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niente

niente

Italian

Pronoun

niente

  1. nothing
    Cosa fai? Niente. - What are you doing? Nothing.
  2. anything
    Hai bisogno di niente? - Do you need anything?
    Non voglio niente da mangiare. - I don't want anything to eat.

Adjective

niente

  1. no, (after a negative) any
    Niente bugie! - No lies!

Adverb

niente

  1. at all
  2. nothing, anything

Noun

niente m ‎(invariable)

  1. nothing

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sapere.it/enciclopedia/ni%C3%A8nte.html
  2. ↑ http://etimo.it/?term=niente
  3. ↑ http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ricerca/?q=niente
  4. ↑ http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/niente/

Etymology

From an earlier neente, either, from Latin ne gentem ("no person, no one")[1] or from nec entem or ne entem [2], [3] Template:dubious, or from ne inde[4]. Compare Sicilian nenti, French néant.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnte

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