nihil

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: /"nihil/

Pronoun

nihil

1. (indefinite) The absence of anything; nothing.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈni.hil/

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Pronoun

nihil n

1. (indefinite) nothing
   • Heauton Timorumenos (“The Self-Tormentor”) by Publius Terentius Afer

     Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

     I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)

     Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque sentiam.

     You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think of nothing which I not only do not hear, but which I do not see and know every particular of.

   Nihilne in mentem?

   Does nothing come to mind?

   Nihil est.

   It's nothing.

Related terms

• nihil album
• nihil debet
• nihil dicit
• nil
• nichil
• nilum
• nihilum
• adnihilare/adnihilare

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Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nihil

Etymology

From Latin nihil.

Alternative forms

• نيهيل

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nihel/
• Rhymes: -hel, -el

Numeral

nihil (Jawi spelling نيهيل)

1. (cardinal) zero

Synonyms

• kosong / کوسوڠ
• sifar / صفر
• nol / نول