Meanings
conjunction
alternative nor … nor
- 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 1341 more example
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
Translations
Ancient Greek μήτε … μήτε, οὔτε … οὔτε
- μήτε … μήτε (mḗte … mḗte)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
- οὔτε … οὔτε (oúte … oúte)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Arabic لَا… وَلَا …
- لَا… وَلَا … (lā… walā …)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Bulgarian ни́то … ни́то, ни … ни
- ни́то … ни́то (níto … níto)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
- ни … ни (ni … ni)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Chinese Mandarin 不……也不……
- 不……也不…… (bù … yě bù …)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Czech ani … ani
- ani … aniused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Danish hverken ... eller
- hverken ... ellerused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Dutch noch … noch
- noch … nochused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Esperanto nek … nek
- nek … nekused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Estonian ei … ega
- ei … egaused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Finnish ei … eikä
- ei … eikäused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
French ni … ni
- ni … niused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
German weder … noch
- weder … nochused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Hungarian sem…, sem…, se…, se…
- sem…, sem…used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
- se…, se…used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Icelandic hvorki … né
- hvorki … néused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Italian né … né
- né … néused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Japanese …もなくて…もない
- …もなくて…もない (… mo nakute … mo nai)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Korean …도 아니고 …도 아니다, …도 않고 …도 않다
- …도 아니고 …도 아니다 (…do anigo …do anida)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
- …도 않고 …도 않다 (…do anko …do anta)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Latin neque … neque, nec … nec
- neque … nequeused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
- nec … necused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Lithuanian nei̇̃ ... nei̇̃
- nei̇̃ ... nei̇̃used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Norwegian Bokmål verken … eller, hverken … eller
- verken … ellerused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
- hverken … ellerused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Polish ani … ani
- ani … aniused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Portuguese nem … nem
- nem … nemused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Romanian nici … nici
- nici … niciused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Russian ни … ни
- ни … ни (ni … ni)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Slovak ani … ani
- ani … aniused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Spanish ni … ni
- ni … niused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Swedish varken ... eller
- varken ... ellerused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Turkish ne … ne
- ne … neused for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Ukrainian ні … ні, ані́ … ані́
- ні … ні (ni … ni)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
- ані́ … ані́ (aní … aní)used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas
Cite this entry
APA
neither … nor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neither%20%E2%80%A6%20nor
MLA
“neither … nor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neither%20%E2%80%A6%20nor. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neither … nor,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neither%20%E2%80%A6%20nor.
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