neither

Etymology
Alteration (after ) of, from , , (whence also Modern ), from , contraction of , corresponding to  +. Compare. .

Pronunciation

 * See for pronunciation by region.
 * See for pronunciation by region.
 * See for pronunciation by region.
 * See for pronunciation by region.
 * See for pronunciation by region.
 * See for pronunciation by region.
 * See for pronunciation by region.

Determiner

 * 1) Not one of two; not either.
 * 2) Not either (used with nor).
 * 1) Not either (used with nor).
 * 1) Not either (used with nor).

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian: нито един, никой
 * Cornish: naneyl
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ingen af, hverken
 * Dutch: geen van beide
 * Finnish: ei kumpikaan
 * French: aucun des deux
 * Galician: nengún, nengunha
 * Georgian: არცერთი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: οὐδέτερος
 * Hungarian: egyik sem,
 * Irish: ceachtar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: どちらも…ない
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian: ingen av
 * Persian: هیچ‌یک, هیچ‌کدام
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: nenhum (dos dois)
 * Russian: ни оди́н, ни тот, ни друго́й
 * Scots: naither
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovene: noben
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ingen av


 * Arabic: لَا X وَلَا X
 * Egyptian Arabic: لا... ولا...
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: nitsi
 * Belarusian: ні X ні X
 * Bulgarian: нито X нито Y
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 不X也不X
 * Cimbrian: nèt X nèt Y
 * Cornish: na X na; naneyl X na Y
 * Czech: X, ani Y
 * Danish: hverken X eller Y
 * Dutch: noch X noch Y; X noch Y
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ei X, eikä Y
 * French: ni X ni Y
 * Friulian: ni, nancje
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: არც
 * German: weder X noch Y
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: hvorki X né Y
 * Istriot: gnanca
 * Italian: X  Y
 * Japanese: XでもなくYでもない, XもYも…ない
 * Korean: X도 아니고 X도 아니다
 * Latin: X nec Y
 * Latvian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, X eller Y
 * Nynorsk: korkje X eller Y
 * Persian:
 * Polish: X, ani Y
 * Portuguese: X nem Y
 * Romanian: nici X nici Y
 * Romansch: ni X ni Y
 * Russian: ни X ни X
 * Scottish Gaelic: no, aon chuid X no Y, an dara cuid X no Y, na X na Y
 * Slovene: niti
 * Spanish: X ni Y
 * Swedish: varken X eller Y; vare sig X eller Y
 * Ukrainian: ні X ні X
 * Venetian: nianca, nanca, gnanca
 * Vietnamese: không X cũng không X

Pronoun

 * 1) Not either one of two.

Usage notes

 * According to traditional grammar, should always be construed as a singular (as in the example above). In practice, however, plural construction is often met with, especially when a specification with  follows:

Translations

 * Arabic: أَحَد لَا
 * Bulgarian: нито един
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ingen af dem (ingen af de to)
 * Dutch: geen van beide
 * Finnish: ei kumpikaan
 * French:
 * Galician: nengún, nengunha
 * Georgian: არცერთი
 * German:, ,
 * Hindi: भी नहीं
 * Hungarian: egyik sem,
 * Irish: ceachtar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: どちらも…ない (dochira mo …nai)
 * Latvian: neviens
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: nenhum (dos dois)
 * Russian: ни оди́н,, (read: ništo)
 * Slovene: nobeden
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ingen av dem, varken eller
 * Ukrainian: жоден


 * Arabic: وَلَا حَتَى
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: нито
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: …も…ない
 * Norwegian: ei heller
 * Polish: też nie
 * Portuguese:, também não
 * Russian: та́кже не
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: inte heller


 * Portuguese:

Adverb

 * 1) Similarly not.

Usage notes

 * Neither is used to mean none of two or more. Although some suggest that using the word neither with more than two items is incorrect, it has been commonly used to refer to more than two subjects since the 17th century.
 * Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. - inscription on James A. Farley Post Office Building, New York


 * There is considerable variation in the number of the verb employed with this construction.


 * Examples:


 * “That woman was neither a collector nor an art critic, but she understood the meaning I meant to give that work.” — Marcelle Ferron


 * “Has anyone ever loved you so much that they tried to kill you, or perhaps sucked you down into a hole so that you had to kill them to get away? Yeah, me neither.” — Maynard James Keenan


 * “You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.” — Lee Trevino


 * “As if it were gold and could be neither good nor bad nor worth more nor worth less but must always be worth the same no matter what.” — Alex Miller


 * “Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
 * Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;
 * But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
 * When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!” — Rudyard Kipling


 * “Neither you, Simon, nor the fifty thousand, nor the Romans, nor the Jews, nor Judas, nor the twelve, nor the priests, nor the scribes, nor doomed Jerusalem itself understand what power is, understand what glory is, understand at all.” — Jesus Christ Superstar

Translations

 * Arabic: وَلَا
 * Aromanian: nitsi
 * Catalan:
 * Dalmatian: ne
 * Dutch: ook niet,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: non plus
 * Galician: tampouco
 * Georgian: არც
 * Italian:
 * Polish: też nie
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: та́кже не
 * Scottish Gaelic: cha mhò, nì motha
 * Spanish: