noone

See also: Noone, noöne, no-one, and no one

English

Etymology 1

From no + one. Compare Middle English noone, noon, noan (noone). More at none.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnəʊwʌn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊwʌn

Pronoun

noone

  1. Nonstandard spelling of no one.
Usage notes
  • Noone is formed in parallel to the formation of nobody, anyone, and everyone, but it is not preferred by most because of the doubled vowel creating a temptation to read and pronounce it as "noon" (/nuːn/). For this reason, the form no one is the most common. This has also led to the use of the form noöne, which is even more rare than noone.
  • American users (COCA) prefer the spelling no one to either noone or no-one by more than 500 to 1.
  • UK users (BNC) prefer no-one to noone 50 to 1 and no one to noone 12 to 1.

Etymology 2

From Middle English none, noune, from Old English nōn (noon; the ninth hour). Cognate with Dutch noen, Icelandic nón. More at noon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnuːn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

noone (plural noones)

  1. Obsolete form of noon.

Further reading

Fula

Noun

noone o

  1. sort, type, kind
    Synonyms: fason, siilaa

See also

References

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