niente
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
niente (not comparable)
- (music) totally silent, as a musical direction (abbreviated to n. or ∅ in sheet music)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an earlier neente, either, from Latin ne gentem (“no person, no one”)[1] or from nec entem or ne entem[2][3], or from ne inde[4]. Compare Sicilian nenti, Piedmontese gnente, French néant.
The regional pronunciation with initial self-gemination of /nj-/ is by speakers who try to correct the /ɲ-/ because of the orthography, but keep the syllable structure, and thus gemination, of the original /ɲ-/.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈnjɛn.te/
Audio (file)
- (regional) IPA(key): */ˈɲɛn.te/, */ˈnjɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Syllabification: nièn‧te
Pronoun[edit]
niente
- nothing
- Synonym: nulla
- Cosa fai? Niente. ― What are you doing? Nothing.
- anything
- Synonym: nulla
- Hai bisogno di niente? ― Do you need anything?
- Non voglio niente da mangiare. ― I don't want anything to eat.
Determiner[edit]
niente (invariable)
Adverb[edit]
niente
Noun[edit]
niente m (invariable)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ niènte in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “niente”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ^ niente in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ^ niente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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