nones
/nəʊnz/noun
nones is spelled N-O-N-E-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nones means “The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nones?
| Letters | 5: N-O-N-E-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nones?
Nones appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nones?
- UK /nəʊnz/
As a noun (“Alternative form of Nones: atheists or those without…”): /nʌnz/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nones.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nones?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nones from its last stressed vowel (/ʌnz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: onsen.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does nones mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.
The third day before the nones of March is March 5th; the third nones of August is August 3rd; and the third of the nones of November is November 3rd.
- 2
The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).
- 3
The divine office appointed to the hour.
The Greek monks always listen to their reader recite Psalms 83, 84, and 85 from the Septuagint at nones.
- 4
obsoleteAlternative form of noon: the sixth hour after dawn; midday (12 pm).
- 5
obsoleteSynonym of lunch: a meal eaten around noon.
I... ouer-seye me at my sopere and some tyme at nones.
- 6
Alternative form of Nones: atheists or those without religious affiliation.
noun
- 1
Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.
The second is the “Nones” proper, those who in response to the question “What is your religious tradition, if any?” answer “None.” […] Even among the “Nones” only a small minority identify as atheist or agnostic. In fact, the vast majority
- 2
A dialect of Italian spoken in parts of Trentino around the Non Valley.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate nones?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of nones: Non..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nones in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nones , none |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nones come from?
From Latin nōnus (“ninth”). As a day of the Roman calendar, via nōnae (“ninth days”) from the original Roman practice of counting forward to the next full or new crescent moon, the nones' occurrence 8 days before the ides of every month (9 counting inclusively) following the establishment of a fixed calendar, and from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).