nihil

• IPA^(key): /ˈnihil/

nihil

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

• nīl
• nichil (Medieval)

From nihilum, from ne- (“not”) +‎ hilum (“a trifle, a bagatelle”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.hil/, [ˈnɪ.hɪɫ]

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• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.kil/

nihil n (indeclinable)

1. indefinite nothing
   • c. 185 BCE – 159 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 1.77:

     Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

     I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.8:

     Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque sentiam.

     You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think of nothing which I not only do not hear, but which I do not see and know every particular of.

   Nihilne in mentem? ― Does nothing come to mind?

   Nihil est. ― It's nothing.

   Nihil sub sole novum. ― There is nothing new under the sun.

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

• adnihilātiō
• adnihilātor

• 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, 1883–1887)
• nihil in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I cannot wait till..: nihil mihi longius est or videtur quam dum or quam ut
    
  • nothing is more tiresome to me than..: nihil mihi longius est quam (c. Inf.)
    
  • a wise man is in no way affected by this: hoc nihil ad sapientem pertinet
    
  • to live a life free from all misfortune: nihil calamitatis (in vita) videre
    
  • to afford no consolation: nihil habere consolationis
    
  • to considerably (in no way) further the common good: multum (nihil) ad communem utilitatem afferre
    
  • I will refuse you nothing: nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo
    
  • not to trouble oneself about a thing: nihil omnino curare
    
  • there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut)
    
  • to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: nihil ex pristina virtute remittere
    
  • to do no business with a man: nihil cum aliquo contrahere
    
  • not to mention..: ut non (nihil) dicam de...
    
  • but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
    
  • there is something in what you say; you are more or less right: aliquid (τι) dicis (opp. nihil dicis)
    

• نيهيل‎

From Latin nihil.

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

nihil (Jawi spelling نيهيل)

1. zero

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

Only used in nihil obstat