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

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)

2. (petrochemistry) Initialism of natural gas.
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.

Translations

(petrochemistry) natural gas

French: GN (fr) m (gaz naturel)

(Internet) newsgroup

French: NG (fr) m

Adjective

NG (not comparable)

1. Not OK. Initialism of no good.

   Synonym: 🆖

   Hyponym: NFG

2. Initialism of nasogastric.

Proper noun

NG

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

Anagrams

• gn, gn., GN

Chinese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēnjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): en¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēnjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄣ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: enji
    • Wade–Giles: ên¹-chi¹
    • Yale: ēn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enji
    • Palladius: эньцзи (enʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: en¹ zi¹
    • Cantonese Pinyin: en¹ dzi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Noun

NG

1. (film, television) outtake; blooper
2. (education) new graduates; fresh grad

Verb

NG

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

Esperanto

Phrase

NG

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