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Translingual

Symbol

NG

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Nigeria.
    Synonym: NGA (alpha-3)

English

Etymology

no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).

Noun

NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)

  1. (petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
  2. Initialism of nitroglycerin.
  3. (Internet) Initialism of newsgroup.
    Could someone please re-post the FAQ to the NG?
  4. (rail transport) Initialism of narrow gauge.

Translations

Adjective

NG (not comparable)

  1. Not OK. Initialism of no good.
    Hyponym: NFG
  2. Initialism of nasogastric.

Proper noun

NG

  1. (Internet) Initialism of Newgrounds.
  2. Initialism of National Geographic.

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese NG (NG), from English NG (no good).

Pronunciation


Noun

NG

  1. (film, television) outtake; blooper

Verb

NG

  1. (film, television) to have an outtake or a blooper

Esperanto

Phrase

NG

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of ne gravas (it doesn't matter, it's not important).

Japanese

Etymology

Initialism of English no good

Pronunciation

Noun

NG(エヌジー) (enujī

  1. not OK
  2. (film, television) outtake; blooper
  3. (manufacturing) a defective product
    Synonym: 不良品 (furyōhin)

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

Initialism of English no good, perhaps via Japanese

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?enji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?enji
McCune–Reischauer?enji
Yale Romanization?eyn.ci

Noun

NG (enji) (hangeul 엔지)

  1. (film, television) a blooper
  2. (manufacturing) a defected product

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (manufacturing) OK (okei)

Tagalog

Etymology

See Ng.

Letter

NG (upper case, lower case ng, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)

  1. Alternative spelling of Ng

Letter

NG (upper case, lower case ng, Baybayin spelling )

  1. Alternative spelling of Ng