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: non (page history and authors); non (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); non (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); non (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); non (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); non (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); non (Nepali, 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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