но

See also: но-, -но, and Variations of "no"

но - Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) IPA: [nɔ]
  • (unstressed) IPA: [no]

Conjunction

но (no)

  1. used to introduce a word or phrase that adds something to a previous statement and contrasts with it in some way: but
    • Смята да посети Бостън и Чикаго, но не Ню Йорк.
      • Smjata da poseti Bostǎn i Čikago, no ne Nju Jork.
      • He plans to visit Boston and Chicago, but not New York.
    • Аз не я познавам, но съпругът ми я познава.
      • Az ne ja poznavam, no sǎprugǎt mi ja poznava.
      • I don't know her, but my husband does.
    • Съжалявам, но няма да мога да ти помогна.
      • Sǎžaljavam, no njama da moga da ti pomogna.
      • I'm sorry, but I won't be able to help you.
  2. but (however, although)
    • На края на деня бяхме уморени, но щастливи.
      • Na kraja na denja bjahme umoreni, no štastlivi.
      • By the end of the day we were tired but happy.
    • Падна, но не се нарани.
      • Padna, no ne se narani.
      • He fell but he wasn't hurt.
    • Казах му да остане, но той отказа.
      • Kazah mu da ostane, no toj otkaza.
      • I told him to stay, but he refused to.
  3. used at the beginning of a sentence that expresses surprise, annoyance, shock, disagreement, etc.: but
    • Но това е невъзможно!
      • No tova e nevǎzmožno!
      • But that's not possible!
    • Но ти обеща, че ще ми помогнеш.
      • No ti obešta, če šte mi pomogneš.
      • But you promised that you would help me.

Synonyms

но - Kamassian

Interjection

но (no)

  1. well

Noun

но (no)

  1. Tatar person

Declension

Declension of но
Possessive forms of но

но - Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [nɔ]

Conjunction

но (no)

  1. but

Usage notes

  • This word sounds somewhat bookish and is colloquially often replaced with "ама".

но - Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [no]

Conjunction

но (no)

  1. but, yet

Usage notes

но is used when describing something that is very different from another thing, whereas а (a) is for two things that are different, but not sharply contrasting.

Descendants

  • Ingrian: no
  • Votic: no

Noun

но (no) n inan (indeclinable)

  1. but

Noun

но (no) m inan (indeclinable)

  1. Noh

Interjection

но (no)

  1. same as но́-о-о (nó-o-o)

но - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /no/

Conjunction

но (Latin spelling no)

  1. (after a comparative, obsolete, expressively) than (=не̏го, о̏д)
    • бољи но онbetter than him
      • → (= modern) бољи него он/бољи од његаbetter than him
    • Изгледаш боље но икад.You' re looking better than ever.
    • Прорачунски мањак Грчке у био је значајно већи но што је влада проц(иј)енила.Greece's budget deficit was significantly bigger than the government had estimated.
  2. (denoting exclusion) but, however
    • Погрешно, но био си доста близу.Wrong, but you were pretty close.
    • Но ос(ј)ећам само срећу.But I can' t feel anything but happy.
    • Текст није савршен, но није ли могао бити бољи?The text is not perfect, but could it have been better?

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nôː/

Noun

но̑ m (Latin spelling )


Pronunciation

  • IPA: /no/

Particle

но (Latin spelling no)

  1. (in a dialog, when responding to the interlocutor) damn right!, you bet! very much so!
Meaning and Definition of но
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