NG

See also: -ng, -ոց, .ng, ng, nG, Ng, ng̃, Ng̃, and n͠g

🆖 U+1F196, 🆖
SQUARED NG
← 🆕
[U+1F195] 		Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement 🆗 →
[U+1F197]

Translingual
Presentations of NG︎
Text
style		Emoji
style
🆖︎🆖️
Note: Character's appearance
may be different on each system.
Text style is forced with ︎
and emoji style with ️

Symbol

NG

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

English

Etymology

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

NG (countable and uncountable, plural NGs)

  1. (petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
  2. Initialism of nitroglycerin.
  3. (Internet) Initialism of newsgroup.
  4. (rail transport) Initialism of narrow gauge.

Translations

Adjective

NG (not comparable)

  1. Not OK. Initialism of no good.
  2. Initialism of nasogastric.

Proper noun

NG

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

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese NG.

Pronunciation

Noun

NG

  1. (film, television) blooper

Verb

NG

  1. (film, television) to have a blooper

Esperanto

Phrase

NG

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

Japanese

Etymology

Initialism of English no good

Pronunciation

Noun

N(エヌ)G(ジー) • (enujī) 

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

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

Initialism of English 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) a blooper
  2. (manufacturing) a defected product

Synonyms
  • (manufacturing) 불량품 (不良品, bullyangpum)

Antonyms
  • (manufacturing) OK (okei)
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