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Translingual

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Symbol

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NG

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Nigeria.
    Synonym: NGA (alpha-3)

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Abbreviation.

Noun

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NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)

  2. (petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
    Coordinate terms: LNG, CNG
  4. Initialism of nitroglycerine (nitroglycerin).
  6. (Internet) Initialism of newsgroup.
    Could someone please re-post the FAQ to the NG?
  8. (rail transport) Initialism of narrow gauge.
  9. Initialism of necrotizing gingivitis.
  10. (medicine) Initialism of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria that causes gonorrhea
    • 2026 April 3, Amber D. Kimble, Yukari C. Manabe, Johan H. Melendez, “Evidence-Based Assessment of the Role of Pharyngeal Gonorrhea and Commensal Neisseria Species in the Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae: Data Gaps and Future Research”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 233, number 6, Oxford University Press, →DOI, retrieved 7 August 2023, page 983:
      Pharyngeal NG infections can contribute to the sustained transmission of gonorrhea as pharyngeal infections are often asymptomatic, can persists, and remain undiagnosed.

Translations

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Adjective

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NG (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of no good or no go.
    Synonym: 🆖
    Hyponym: NFG
  2. Initialism of nasogastric.
  3. Initialism of next-generation

Proper noun

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NG

  1. (Internet) Initialism of Newgrounds.
  2. Initialism of National Geographic.
  3. Abbreviation of New Guinea

Anagrams

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Chinese

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Etymology

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From Japanese NG (NG), from English NG (“no good”). Pseudo-anglicism, derived from NG.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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NG

  1. (film, television) outtake; blooper
  2. (education) new graduates; fresh grad

Verb

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NG

  1. (film, television) to have an outtake or a blooper

Esperanto

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Phrase

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NG

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) initialism of ne gravas (“it doesn't matter, it's not important”)

Japanese

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Etymology

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Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from NG.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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NG(エヌジー) • (enujī) 

  1. not OK
  2. (film, television) outtake; blooper
  3. (manufacturing) a defective product
    Synonym: 不良品 (furyōhin)

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Khiamniungan Naga

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Etymology

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The Khiamniungan Naga language is presently written using the Latin alphabet. No indigenous or alternative script has been documented from earlier periods in the language's history. For a detailed description of the writing system's conventions including vowel and Consonant representation, tone marking (such as the use of h for glottal, the letter ü is pronounced ə), and orthographic rules, see the Wikipedia article on the Khiamniungan alphabet.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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NG (all caps, upper case Ng, lower case ng)

  1. (Patsho) The twelfth letter of the Khiamniungan Naga alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Pronunciation guide

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Uppercase IPA Canonical Pronunciation Phonetic examples in English Phonetic examples in Khiamniungan Naga
A a aa father āmpāu(pastor)
Ch tʃʰ tʃʰə chair, watch chām(book)
E ɛ a bed, elephant ēm(colony of Jhumland)
H h hə husband hǖhêi(hello)
I i ee beet îe(winnowing tray)
J tʃ tʃə picture, culture, nature jām(house)
K k kə sky, skip kēu(uncle)
Kh kʰ kʰə canoe, Cost, cat khèu(head)
L l lə alone lāi(spear)
M m mə money màu(ant)
N n nə nine, never nòk
Ng ŋ ŋə sing, throng ngēm(news)
Ny ɲ ɲə canyon, bunyan nyù(mother)
O ɔ ɔ orange ônyù(sky)
P P pə spill, span pòu(father)
Ph pʰ pʰə pound phōh(hand)
S ʃ ʃə shine sā(liver)
Sh ʃʰ ʃʰə shine (with a more aspirated "sh") shām(mat)
T t tə stop, stand tòuh(wild pig)
Th tʰ tʰə Thomas thoi(pumking)
Ts ts tsə cats, hats, pizza tsēm(salt)
Tsh Tsʰ Tsʰə tshep(kiss) tshō(traditional basket)
U ʊ, u ʊ, u look, hoop ûo(goat)
Ü ə ə banana chǖlám(corn)
V v və very vèu(chicken)
W w wə watt wā(flour)
Y j jə yellow yòh(pig)
Glottal(h) is used at the end of the word ʔ ʔ stop Mountain, button, cotton chāh(through)

Korean

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Etymology

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Pseudo-anglicism, derived from no good, perhaps via Japanese.

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?enji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?enji
McCune–Reischauer?enji
Yale Romanization?eyn.ci

Noun

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NG • (enji) (hangeul 엔지)

  1. (film, television) outtake; blooper
  2. (manufacturing) a defective product
    Synonym: 불량품(不良品) (bullyangpum)
    Antonym: OK (okei)

Tagalog

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Etymology

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See Ng.

Letter

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NG (all caps, upper case Ng, lower case ng, Baybayin equivalent ᜁᜈ᜔ ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)

  1. alternative spelling of Ng

Letter

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NG (all caps, upper case Ng, lower case ng, Baybayin equivalent ᜅ)

  1. alternative spelling of Ng

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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NG (all caps, upper case Ng, lower case ng)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Welsh alphabet, called eng and written in the Latin script; preceded by G and followed by H.

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Mutation

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  • NG is the nasal mutation of G and cannot be mutated itself.
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