nope

See also: Nope

nope - English

Pronunciation

IPA: /noʊp/, [noʊp̚]

Particle

nope

(informal, often emphatic) No.

Usage notes

The usage as a reply in the form of a single-word sentence has, since the 1850s, been far more common than any others.

Antonyms

Descendants

→ Italian: nop
→ Portuguese: nop
→ Spanish: nop

Translations

Chinese:
- Mandarin: 不啊 (bù a), 不是啊 (búshì a)
Dutch: neu (nl)
Finnish: ei (fi)
French: bah (fr)
German: nee (de), nö (de)
Hindi: नहीं (hi) (nahī̃)
Icelandic: neibb
Indonesian: enggak (id)
Italian: no (it)
Japanese: いや (ja) (iya), ううん (ja) (uun), 違う (ja) (ちがう, chigau)
Korean: 아니 (ko) (ani)
Persian: نه‎ (fa) (na)
Portuguese: nem (pt)
Romanian: nu (ro)
Russian: не́-а (ru) (né-a)
Spanish: nop (es), no po (Chile), nel (es) (slang, Mexico)
Swedish: nepp
Turkish: yo (tr)

Noun

nope (plural nopes)

(informal) A negative reply, no.
- I'll take that as a nope, then.
(slang) An intensely undesirable thing, such as a circumstance or an animal, eliciting immediate repulsion without possibility of further consideration.

Translations

Finnish: ei (fi)
Swedish: nepp
Turkish: hayır (tr)

Derived terms

Pronunciation

IPA: /nəʊp/

Noun

nope (plural nopes)

(archaic, except near Staffordshire) A bullfinch.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see nope.

Pronunciation

IPA: /nəʊp/

Noun

nope (plural nopes)

(East Midlands and Northern England) A blow to the head.

Verb

nope (third-person singular simple present nopes, present participle noping, simple past and past participle noped)

(archaic, East Midlands and Northern England) To hit someone on the head.

Anagrams

open, peno-, peon, pone

nope - Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: no‧pe

Verb

nope

(archaic) singular present subjunctive of nopen

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: nope

Interjection

nope

(informal) nope

Anagrams

open

nope - French

Alternative forms

noppe

Pronunciation

IPA: /nɔp/

Noun

nope f (plural nopes)

a tuft of wool; a knot in a fabric; nap

Interjection

nope

(informal, neologism) nope