Nil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nil"

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Nil (definite accusative Nili, plural Nillər)

1. A transliteration of the English male given name Neil

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos), probably via Arabic نِيل (nīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnil]

Proper noun

Nil m

1. Nile (a river in Africa)

Derived terms

• Nil Blanc
• Nil Blau

Related terms

• nilòtic

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɪl]
• Hyphenation: Nil

Proper noun

Nil m inan (relational adjective nilský)

1. Nile

Declension

Declension of Nil (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Nil
genitive	Nilu
dative	Nilu
accusative	Nil
vocative	Nile
locative	Nilu
instrumental	Nilem

Further reading

• “Nil”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Nil”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Nil”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈniˀl]

Proper noun

Nil c

1. indefinite singular of Nilen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nil/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nil m

1. Nile (a major river in Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi)

Derived terms

• bec-en-sabot du Nil

Anagrams

• lin

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːl/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

der Nil m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Nil or des Nils)

1. Nile (a major river in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt, emptying into the Mediterranean)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nîl/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [nɪ̂l]

Proper noun

Nîl f

1. Nile

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnil/, [ˈnɪl]

Proper noun

Nil

1. Nile (a river in Africa)

Occitan

Proper noun

Nil m

1. Nile

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Nilus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲil/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: Nil
• Homophone: nil

Proper noun

Nil m inan

1. Nile (a major river flowing through Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi; one of the two longest rivers in the world, along with the Amazon)

Declension

Declension of Nil

	singular
nominative	Nil
genitive	Nilu
dative	Nilowi
accusative	Nil
instrumental	Nilem
locative	Nilu
vocative	Nilu

Derived terms

adjective

• nilowy

Further reading

• Nil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Nil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nîl/

Proper noun

Nȉl m (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏л)

1. Nile (a major river in Africa)

Turkish

Picture dictionary

Nil

Levant

Suriye

Lübnan

Filistin

İsrail

Ürdün

Mısır

Suudi Arabistan

Irak

Türkiye

Kuzey Kıbrıs

Güney Kıbrıs

Akdeniz

Kızıldeniz

Nil

Fırat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nil/

Proper noun

Nil

1. Nile
2. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Nil

	singular	plural
nominative	Nil	Niller
accusative	Nil'i	Nilleri
dative	Nil'e	Nillere
locative	Nil'de	Nillerde
ablative	Nil'den	Nillerden
genitive	Nil'in	Nillerin

Possessive forms of Nil

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Nil'im	Nillerim Nil'lerim
senin (your)	Nil'in	Nillerin Nil'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Nil'i	Nilleri Nil'leri
bizim (our)	Nil'imiz	Nillerimiz Nil'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Nil'iniz	Nilleriniz Nil'leriniz
onların (their)	Nil'i Nilleri Nil'leri	Nilleri Nil'leri