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1 not
A adv1 ( negating verb) ne…pas ; she isn't at home elle n'est pas chez elle ; they didn't like it ils ne l'ont pas aimé ; we won't need a car nous n'aurons pas besoin d'une voiture ; has he not seen it? il ne l'a pas vu alors? ;2 (replacing word, clause, sentence etc) ‘is he angry?’-‘I hope not’ ‘est-il en colère?’-‘j'espère que non’ ; ‘is she married?’-‘I believe ou think not’ ‘est-ce qu'elle est mariée?’-‘je ne crois pas, je crois que non’ ; I'm afraid not je crains que non ; certainly/probably not sûrement/probablement pas ; not only ou simply ou merely ou just pas seulement ; tired or not, you're going to bed fatigué ou non, tu vas te coucher ; do you know whether he's coming or not? est-ce que tu sais s'il vient ou pas? ; whether it rains or not, I'm going qu'il pleuve ou non, j'y vais ; why not? pourquoi pas? ;3 ( contrasting) non pas ; they live in caves, not in houses, they live not in houses, but in caves ils habitent non pas dans des maisons, mais dans des grottes ; I laughed, not because I was amused but from nervousness je n'ai pas ri parce que je trouvais ça drôle, c'était nerveux ; he's not so much aggressive as assertive il est plutôt sûr de lui qu'agressif ;4 ( to emphasize opposite) it's not impossible/cheap ce n'est pas impossible/bon marché ; she's not a dishonest/an aggressive woman elle n'est pas malhonnête/agressive ; not without problems/some reservations non sans problèmes/quelques réserves ; you're not wrong tu n'as pas tort ; a not ou not an (entirely) unexpected response une réponse prévisible ;5 ( less than) moins de ; not three miles/hours from here à moins de trois miles/heures d'ici ; not five minutes ago il y a moins de cinq minutes ;6 ( in suggestions) hadn't we better pay the bill? est-ce qu'on ne ferait pas mieux de payer l'addition? ; couldn't we tell them later? est-ce qu'on ne pourrait pas le leur dire plus tard? ; why not do it now?, why don't we do it now? pourquoi ne pas le faire tout de suite? ;7 (with all, every) not all doctors agree, not every doctor agrees tous les docteurs ne sont pas d'accord ; not everyone likes it tout le monde ne l'aime pas ; it's not everyone that can speak several foreign languages tout le monde n'est pas capable de parler plusieurs langues ; it's not every day that ce n'est pas tous les jours que ;8 (with a, one) not a ou one pas un/-e, pas un/-e seul/-e ; not one ou a (single) chair/letter pas une seule chaise/lettre ; not a sound was heard on n'entendait pas un bruit ; not one ou a single person knew personne ne le savait.C † not but what ⇒ not that.D not that conj phr (it's) not that he hasn't been helpful/friendly non pas qu'il n'ait pas été serviable/aimable, ce n'est pas qu'il n'ait pas été serviable/aimable ; not that I know of pas (autant) que je sache ; if she refuses, not that she will… si elle refuse, je ne dis pas qu'elle le fera… Dans la langue parlée ou familière, not utilisé avec un auxiliaire ou un modal prend parfois la forme n't qui est alors accolée au verbe (eg you can't go, he hasn't finished).
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