néant

See also: neant

French

Etymology

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ne gentem ("no person, no one"), or ne entem. Compare Italian niente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.ɑ̃/

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Noun

néant m (plural néants)

1. nothingness, void, emptiness

Derived terms

• anéantir
• fainéant

Further reading

• “néant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tanne, tanné