Un-

Etymology 1
Privative, from un-:, from, related to Latin in-:, Ancient Greek ἀ-: (modern Greek α-:) and Sanskrit अ-:.

Prefix

 * 1)  not
 * unannounced — “not being announced”
 * uneducated — “not educated”
 * unattractive — “not attractive”
 * unconstitutional — “not constitutional”
 * 1)  absent, lacking
 * unrest — “a lack of rest (peace); war”
 * unhope:

Translations
''NOTE: Words using the prefix un- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.''


 * Armenian:, , ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: on-
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: in-
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:


 * Latin: in-
 * Norwegian: u-
 * Old Norse: ,
 * Polish: nie-
 * Romanian: ne-
 * Russian: не-
 * Scottish Gaelic: ao-, mì-, neo-, eu-, do-, an-
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian:, , ,
 * Catalan:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Russian: без-, не-
 * Scottish Gaelic: ao-, mì-, neo-, eu-, do-
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Afrikaans: on-
 * Albanian: pa-
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: na-
 * Basque: -a
 * Bulgarian: не-
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 不
 * Croatian: ne-


 * Czech: ne-
 * Danish: u-
 * Dutch: on-
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek: αντι-
 * Russian: не-
 * Scottish Gaelic: an-, mì-
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 2
From and-:

Prefix

 * 1) reverse, opposite
 * to undress — “to take one's clothes off”
 * to unwind — “to reverse a winding”
 * to unlock — “to undo the locking of”
 * 1) * 1996, Diane Warren (writer), Toni Braxton (singer), “Un-Break My Heart”, Secrets, LaFace
 * Un-cry these tears I cried so many nights / Un-break my heart
 * 1) release, free, remove, extract.
 * to uncage — “to release from a cage”
 * to untangle — “to remove the tangling of”

Synonyms

 * anti-, in-, non-
 * de-, dis-

Translations
''NOTE: Words using the prefix un- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.''


 * Armenian:
 * French: ,
 * Greek: απο-


 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 3
From Latin ūnus

Prefix
un-


 * 1) Used to form temporary names of elements (such as ununbium) whose existence has been predicted, and have not yet been given a systematic name.

Synonyms

 * -un-

Prefix

 * 1) un- (denoting absence, a lack of; violative of; contrary to)

Etymology
From un:.

Prefix

 * 1) uni-, mono-, one

Etymology 1
, from, a prefix use of the particle *undefined:. Cognate with Old Saxon undefined: (Dutch on-:), Old High German un-: (German un-:), Old Norse ó-: (Swedish o-:, Norwegian u:), and Gothic 𐌿𐌽-:. The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek α-:, αν-:, Latin in-:, and Old Irish in-:.

Prefix

 * 1)  negation, privation, or absence of
 * 2) bad, used to denote a pejorative sense (compare mis-, mal-)
 * undǣd "un-deed, a bad deed"
 * unlæce:
 * 1)  down
 * unsettan:

Etymology 2
Originally identical with and-:, from. Cognate with Old Frisian und-:, Old Saxon ant-:, Old High German ant-: (German ent-:).

Alternative forms

 * on-

Prefix

 * 1) Forming verbs from verbs, with an opposite or reversive sense.

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