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English
Pronunciation
- (Mid-Ulster English) IPA(key): /ˈnə.vər/, /ˈnɛ̈.vəɹ/, /ˈnɜ.vəɹ/
Adverb
niver (not comparable)
- (Mid-Ulster, others) Alternative form of never
1837, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. The Second Series, London: John Macrone, , →OCLC, chapter SEVEN DIALS, page 149:“Niver mind,” replies the opposition expressively, “niver mind; you go home, and, ven you're quite sober, mend your stockings.”
1983, William Forbes Marshall, The Lad:An’ niver got half his fill.
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *niβ̃er, from Latin numerus.
Pronunciation
Noun
niver m (plural niveroù)
- number, numeral
Scots
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɪ.vər/, /ˈnɛ.vər/
Adverb
niver
- never
Volapük
Noun
niver (nominative plural nivers)
- university
Declension
declension of niver
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Walloon
Etymology
Seemingly from Vulgar Latin *nivāre, a verb based on Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).
Pronunciation
Verb
niver
- to snow
Derived terms