nenhum
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese nin (h)ũu, earlier nen (h)ũu, from Late Latin nec ūnus (“not even one”). Displaced the collateral form ningũu. Compare Galician ningún, Spanish ninguno.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ũ
- Hyphenation: ne‧nhum
Determiner edit
nenhum (feminine nenhuma, masculine plural nenhuns, feminine plural nenhumas)
Usage notes edit
- The plural forms nenhuns and nenhumas are now uncommon and are only used with pluralia tantum, nouns that change meaning in the plural, and multiple things considered together (e.g. nenhuns dois lugares ("no two places")).
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:nenhum.