nil

nil

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Nila.

Symbol

nil

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nila.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Nila terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (nothing). See nihilism, nihility.

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,

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniːɫ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnil]

Noun

nīl n (indeclinable)

  1. syncopic form of nihil (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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian nyíl.

Noun

nil n (uncountable)

  1. (regional) sling
    Synonym: praștie

Declension

References

  • nil in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English needle.

Noun

nil

  1. needle
  2. thorn

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