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neither en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈnaɪ.ðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ (Northern-England, rare) in use until the 20th c.
  • /ˈni.ðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈniː.ðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /nɛj.d̪ɐ(r)/ (India, South)
  • nī′thə
  • (US) audio
  • nā′thə r
  • nē′thə

Etymology

Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Similarly not.
    • Neither now, nor ever will he forsake his mother.
    • The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled. 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
    • You won't find it hot, but neither will you be freezing cold.
    • Neither can she stop him, nor can he stop her.
    • Just as you would not correct it, neither would I.

Translations (19)

gl tampouco (similarly not) · gd nì motha (similarly not) · dlm ne (similarly not) · ru та́кже не (similarly not) · fi -kaan (similarly not) · fr non plus (similarly not) · pt tampouco (similarly not) · ar وَلَا (similarly not) · nl evenmin (similarly not) · ro nici (similarly not) · fi eikä (similarly not) · it né (similarly not) · gd cha mhotha (similarly not) · ca tampoc (similarly not) · ka არც (similarly not) · rup nitsi (similarly not) · es tampoco (similarly not) · nl ook niet (similarly not) · pl też nie (similarly not)

neither en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈnaɪ.ðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ (Northern-England, rare) in use until the 20th c.
  • /ˈni.ðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈniː.ðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /nɛj.d̪ɐ(r)/ (India, South)
  • nī′thə
  • (US) audio
  • nā′thə r
  • nē′thə

Etymology

Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Nor.
    • But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse. 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 1:
  2. Not either (used with nor).
    • Neither you nor I likes it.
    • For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […] 2025 June 19, Rami Kaminski, ““Otroverts” and why nonconformists often see what others can’t”, in Big Think:

Deriveds

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

Translations (60)

sl niti (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · ar لَا X وَلَا (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · nl noch X noch Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · cim nèt X nèt Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · cmn 不X也不X (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · gd no (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · vi không X cũng không X (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · gd aon chuid X no Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · nn korkje X eller Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · kw naneyl X na Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · da hverken X eller Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · fr ni X ni Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · nl X noch Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · es ni X ni Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · kw na X na (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · ko X도 Y도 아니다 (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · ko X도 아니고 Y도 아니다 (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · pt nem X nem Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · cs ani X (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · fur ni (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · la nec X nec Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · gd an dara cuid X no Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · ka არც (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · eo nek (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · hu sem (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · vec gnanca (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · ro nici X nici Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · rm ni X ni Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · gl nin (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · is hvorki X né Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · lv ne (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · rup nitsi (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · no hverken (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · gd na X na Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · ru ни X ни X (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · ist gnanca (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · vec nanca (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · vec nianca (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · bg нито X нито Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · pl ani X (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · fur nancje (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · fa نه (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · de weder X noch Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · arz لا... ولا... (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · be ні X ні X (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · fi eikä Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · sv varken X eller Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · hu se (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · no verken X eller Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · pl ani Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · hy ոչ ... ոչ ... (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · it né X né Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · sv vare sig X eller Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · ja XでもなくYでもない (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · lt nei Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · lt nei X (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · ja XもYも…ない (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · uk ні X ні X (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · fi ei X (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) · cs ani Y (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

neither en · DET

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈnaɪ.ðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ (Northern-England, rare) in use until the 20th c.
  • /ˈni.ðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈniː.ðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /nɛj.d̪ɐ(r)/ (India, South)
  • nī′thə
  • (US) audio
  • nā′thə r
  • nē′thə

Etymology

Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.

Meanings

  1. Not one of two; not either; not one or the other.
    • with the help of neither you nor either of our sons.
    • She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy;[…]. 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
    • Neither definition seems correct.

Translations (37)

sq asnjë (not one of two; not either) · grc οὐδέτερος (not one of two; not either) · ga ceachtar (not one of two; not either) · da hverken (not one of two; not either) · pl żaden (not one of two; not either) · it nessuno dei due (not one of two; not either) · cs žádný (not one of two; not either) · pt nenhum (dos dois) (not one of two; not either) · de weder (not one of two; not either) · no korkje (not one of two; not either) · ru ни тот, ни друго́й (not one of two; not either) · sv ingen av (not one of two; not either) · fa هیچکدام (not one of two; not either) · bg никой (not one of two; not either) · gl nengún (not one of two; not either) · es ninguno (not one of two; not either) · ja どちらも…ない (not one of two; not either) · nl geen van beide (not one of two; not either) · sv ingendera (not one of two; not either) · hu semelyik (not one of two; not either) · fr aucun des deux (not one of two; not either) · fa هیچیک (not one of two; not either) · sh ni (not one of two; not either) · la neuter (not one of two; not either) · no ingen av (not one of two; not either) · ru ни оди́н (not one of two; not either) · fi ei kumpikaan (not one of two; not either) · bg нито един (not one of two; not either) · ka არცერთი (not one of two; not either) · gl nengunha (not one of two; not either) · es ningún (not one of two; not either) · kw naneyl (not one of two; not either) · sco naither (not one of two; not either) · sl noben (not one of two; not either) · da ingen af (not one of two; not either) · hu egyik sem (not one of two; not either) · sh niti (not one of two; not either)

neither en · PRON

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈnaɪ.ðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ (Northern-England, rare) in use until the 20th c.
  • /ˈni.ðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈniː.ðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/ (General-American)
  • /nɛj.d̪ɐ(r)/ (India, South)
  • nī′thə
  • (US) audio
  • nā′thə r
  • nē′thə

Etymology

Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.

Meanings

  1. Not either one of two.
    • I’ve tried on both shirts, but neither fits properly.
    • Corpses surfaced near Portsmouth - was one of them Buster Crabb? Or were neither of them?
    • Her words of advice will help neither of us.

Translations (31)

gl nengún (not either one) · it nessuno (not either one) · hi भी नहीं (not either one) · gl nengunha (not either one) · ar أَحَد لَا (not either one) · hu egyik sem (not either one) · es ninguno (not either one) · sv ingendera (not either one) · sv ingen av dem (not either one) · ga ceachtar (not either one) · pl żaden (not either one) · ru никто́ (not either one) · ka არცერთი (not either one) · lv neviens (not either one) · de keiner (not either one) · ja どちらも…ない (not either one) · hu semelyik (not either one) · nl geen van beide (not either one) · fi ei kumpikaan (not either one) · de keines (not either one) · fr aucun (not either one) · sv varken eller (not either one) · cs žádný (not either one) · bg нито един (not either one) · da ingen af dem (ingen af de to) (not either one) · pt nenhum (dos dois) (not either one) · uk жоден (not either one) · ru ни оди́н (not either one) · de keine (not either one) · sl nobeden (not either one) · ru ничто́ (not either one)