No.

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "no"

English

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numero sign

Alternative forms

№, Nº, Nº.
No, no., no

Etymology

Borrowing of the Latin scribal abbreviation No. from (in) numerō (“in number, to the number of”). Cognate with French n^o.

Pronunciation

Audio (US) (number) (file)

Adverb

No. (not comparable)

(archaic) Abbreviation of in number or to the number of.
- 1661, Robert Lovell, A Compleat History of Animals and Minerals, page 129:
  They goe two months, & then bring forth a blind off-spring like bitches, n^o. eight or nine.
- 1693, Steven Blankaart, A Physical Dictionary, 2nd edition, page 146:
  Take of Jujubes N^o vi. that is, Six in number.
- 1994, Dorland's Medical Dictionary, 28th edition, page 1141:
  No., abbreviation of L. numero, ‘to the number of’.

Noun

No. (plural Nos.)

Abbreviation of number.
- 1753, A Supplement to Mr Chambers's Cyclopaedia, s.v. "Otis":
  See Tab. of Birds, N^o 28.
- 1840 February 4, Charles Dickens, letter:
  I am curious to see how the idea of the first No. of my projected work, strikes you.
- 1974, Michael Gilbert, Flash Point, page 14:
  It's No. 276 Coalporter Street.
The king made a gift of No. 10 to his old Eton roommate.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation for number used in case citations.

Synonyms

#
№

Translations

abbreviation of "number"

References

“No., adv.³ and n.².”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2003.
The Bluebook, 19th ed. (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, pp. 430-431.

Anagrams

-on, ON, ON., on, on-

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