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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nil"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See nihilism.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nil (usually uncountable, plural nils)
- Nothing; zero.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
- As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil.
- (sports) A score of zero
- The football match ended in a nil-nil draw.
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Translations[edit]
nothing
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Determiner[edit]
nil
- No, not any.
- 1982, Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:
- But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.
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Golin[edit]
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Noun[edit]
nil
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References[edit]
- Gordon Bunn, Golin Grammar (1974)
Interlingua[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
nil (indefinite)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Syncopic form of nihil, in turn from nihilum, from ne- (“not”) + hilum (“a hilum; a trifle, a bagatelle”), or unknown origin
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nīl n (indeclinable)
- (chiefly poetic) nothing
- Bene scripsisti de me, Thoma. Quam ergo mercedem accipies? Nil nisi te.
- You have written well of me, Thomas. What reward therefore will you receive? Nothing unless it is you.
- Bene scripsisti de me, Thoma. Quam ergo mercedem accipies? Nil nisi te.
References[edit]
- “nil”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nil”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Tok Pisin[edit]
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nil
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