English Online Dictionary. What means nil? What does nil mean?
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Nila.
Symbol
nil
- (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)
- Nothing; zero.
- (sports) A score of zero
Derived terms
Translations
Determiner
nil
- 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
- 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)
- nothing
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniːɫ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnil]
Noun
nīl n (indeclinable)
- 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)
- (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
- needle
- thorn