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no

French, noun

no is spelled N-O (2 letters) and appears 58 times per million words in written French, the 1,441st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). No is a French masculine noun meaning “abbreviation of numéro (“number”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, NO is a different word: “NW; abbreviation of nord-ouest”. With an accent, nô is a different word: “noh (Japanese theatrical genre)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Non par un anglophone ou par un pays anglophone”.

What does no mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineabbreviation of numéro (“number”)

noun

as NO
  1. 1

    NW; abbreviation of nord-ouest

noun

as nô
  1. 1

    masculinenoh (Japanese theatrical genre)

  2. 2

    masculinea noh play

prefix

as œno-
  1. 1

    oeno- (wine, the alcoholic beverage)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Non par un anglophone ou par un pays anglophone.

noun: 1. Numéro. Note d’usage : Placé devant un cardinal pour former l’ordinal correspondant.

noun: 1. Numéro.

symbol: 1. Nord-ouest.

symbol: 1. Abréviation de novembre.

symbol: 1. Code du quartier d’immatriculation de Noirmoutier.

prefix: 1. Préfixe formant des mots en relation avec le vin.

noun: 1. Style traditionnel de théâtre japonais. 2. Pièce relevant de ce genre.

adjective: 1. Relatif au théâtre traditionnel japonais du même nom.

noun: 1. Variante orthographique de nô.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of no

  • nº alternative
  • Nº alternative
  • nôs plural
  • nᵒ singular
  • nᵒˢ plural
  • Nᵒ singular
  • Nᵒˢ plural
  • Nô
  • nō
  • Nôs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to no

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is no in French?

no appears 58 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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