"non" meaning in English

See non in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /nɑn/ [General-American], /nɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-non.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} non (not comparable)
  1. Obsolete form of none. Tags: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Alternative form of: none
    Sense id: en-non-en-adv-buMqikYs
  2. (nonstandard) Used to negate or invert the meaning of the following adjective. More properly written as the prefix non-. Tags: nonstandard, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-non-en-adv-Np3Dx-FE

Noun

IPA: /nɑn/ [General-American], /nɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-non.ogg Forms: nons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} non (plural nons)
  1. (Malaysia, slang) A non-Muslim citizen. Tags: Malaysia, slang
    Sense id: en-non-en-noun-qOTegCgD Categories (other): Malaysian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 40 entries, Islam, Malaysian politics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 20 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 40 entries: 2 0 1 1 2 13 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 2 2 4 0 1 5 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 Disambiguation of Islam: 7 0 93 Disambiguation of Malaysian politics: 8 19 73

Inflected forms

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