nonfunctional

English

Alternative forms

• non-functional

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Germanic *ne

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Germanic *ainaz

Proto-Germanic *nainaz

Proto-West Germanic *nain

Old English nān

Middle English non

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Old English nān

Old English nān-

Middle English non-

English non-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰunégti

Proto-Italic *fungōr

Latin fungor

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin fūnctiō

Old French fonction

Middle French functionbor.

English function

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English functional

English nonfunctional

From non- + functional.

Adjective

nonfunctional (not comparable)

1. Not functional; useless; broken.

   Antonym: functional

2. (programming) Not of the functional programming paradigm.

   Antonym: functional

   Coordinate terms: nonimperative, nondeclarative

3. (mathematics, of a relation) Not a function in the mathematical sense.

   Antonym: functional

Derived terms

• non-functional DNA
• nonfunctionally

Translations

not functional; broken

• German: nichtfunktional
• Manx: neuobbragh, neuobbree
• Romanian: nefuncțional (ro)