"yes and no" meaning in All languages combined

See yes and no on Wiktionary

Phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} yes and no
  1. An answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer Related terms: it is and it isn't Translations (indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer): نَعْم وَلَا (naʕm walā) (Arabic), بَلَى وَنَعْم (balā wanaʕm) (Arabic), 既肯定又否定 (jì kěndìng yòu fǒudìng) (english: no exact equivalent exists) (Chinese Mandarin), ja en nee (Dutch), jes kaj ne (Esperanto), kyllä ja ei (Finnish), oui et non (French), si e non (Galician), jein (German), ja und nein (German), igen is, nem is (Hungarian), igen is meg nem is (Hungarian), is-is (Hungarian), (Italian), そうとも言えるし、そうでないとも言える (sō to mo ieru shi, sō de nai to mo ieru) (english: no exact equivalent exists) (Japanese), 그렇기도 하고 아니기도 하고 (geureokido hago anigido hago) (english: no exact equivalent exists) (Korean), 네니요 (neniyo) [nonstandard] (Korean), i tak, i nie (Polish), tak i nie (Polish), sim e não (Portuguese), и да и нет (i da i net) (Russian), sí y no (Spanish), både ja och nej (Swedish), nja (Swedish), ja en nee (West Frisian)
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yes, and, no.
    Sense id: en-yes_and_no-en-phrase-avJZLZdL
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          "text": "Is she happy? — Yes and no, hard to say.",
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          "text": "Have you been to Paris? — Yes and no. I've been to the airport, but didn't get to see the city.",
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          "_dis1": "69 31",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "naʕm walā",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "نَعْم وَلَا"
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          "word": "بَلَى وَنَعْم"
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          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "既肯定又否定"
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          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "ja en nee"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "jes kaj ne"
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          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "kyllä ja ei"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "oui et non"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "si e non"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "jein"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "ja und nein"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "igen is, nem is"
        },
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          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "igen is meg nem is"
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          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "is-is"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "nì"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "no exact equivalent exists",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sō to mo ieru shi, sō de nai to mo ieru",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "そうとも言えるし、そうでないとも言える"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ko",
          "english": "no exact equivalent exists",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geureokido hago anigido hago",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "그렇기도 하고 아니기도 하고"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "roman": "neniyo",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
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          "word": "네니요"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "i tak, i nie"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "tak i nie"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "sim e não"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "i da i net",
          "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
          "word": "и да и нет"
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          "word": "både ja och nej"
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          "lang": "West Frisian",
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          "word": "ja en nee"
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      "word": "نَعْم وَلَا"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "既肯定又否定"
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      "word": "ja en nee"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "jes kaj ne"
    },
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      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "kyllä ja ei"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "oui et non"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "si e non"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "jein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "ja und nein"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "igen is, nem is"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "igen is meg nem is"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "is-is"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "nì"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "no exact equivalent exists",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sō to mo ieru shi, sō de nai to mo ieru",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "そうとも言えるし、そうでないとも言える"
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      "code": "ko",
      "english": "no exact equivalent exists",
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      "roman": "geureokido hago anigido hago",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "그렇기도 하고 아니기도 하고"
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      "word": "네니요"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "i tak, i nie"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "tak i nie"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "i da i net",
      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "и да и нет"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "sí y no"
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      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "både ja och nej"
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      "sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
      "word": "nja"
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