NG

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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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Etymology

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no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).

Noun

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NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)

  1. (petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
  2. Initialism of nitroglycerin.
  3. (Internet) Initialism of newsgroup.
    Could someone please re-post the FAQ to the NG?
  4. (rail transport) Initialism of narrow gauge.

Translations

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Adjective

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NG (not comparable)

  1. Not OK. Initialism of no good.
    Hyponym: NFG
  2. Initialism of nasogastric.

Proper noun

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NG

  1. (Internet) Initialism of Newgrounds.
  2. Initialism of National Geographic.

Anagrams

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Chinese

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Etymology

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From Japanese NG (NG), from English NG (no good).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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NG

  1. (film, television) outtake; blooper

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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Initialism of English no good

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

Korean

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Etymology

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Initialism of English no good, perhaps via Japanese

Pronunciation

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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) a blooper
  2. (manufacturing) a defected product

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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  • (manufacturing) OK (okei)

Tagalog

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Etymology

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See Ng.

Letter

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NG (upper case, lower case ng, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)

  1. Alternative spelling of Ng

Letter

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NG (upper case, lower case ng, Baybayin spelling )

  1. Alternative spelling of Ng