♦ neither

♦ neither
♦ neither /ˈnaɪðə(r)/ /ˈni:ðə(r)/
A a. e pron.
né l'uno né l'altro; nessuno dei due: Neither accusation is true, né l'una né l'altra accusa è vera; Neither of the books is of any use to me, non mi serve nessuno dei due libri; Neither of them knows, nessuno di loro (due) lo sa NOTA D'USO: -they-
B avv. e cong.
1 (correl. di nor) né: It's neither brown nor yellow, non è né marrone né giallo (è di un colore intermedio); Neither they nor she is (neither she nor they are) going there (o Neither she is going there nor they are), non ci andranno né loro né lei
2 nemmeno; neanche; neppure: If you don't accept the offer, neither shall I, se tu non accetti l'offerta, non l'accetterò neanch'io; «I don't want it» «Neither do I», «non lo voglio» «neanch'io»; I don't know and neither do I care, non lo so e neppure me ne importa
● (fig.) That's neither here nor there, questo c'entra come i cavoli a merenda.

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