Neither

//ˈnaɪ.ðə//

Synonyms for "neither" (1 found)

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Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

3 entries

also both either

derived

13 entries

common sense is neither common nor sensical make neither head nor tail of me neither neither a borrower nor a lender be neither fish nor flesh neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring neither fish nor fowl neither fish, flesh, nor fowl neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring neither here nor there neither this nor that neither use nor ornament neither … nor

distinct from

4 entries

any both nor one

etymologically related_to

4 entries

either nauther no whether

has context

1 entries

conjunctive

is a

1 entries

telephones edible

related to

28 entries

adjective before before nor comparison denial either except except nor excluding form longer longer form negation negative netherlands no

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similar

3 entries

incomplete uncomplete

Translations

145 translations across 51 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

asnjë det (not one of two; not either)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

οὐδέτερος det (not one of two; not either)

Arabic

4 entries

وَلَا adv (similarly not)
لا... ولا... conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
لَا X وَلَا conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
أَحَد لَا pron (not either one)

Armenian

1 entries

ոչ ... ոչ ... conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Aromanian

2 entries

nitsi adv (similarly not)
nitsi conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Belarusian

1 entries

ні X ні X conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Bulgarian

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нито X нито Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
никой det (not one of two; not either)
нито един det (not one of two; not either)
нито един pron (not either one)

Catalan

1 entries

tampoc adv (similarly not)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

不X也不X conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Cimbrian

1 entries

nèt X nèt Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Cornish

3 entries

na X na conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
naneyl X na Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
naneyl det (not one of two; not either)

Czech

4 entries

ani X conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
ani Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
žádný det (not one of two; not either)
žádný pron (not either one)

Dalmatian

1 entries

ne adv (similarly not)

Danish

4 entries

hverken X eller Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
hverken det (not one of two; not either)
ingen af det (not one of two; not either)
ingen af dem (ingen af de to) pron (not either one)

Dutch

4 entries

evenmin adv (similarly not)
ook niet adv (similarly not)
X noch Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
noch X noch Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Esperanto

1 entries

nek conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Finnish

4 entries

eikä adv (similarly not)
kaan adv (similarly not)
ei X conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
eikä Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

French

4 entries

non plus adv (similarly not)
ni X ni Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
aucun des deux det (not one of two; not either)
aucun pron (not either one)

Friulian

2 entries

nancje conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
ni conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Galician

4 entries

tampouco adv (similarly not)
nin conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
nengunha det (not one of two; not either)
nengún det (not one of two; not either)

Georgian

4 entries

არც adv (similarly not)
არც conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
არცერთი det (not one of two; not either)
არცერთი pron (not either one)

German

4 entries

weder X noch Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
weder det (not one of two; not either)
keine pron (not either one)
keiner pron (not either one)

Hindi

1 entries

भी नहीं pron (not either one)

Hungarian

4 entries

se conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
sem conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
egyik sem det (not one of two; not either)
semelyik det (not one of two; not either)

Icelandic

1 entries

hvorki X né Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Irish

2 entries

ceachtar det (not one of two; not either)
ceachtar pron (not either one)

Istriot

1 entries

gnanca conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Italian

4 entries

né adv (similarly not)
né X né Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
nessuno dei due det (not one of two; not either)
nessuno pron (not either one)

Japanese

4 entries

XでもなくYでもない conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
XもYも…ない conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
どちらも…ない det (not one of two; not either)
どちらも…ない pron (not either one)

Korean

1 entries

X도 아니고 X도 아니다 conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Latin

2 entries

nec X nec Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
neuter det (not one of two; not either)

Latvian

2 entries

ne conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
neviens pron (not either one)

Lithuanian

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nei X conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
nei Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Norwegian

1 entries

ingen av det (not one of two; not either)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

hverken conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
verken X eller Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

korkje X eller Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Persian

3 entries

نه conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
هیچکدام det (not one of two; not either)
هیچیک det (not one of two; not either)

Polish

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też nie adv (similarly not)
ani X conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
ani Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
żaden det (not one of two; not either)

Portuguese

4 entries

tampouco adv (similarly not)
nem X nem Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
nenhum (dos dois) det (not one of two; not either)
nenhum (dos dois) pron (not either one)

Romanian

2 entries

nici adv (similarly not)
nici X nici Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Romansch

1 entries

ni X ni Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Russian

4 entries

та́кже не adv (similarly not)
ни X ни X conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
ни оди́н det (not one of two; not either)
ни тот, ни друго́й det (not one of two; not either)

Scots

1 entries

naither det (not one of two; not either)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cha mhotha adv (similarly not)
nì motha adv (similarly not)
an dara cuid X no Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
aon chuid X no Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ni det (not one of two; not either)
niti det (not one of two; not either)

Slovene

3 entries

niti conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
noben det (not one of two; not either)
nobeden pron (not either one)

Spanish

4 entries

tampoco adv (similarly not)
ni X ni Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
ninguno det (not one of two; not either)
ningún det (not one of two; not either)

Swedish

4 entries

vare sig X eller Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
varken X eller Y conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
ingen av det (not one of two; not either)
ingendera det (not one of two; not either)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ні X ні X conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
жоден pron (not either one)

Venetan

3 entries

gnanca conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
nanca conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)
nianca conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Vietnamese

1 entries

không X cũng không X conj (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A mathematical truth is neither simple nor complicated; it is.

Source: tatoeba (1792)

What you say is neither here nor there.

Source: tatoeba (17210)

Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.

Source: tatoeba (19274)

Since neither one of us could afford to take the other to the movies, we went Dutch.

Source: tatoeba (23453)

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