Etymology 1
From Middle English none , noon , non ( “ not one ” ) , from Old English nān ( “ not one, not any, none ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic * nain , from Proto-Germanic * nainaz ( “ none, nought, nothing ” ) , equivalent to ne ( “ not ” ) + one . (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one , see the note in one .)
Cognate with Scots nane ( “ none ” ) , Saterland Frisian naan , neen ( “ no, not any, none ” ) , West Frisian neen & gjin ( “ no, none ” ) , Dutch neen & geen ( “ no, none ” ) , Low German nēn , neen ( “ none, no one ” ) , German nein & kein ( “ no, none ” ) , Latin nōn ( “ not ” ) .
Pronoun
none
In this picture, none of the blue shapes are inside the yellow boundary.
Not any of a given number or group .
None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.
None of this meat tastes right.
No one , nobody .
None of those people is my father.
No person .
None of those people are my parents.
2006 , Clive James , North Face of Soho , page 253 :Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.
Usage notes
None used to replace uncountable nouns should always be singular. None used in place of countable nouns may be either singular or plural, unless the rest of the circumstances or phrasing require it to be one or the other.
Translations
not any person
Albanian: asnjë (sq) , askush (sq)
Arabic: أَحَد لَا ( ʔaḥad lā )
Belarusian: ніхто́ ( nixtó )
Bikol Central: mayo (bcl) , wara (bcl)
Bulgarian: никой ( nikoj )
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沒有 人 / 没有 人 ( méiyǒu rén )
Czech: žádný (cs) m
Dalmatian: nenčoin
Danish: ingen (da)
Dutch: niemand (nl) , niet een
Esperanto: neniu (eo)
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: eingin
Finnish: ei kukaan
Franco-Provençal: nion
French: personne (fr)
Friulian: nissun
Galician: ninguén (gl)
German: niemand (de)
Greek: κανένας (el) m ( kanénas )
Hebrew: אף (he)
Hungarian: egyik sem , senki (hu)
Icelandic: enginn (is)
Ido: nulu (io)
Ilocano: awan
Indonesian: kosong (id)
Ingrian: kenkää
Interlingua: necuno , nemo
Irish: aon duine ( with negative verb )
Italian: nessuno (it) m , nessuna f
Japanese: 誰も...ない ( だれも...ない, dare mo ... nai )
Khmer: ឥតមានមួយសោះ ( ǝt mien muəy sɑh )
Korean: 아무도 ...않다 ( amudo...anta )
Latin: nēmō (la)
Latvian: neviens m , neviena f
Middle English: noman
Northern Kankanay: maid
Old English: nān
Polish: żaden (pl) m
Portuguese: ninguém (pt)
Romanian: nimeni (ro)
Russian: никто́ (ru) ( niktó )
Scots: nane
Scottish Gaelic: does not exist; (relevant negative verb + man (+ann/idir)) can be used
Sicilian: nuddu (scn) m , nudda f
Slovak: žiaden , žiadny
Southern Kalinga: maid
Spanish: nadie (es) , ninguno (es)
Swedish: ingen (sv) , inte någon
Tagalog: wala (tl)
Turkish: hiç kimse (tr)
Ukrainian: ніхто́ ( nixtó ) , жо́ден ( žóden )
Waray-Waray: waray , wara
not any thing
Albanian: asfare (sq) , aspak (sq)
Arabic: لَا شَيْء ( lā šayʔ )
Belarusian: нія́кі ( nijáki )
Bikol Central: mayo (bcl) , wara (bcl)
Bulgarian: нищо (bg) ( ništo )
Catalan: cap (ca)
Cherokee: ᎧᏂᎩᏛ ( kanigidv )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沒有 / 没有 (zh) ( méiyǒu ) , 沒什麼 / 没什么 (zh) ( méishénme )
Czech: žádný (cs) m
Danish: ingen (da)
Dutch: geen (nl) , niks (nl) , niets (nl)
Esperanto: neniu (eo) , neniom (eo)
Estonian: mitte ühtegi , mitte ükski
Faroese: eingin
Finnish: ei mikään
French: aucun (fr) m , aucune (fr) f
Galician: ningún (gl)
German: keine (de)
Greek: κανένας (el) m ( kanénas )
Hebrew: אף (he)
Hungarian: egyik sem , semennyi (hu) , sehány (hu) , semelyik (hu)
Icelandic: enginn (is)
Ido: nulu (io)
Ilocano: awan
Indonesian: tak satupun
Ingrian: kukkaa
Interlingua: necun , nulle
Irish: aon cheann , aon rud ( with a negative verb )
Italian: nessuno (it) m , nessuna f , niente (it)
Japanese: どれでも ...ない ( dorenimo...nai )
Kapampangan: ala
Khmer: ស្ទើរតែមិនធំល្មម ( stəə tae mɨn tʰom lmɔɔm )
Korean: 아무것도 ...아니다 ( amugeotdo...anida )
Latin: nūllus (la)
Latvian: nekāds m , nekāda f
Maori: kāhore kau
Northern Kankanay: maid
Old English: nāwiht n
Pangasinan: anggapo
Persian: هیچیک (fa) ( hičyek )
Polish: żaden (pl) m
Portuguese: nenhum (pt) m , nenhuma (pt) f
Romanian: nici unul m , nici una f
Russian: никако́й (ru) ( nikakój )
Scots: nane
Scottish Gaelic: does not exist; (relevant negative verb + relevant noun (+ann/idir)) can be used , gin
Slovak: žiaden , žiadny
Southern Kalinga: maid
Spanish: ninguno (es)
Swedish: ingen (sv) c , inte någon , c , inget (sv) n , inte något n
Tagalog: wala (tl)
Turkish: hiçbir (tr) ( declinable with suffix )
Ukrainian: нія́кий ( nijákyj )
Welsh: dim un m , yr un m
Determiner
none
( archaic outside Scotland , West Country ) Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h ):
Thou shalt have none other gods but me.
2008 , James Kelman , Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin, published 2009 , page 138 :None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys.
Adverb
none (not comparable )
To no extent, in no way. [from 11th c.]
I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
Not at all, not very. [from 13th c.]
He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
We could hear none too well from the back.
( obsolete ) No , not . [14th–16th c.]
Etymology 2
From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a play on words on nun .
Noun
none (plural nones )
(chiefly American) A person without religious affiliation.
2003 , Jacob A. Belzen, Antoon Geels, Mysticism: A Variety of Psychological Perspectives , page 50 :Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones ") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.
2010 , Robert D. Putnam, David E Campbell, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us , page 591 :Stable nones , that is, people who report in both years that they have no religious affiliation, are, in fact, much less religious
2013 , Michael Corbett, Politics and Religion in the United States :we have grouped people into nones (no religion), Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants, and evangelical protestants.
Etymology 3
From French none , from Latin nōna ( “ ninth ; ninth hour ” ) .[1]
Noun
none (plural nones )
Alternative form of nones : the ninth hour after dawn ; ( Christianity ) the religious service appointed to this hour .
( obsolete ) Synonym of midafternoon : the time around or following noon or nones .
1656 , T. Blount, Glossographia :None of the day, is the third quarter of the day beginning at Noon and lasting till the Sun be gone half way towards setting.
1706 , L.E. Dupin, “v, 43 ”, in D. Cotes, transl., A New Ecclesiastical History of the 16th Century , volume II:The last, which began at the middle of the Afternoon, i.e. at half the Time between Noon and Sun-setting, was called None , because it began at the Ninth Hour.
References
"none, n. " , in the Oxford English Dictionary , Oxford: Oxford University Press.