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5-letter words (1 found)

NIHIL,

4-letter words (1 found)

HILI,

3-letter words (3 found)

HIN,LIN,NIL,

2-letter words (3 found)

HI,IN,LI,

You can make 8 words from nihil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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nihil inhil nhiil hniil ihnil hinil niihl inihl niihl inihl iinhl iinhl nhiil hniil nihil inhil hinil ihnil ihinl hiinl iihnl iihnl hiinl ihinl nihli inhli nhili hnili ihnli hinli nilhi inlhi nlihi lnihi ilnhi linhi nhlii hnlii nlhii lnhii hlnii lhnii ihlni hilni ilhni lihni hlini lhini niilh inilh niilh inilh iinlh iinlh nilih inlih nliih lniih ilnih linih nilih inlih nliih lniih ilnih linih iilnh iilnh ilinh liinh ilinh liinh nhili hnili nihli inhli hinli ihnli nhlii hnlii nlhii lnhii hlnii lhnii nilhi inlhi nlihi lnihi ilnhi linhi hilni ihlni hlini lhini ilhni lihni ihiln hiiln iihln iihln hiiln ihiln ihlin hilin ilhin lihin hliin lhiin iilhn iilhn ilihn liihn ilihn liihn hilin ihlin hliin lhiin ilhin lihin

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Definitions and meaning of nihil

nihil

Etymology

From Latin nihil, nil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪ.hɪl/, /ˈniː(h)ɪl/, /ˈnaɪ(h)ɪl/, /-əl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪəl

Noun

nihil (countable and uncountable, plural nihils)

  1. (countable, law) A nihil dicit.
  2. (uncountable, chiefly philosophy) nothingness, nonbeing
    • 1996, David Tibet, “The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal)” (lyrics):
      I shall no longer believe all the visions of my youth:
      They have dissolved into nihil.

Derived terms

  • nihilhood

Related terms

  • nihil obstat

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnihil/

Pronoun

nihil

  1. (indefinite) The absence of anything; nothing.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • nīl
  • nichil (medieval spelling)

Etymology

From nihilum, from ne- (“not”) +‎ hīlum (“the least bit”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈni.hil/, [ˈni(ɦ)ɪɫ̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.kil/, [ˈniːkil]

Pronoun

nihil n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

  1. (indefinite) nothing
    Nīl·ne in mentem·st? ― Cannot you think of anything?
    Nihil est. ― It's nothing/It doesn't matter.
    Nihil sub sōle novum. ― Nothing new under the sun (proverb).

Usage notes

  • This pronoun can be used with a neuter nominative/accusative singular adjective (e.g. nihil bonum), or with the genitive singular of a second-declension neuter adjective (e.g. nihil bonī), but it is not used with the genitive singular of third-declension adjectives.
  • In Latin, negation is expressed by a single negative word per clause (i.e., Latin does not have negative concord). If another negative word is present, such as nec (“nor, and not”) or numquam (“never”), the negative polarity pronoun quidquam/quicquam (“anything”) is used instead of nihil (“nothing”) unless the pronoun represents a second, logically distinct negation.

Declension

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular, singular only.

The senses of the remaining cases are usually rendered with forms of nūllus + rēs, e.g. genitive nūllīus reī. The genitive nihilī and the ablative nihilō, from nihilum, have idiomatic senses.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • adnihilātiō
  • adnihilātor

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: nicles

References

  • “nihil”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nihil”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nihil in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nihil in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Malay

Alternative forms

  • نيهيل

Etymology

From Latin nihil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nihel/
  • Rhymes: -hel, -el

Numeral

nihil (Jawi spelling نيهيل)

  1. zero

Synonyms

  • kosong / کوسوڠ
  • sifar / صفر
  • nol / نول

Source: wiktionary.org