un-

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More distant cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬, modern 🇨🇬) and 🇨🇬.

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Prefix

 * 1)  not
 * 2)  lack of
 * 3)  contrary to traditional norms; unconventional
 * 1)  contrary to traditional norms; unconventional
 * 1)  contrary to traditional norms; unconventional

Usage notes

 * Some words formed in this way may also have counterparts using or.

Derived terms
Additionally, almost all of the unsorted terms in the following category belong to this sense:

Translations
''Note: Words using the prefix un- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.''


 * Afrikaans: on-
 * Albanian: nuk ka
 * Armenian: ան-, չ-, դժ-, տ-
 * Belarusian: мала-
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 不-
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, ne-,
 * Faroese: ó-
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: არა-, უ- -ო, უ-
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀ-
 * Icelandic: ó-
 * Italian:
 * Kapampangan: e-
 * Latin: in-
 * Luxembourgish: on-
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Norse: ú-, ó-
 * Persian: بی‌ـ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, i-
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ao-, mì-, neo-, eu-, do-, an-
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: nje-
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian: ան-, չ-, դժ-, տ-
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto:, ne-,
 * Faroese: ó-
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: უ-
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: -talan/-telen, -atlan/-etlen, -tlan/-tlen
 * Icelandic: ó-
 * Kapampangan: emika-, emiki-, emi-
 * Korean: 무-
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ao-, mì-, neo-, eu-, do-
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: nje-
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Afrikaans: on-
 * Albanian: pa-
 * Armenian: հակա-
 * Azerbaijani: na-
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: не-
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: не-
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: ó-
 * Japanese: 不-, 反-, 無-
 * Javanese:
 * Kapampangan: e-
 * Korean: 불-, 반-
 * Lao: ບໍ່-
 * Macedonian: не-
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: an-, mì-
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: не-
 * Roman: ne-
 * Slovak: ne-
 * Slovene: ne-
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: nje-
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: не-

Etymology 2
From, from , , , from , from , , from , from. More at.

Prefix

 * 1)   the inverse of a specified action
 * 2)  deprive of, release from, free from, remove from, extract from
 * 1)  deprive of, release from, free from, remove from, extract from
 * 1)  deprive of, release from, free from, remove from, extract from
 * 1)  deprive of, release from, free from, remove from, extract from

Usage notes

 * Only certain verbs can take un- to form a new word with the opposite meaning. In particular, verbs that describe an irreversible action produce words often considered nonsense, e.g., , , . These words may nevertheless be in occasional use for humorous, ironic or rhetorical effect.
 * Although this prefix and Etymology 1 are homonymous and semantically similar (both relating to negation), they generally do not collide as they apply to different parts of speech. Ambiguity can however be caused when used with other derivational affixes; for instance can be parsed as either   or . The latter sense may be able to be expressed unambiguously by using non- instead (non-lockable).
 * It is possible for a word to contain both prefixes, e.g., but this is generally avoided due to being clumsy or unclear.

Translations
''NOTE: Words using the prefix un- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.''


 * Armenian: ապ-
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: af-
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: av-, unn-,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 3
From.

Prefix

 * 1) Used for the digit one to form temporary names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name.
 * 2) Used to form large numbers as the first in the sequence.
 * 1) Used to form large numbers as the first in the sequence.

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Pronunciation

 * In derivatives, the prefix usually carries the stress, though there are exceptions to this.
 * In derivatives, the prefix usually carries the stress, though there are exceptions to this.
 * In derivatives, the prefix usually carries the stress, though there are exceptions to this.
 * In derivatives, the prefix usually carries the stress, though there are exceptions to this.

Prefix

 * 1) un-
 * 2) grave; bad; horrifying

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Prefix

 * 1) at, to, toward
 * 2) on, up
 * 1) on, up

Usage notes

 * The prefix is contracted to before non-alveolar consonants.

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) uni-, mono-, one

Etymology 1
From, from , from , a prefix use of the particle. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The Indo-European root is also the source of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Prefix

 * 1) negation or absence of: un-, non-
 * 2) bad
 * (“malaria,” lit. “bad air”)
 * 1) bad
 * (“malaria,” lit. “bad air”)
 * 1) bad
 * (“malaria,” lit. “bad air”)
 * 1) bad
 * (“malaria,” lit. “bad air”)
 * 1) bad
 * (“malaria,” lit. “bad air”)
 * 1) bad
 * (“malaria,” lit. “bad air”)
 * (“malaria,” lit. “bad air”)
 * (“malaria,” lit. “bad air”)
 * (“malaria,” lit. “bad air”)

Etymology 2
Originally an alternative form of, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬).

Etymology
From, from , from , a prefix use of the particle. The Indo-European root is also the source of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Prefix

 * 1) un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness