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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]- IPA(key): /nɪl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪl
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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]nothing
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zero (in sports)
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.
Related terms
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[edit]Golin
[edit]Alternative forms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]nil
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Gordon Bunn, Golin Grammar (1974)
Interlingua
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[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]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /niːl/, [niːɫ̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nil/, [nil]
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 other than you.
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
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[edit]nil
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