nil

English Online Dictionary. What means nil‎? What does nil mean?

English

Etymology

From Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See nihilism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

nil (usually uncountable, plural nils)

1. Nothing; zero.
2. (sports) A score of zero

Derived terms

Translations

Determiner

nil

1. No, not any.

Related terms

• nihilism

See also

• eau de nil
• null
• nil desperandum

Anagrams

• Lin, lin., Lin., -lin, lin, NLI

Golin

Alternative forms

• nl, nĺ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɨ̆ĺ], [nĺ], [˩˧nɨ̆l]

Noun

nil

1. liquid; water

   Na nil ne dugudige. ― I swallowed water.

Derived terms

References

• Gordon Bunn, Golin Grammar (1974)

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nil/

Pronoun

nil (indefinite)

1. nothing

Latin

Etymology

Syncopic form of nihil, in turn from nihilum, from ne- (“not”) + hilum (“a hilum; a trifle, a bagatelle”), or unknown origin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niːl/, [niːɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nil/, [nil]

Noun

nīl n (indeclinable)

1. (chiefly poetic) nothing

References

• “nil”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nil”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English needle.

Noun

nil

1. needle
2. thorn