non plus

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See also: nonplus and non-plus

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔ̃ ply/
  • (file)

Adverb

non plus

  1. (not...) either
    Antonym: aussi
    Je n’aime pas l’hiver non plus.
    I don't like winter either.
    Si j’avais pris ses conseils, je ne me serais pas perdu mais je n’aurais pas non plus exploré cette partie de la ville.
    If I had taken his advice, I wouldn't have gotten lost but I wouldn't have explored this part of the city either.
    • 2008, Guy-Félix Duportail, Les institutions du monde de la vie, page 32:
      Le manque à être du désir — le Rien — caractéristique de l’évidemment du trou du symbolique, doit y être articulé, faute de quoi il n’y aurait pas non plus de nœud et de dynamisme de la pulsion.
      The lack of being of desire — the Nothing — characteristic of the evidence of the hole of the symbolic, must be articulated there, otherwise there would not be any node and dynamism of drive either.
  2. neither
    Antonym: aussi
    Je n’aime pas l’hiver. — Moi non plus.
    I don't like winter. — Me neither.

Usage notes

  • Used in negative statements, non plus corresponds to aussi, used in positive statements. Compare:
    J’aime bien ça. — Moi aussi.
    I quite like that. — Me too.
    Je n’aime pas ça. — Moi non plus.
    I don't like that. — Me neither.
  • Sometimes accompanied by the particle ni to emphasize on the statement:
    Il ne peux vraiment pas supporter la campagne. — Ni moi non plus d’ailleurs.
    He can't stand the country. — To be fair, me neither.