nenhum
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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
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- 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.
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin
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