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non merci

French, interjection/nɔ̃ mɛʁ.si/

non merci is a French interjection meaning “no thanks, no thank you” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exprime un refus poli à une question posée, un service proposé”.

What does non merci mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    no thanks, no thank you

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

How French dictionaries define it

interjection: 1. Exprime un refus poli à une question posée, un service proposé. 2. Exprime un fort refus, un non catégorique à une idée.

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.

How do you pronounce non merci?

  • /nɔ̃ mɛʁ.si/
  • \nɔ̃ mɛʁ.si\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.