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Definition: Nones |
NonesNoun1. The fifth of the seven canonical hours; about 3 p.m. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nones" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
Etymology: Nones \Nones\, plural noun. [Latin expression nonae, so called because it was the ninth day before the ides, from nonus ninth, from novem nine. See Nine, Nones,, Noon .]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Nones (1 syl.), in the Roman calendar. On March the 7th, June, July, October too, the NONES you spy; Except in these, those Nones appear On the 5th day of all the year. If to the Nones you add an 8 Of every IDE you'll find the date. E.C.B. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Nones |
| English words defined with "nones": Little hours. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pares y nones (1982) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Nones" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 55.56% of the time. "Nones" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 55.56% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "nones" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Nones | Last name | 100 | 80,475 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nones rachelle | 8 |
nones | 5 |
benjamin nones | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nones"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ora nëntë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | служба в 3 часа след пладне. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nónák. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onesnay não-existência (nothingness). (various references) ноны. (various references) none. (various references) noner. (various references) katoliklerin saat üç ayini. (various references) вечерня (vespers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | amnonis, non, nona, nonadecima, nonam, noneas. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nones": nonessential, nonessentials, nonestablished, nonestablishment, nonestablishments, nonesterified, nonesuch, nonesuches. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "nones": anthraquinones, benzophenones, butanones, butyrophenones, chinones, cyclohexanones, flavanones, hydroquinones, ionones, pinones, plastoquinones, quinones, rotenones, ubiquinones. (additional references) | |
Words containing "nones": canoness, canonesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "ones": Ones. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: neons. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: eons, neon, noes, none, nose, ones, sone. | |
-2 letters: ens, eon, nos, oes, one, ons, ose, sen, son. | |
-3 letters: en, es, ne, no, oe, on, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-n-o-s" | |
+1 letter: bonnes, nelson, nonces, nonets, nonuse, sonnet, tenons, tonnes, xenons. | |
+2 letters: ancones, benison, bonnets, conines, conners, consent, donnees, enjoins, guenons, intones, ionones, joannes, mannose, nektons, nelsons, neurons, neuston, newtons, nonages, nonegos, nonnews, nonself, nonsked, nonuser, nonuses, novenas, nowness, oneness, pennons, pension, pinones, renowns, ronnels, snowmen, sonance, sonnets, sonnies, tendons, tension, tonners, venison, wonners. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 6F 6E 65 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. --- -. . ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101111 01101110 01100101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N o n e s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 006F 006E 0065 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4881807185 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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