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nil

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Nila.

Symbol

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nil

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nila.

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (nothing). See nihilism, nihility.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nil (usually uncountable, plural nils)

  1. 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.
  2. (sports) A score of zero
    The football match ended in a nil-nil draw.

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Translations

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Determiner

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nil

  1. 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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Anagrams

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Golin

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nɨ̆ĺ], [nĺ], [˩˧nɨ̆l]

Noun

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nil

  1. liquid; water
    Na nil ne dugudige.I swallowed water.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Gordon Bunn, Golin Grammar (1974)

Interlingua

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nil (indefinite)

  1. nothing

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nīl n (indeclinable)

  1. syncopic form of nihil (nothing)
    ‘Bene scripsisti de me, Thoma. Quam ergo mercedem accipies?’ ‘Nil nisi te, Domine.’
    ‘You have written well of me, Thomas. What reward would you like?’ ‘Nothing but you, Lord.’

References

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  • 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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hungarian nyíl.

Noun

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nil n (uncountable)

  1. (regional) sling
    Synonym: praștie

Declension

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Declension of nil
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative nil nilul
genitive-dative nil nilului
vocative nilule

References

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  • nil in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English needle.

Noun

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nil

  1. needle
  2. thorn