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но

//no/ | /nôː//
Serbo-Croatianconjnounparticle
Latinica: noone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    but, however
    • Погрешно, но био си доста близу.

      Wrong, but you were pretty close.

    • Но ос(ј)ећам само срећу.

      But I can' t feel anything but happy.

    • Текст није савршен, но није ли могао бити бољи?

      The text is not perfect, but could it have been better?

  2. 2.
    obsoletethan (=не̏го, о̏д)
    • бољи но он

      better than him

    • бољи него он/бољи од њега

      better than him

    • Изгледаш боље но икад.

      You' re looking better than ever.

  3. 3.
    (theater)
  4. 4.
    damn right!, you bet! very much so!

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *no, *nu (Russian но (no), ну (nu)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic (Lithuanian nu), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”) (Latin nun-c, Ancient Greek νῦν (nûn)).

Forms

  • noromanization

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