NG

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ng"

Translingual

Symbol

NG

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

English

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Noun

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

Adjective

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

NG

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

Anagrams

Chinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

NG

  1. (film, television) outtake; blooper

Verb

NG

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

Etymology 2

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from NG, an initialism of new graduate.

Noun

NG

  1. (education) new graduates; fresh grad

Esperanto

Phrase

NG

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

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) from an initialism of no good.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: NG
  • → Chinese: NG

See also

References

  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

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ɲə³³/

Letter

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

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

See also

Pronunciation guide

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

NG • (enji) (hangeul 엔지)

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

Tagalog

Etymology

See Ng.

Letter

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

  1. alternative spelling of Ng

Letter

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

  1. alternative spelling of Ng

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ɛŋ/
    • (informal) IPA(key): /ŋ(ː)/

Letter

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.

See also

Mutation

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