Dictionary

neither … nor en · CCONJ

Meanings

1. used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas (This entry is a translation hub.)
   • Ninety-nine out of a hundred of them could neither read nor write. (Can we date this quote?), Hsun Lu, “The Grand Finale”, in Yang Hsien-yi, Gladys Yang, transl., Selected Stories of Lu Hsun: The True Story of Ah Q, and Other Stories, published 2014, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 134:
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

neither a borrower nor a lender be · neither fish nor fowl · neither hide nor hair · neither here nor there

Relateds

either … or · both … and · not only … but also

Translations (43)

be ні … ні (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · ru ни … ни (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · nn korkje … eller (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · ko …도 않고 …도 않다 (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · rsk анї … анї (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · ko …도 아니고 …도 아니다 (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · de weder … noch (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · cmn 不……也不…… (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · lt nei̇̃ ... nei̇̃ (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · fi ei … eikä (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · la neque … neque (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · fr ni … ni (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · grc μήτε … μήτε (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · tr ne … ne (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · nl noch … noch (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · sv varken ... eller (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · mk ни … ни (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · grc οὔτε … οὔτε (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · et ei … ega (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · ja …もなくて…もない (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · bg ни́то … ни́то (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · nn verken … eller (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · is hvorki … né (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · nb verken … eller (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · ar لَا… وَلَا … (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · sk ani … ani (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · es ni … ni (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · uk ні … ні (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · hu sem…, sem… (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · hu se…, se… (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · ro nici … nici (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · mk ниту … ниту (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · it né … né (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · be ані́ … ані́ (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · bg ни … ни (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · da hverken ... eller (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · pt nem … nem (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · nb hverken … eller (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · uk ані́ … ані́ (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · eo nek … nek (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · la nec … nec (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · cs ani … ani (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) · pl ani … ani (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas)