neither

adj.
Not one or the other; not either: Neither shoe feels comfortable.

pron.
Not either one; not the one or the other: Neither of the twins is here. Neither will do. Neither of them is incorrect.

conj.

1. Not either; not in either case. Used with the correlative conjunction nor: Neither we nor they want it. She neither called nor wrote. I got neither the gift nor the card.
2. Also not: If he won't go, neither will she.

adv.
Similarly not; also not: Just as you would not, so neither would they.

[Middle English, from Old English nāwther, nāhwæther (influenced by æghwæther, ægther, either) : nā, not + hwæther, which of two.]

USAGE NOTE   According to the traditional rule, neither is used only to mean "not one or the other of two." To refer to "none of several," none is preferred: None (not neither) of the three opposition candidates would make a better president than the incumbent. • The traditional rule also holds that neither is grammatically singular: Neither candidate is having an easy time with the press. However, it is often used with a plural verb, especially when followed by of and a plural: Neither of the candidates are really expressing their own views. • As a conjunction neither is properly followed by nor, not or, in formal style: Neither prayers nor curses (not or curses) did any good. See Usage Notes at either, every, he¹, none, nor¹, or¹.

IN BRIEF: Not one nor the other.

If it isn't one thing, it's another, unless it's neither. — Zaadz.com

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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: after a negative statement used to indicate that the next statement is similarly negative

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Dansk (Danish)
det., -
pron. - ingen (af to), ingen af delene
adv. - heller ikke, ligeså ikke
adj. - hverken eller
conj. - heller ikke

idioms:

• neither here nor there    irrelevant, hører ingen steder hjemme

Nederlands (Dutch)
noch, geen van beide (n), ook niet, evenmin

Français (French)
det. - aucun des deux
pron. - ni l'un ni l'autre
adv. - ni ... ni, ni
adj. - aucun des deux, ni l'un ni l'autre
conj. - ni...ni, ni, ne ... plus, (et ...) non plus, d'ailleurs ... ne ... pas (littér)

idioms:

• neither here nor there    (ne pas être) la question, (n'avoir rien) à voir avec la question

Deutsch (German)
conj. - weder, auch nicht
adv. - auch nicht
det. - doch auch (wieder)
pron. - kein(er, e, es)
adj. - kein(er, e, es)

idioms:

• neither here nor there    völlig nebensächlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
conj. - ούτε
adv. - κανείς από τους δύο, ούτε, ούτε ο ένας ούτε ο άλλος

idioms:

• neither here nor there    άνευ σημασίας, άσχετος

Italiano (Italian)
né, nemmeno

idioms:

• neither here nor there    né questo né quello

Português (Portuguese)
conj. - nem
adv. - tampouco

idioms:

• neither here nor there    nem aqui, nem lá

Русский (Russian)
никто, никакой

idioms:

• neither here nor there    ни здесь, ни там, не касается

Español (Spanish)
det. - ni
pron. - ninguno, ni uno ni otro, ni el uno ni el otro
adv. - ni siquiera, ni aun
adj. - ninguno de los dos, ni uno ni otro, ninguno, ningún
conj. - ni, tampoco

idioms:

• neither here nor there    nada que ver, no hacer al caso

Svenska (Swedish)
conj. - varken, (inte) heller
adv. - varken, (inte) heller

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
两者都不, 皆不, 两不, 既不...又不, 也不

idioms:

• neither here nor there    不相干, 没有关系的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
det. - 兩者都不
pron. - 兩者都不
adv. - 皆不, 兩不
adj. - 兩者都不
conj. - 既不...又不, 也不

idioms:

• neither here nor there    不相干, 沒有關係的

한국어 (Korean)
det. - not either
pron. - (양자 중의)어느쪽도 ~이 아니다
adv. - ~도~도 ~아니다
adj. - 어느 ~도 아니다
conj. - ~도~도 ~아니다

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - どちらも…ない, …もまた…しない, 少しも…ない

idioms:

• neither .. nor    ～も～もない
• neither here nor there    要点を外れて, 取るに足らない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف عطف) لا هذا ولا ذاك, ولا واحد (ظرف) ولا, لا ... ولا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
det. - ‮אף אחד (משניהם) לא‬
pron. - ‮אף אחד (משניהם) לא‬
adv. - ‮אף אחד מהם לא, וגם לא‬
adj. - ‮לא זה ולא זה‬
conj. - ‮אף אחד (משניהם) לא, לא יותר, לא עוד‬

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