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Definition: Nothing |
NothingNoun1. A quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nothing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Nothing \Noth"ing\, noun. [From no, adjective. + thing.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Nothing "A tune played by the picture of nobody." (Shakespeare: Tempest, iii. 2.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Multilingual Slang | English (jackshit , sweet f.a.). (references) |
Slang | Jackshit, sweet f.a. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Nothing, nor. "There was nothing at the Columbian Exposition more beautiful, nor more suggestive of the progress of American art, than Tiffany's display." Change nor to or. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Nothing is the lack of anything. "Nothing" and "zero" are closely related, but not identical, concepts. The term "nothing" is rarely used mathematically, though it could be said that set contains nothing if and only if it is the empty set, in which case its cardinality (or size) is zero.The concept of "nothing" has been studied throughout history by philosophers and theologists; many have found that careful consideration of the notion can easily lead to the logical fallacy of reification. The understanding of "nothing" varies widely between cultures, especially between Western and Eastern cultures and philosophical traditions, though existentialism, and in particular Heidegger have brought the understandings closer together.
Informally, a person, event or object might be said to be nothing if it is particularly unimpressive.
Most of the Universe is said to made out of nothing, but this is equally thought to be dark matter, i.e. something.
For the mathematics of nothing see the zero article.
Related topics:
- Being and Nothingness, an existential novel by Jean Paul Sartre.
Nothing Records is the name of a record label founded by Trent Reznor and John Malm, Jr in 1992. Among the artists managed by the label are Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, and Autechre.
Nothing is also the name of a 1995 album by Dwight Yoakam, and a 1996 album by Velocity Girl
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nothing."
Synonyms: NothingSynonyms: aught (n), cipher (n), cypher (n), goose egg (n), nada (n), naught (n), nil (n), nix (n), null (n), zero (n), zilch (n), zip (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Zero | Noun: zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts, nixie, nix; zilch, zip, zippo; not a soul; ame qui vive; absence; unsubstantiality. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nothing |
| English words defined with "nothing": Good for nothing ♦ To go for nothing, To make nothing of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "nothing": Can't do nothing ♦ DANCE UPON NOTHING ♦ Much Ado about Nothing ♦ Next to Nothing, Nothing like ♦ Which Stands For Nothing. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "nothing": Haveless. (references) |
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Screenplays | You know what I mean? Nothing in it. The kind of a face I could fall into (On the Town; writing credit: Adolph Green and Betty Comden) It seems that every time we meet, I have nothing but bad news (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) In this day in time, you don't have to prove nothing to nobody except yourself (Rudy; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo) You who regrets nothing, you who feels nothing, if that's all I have left to learn, I can do that on my ownand as much as your invitation may appeal to me, I regretfully decline (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) That beautiful stage that you were gonna build for me. You were gonna light it with nothing but candles (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) | |
Lyrics | I've got to follow it, 'cause everything I know, well it's nothing till I give it to you. (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply) There ain't nothing bout you that don't do something for me (Ain't Nothing 'Bout You; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn) But nothing (Nothing Compares 2 U; performing artist: Sinéad O'Connor) I have nothing, nothing, nothing (I Have Nothing; performing artist: Whitney Houston) I feel there's nothing I can do, Yeah (Kryptonite; performing artist: 3 Doors Down) | |
Clever | Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. (references; author: Mark Twain) When wealth is lost, nothing is lost: when health is lost, something is lost: when character is lost, all is lost. (references; author: German Proverb) He who stands for nothing, falls for anything. (references; author: unknown) Love has reasons that reason knows nothing of. (references; author: unknown) If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Nothing But Common Sense (1972) Double or Nothing (1952) Nothing Counts But Love (1952) Life Is Nothing Without Music (1947) Trouble or Nothing (1946) | |
Song Titles | NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE (performing artist: Flirtations ) Nothing (performing artist: Mason Jennings) Nothing Really Matters (performing artist: Madonna) All Or Nothing (performing artist: O-Town) Don't Mean Nothing (performing artist: Richard Marx) | |
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![]() | Signal-building crew on way to mountain peak Hoping nothing bites their legs Off the PATHFINDER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Pollywog taking a bath Yum! Yum! A bath and lunch at the same Nothing better than fermented garbage A 1985 crossing of the line on the MALCOLM BALDRIGE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | The distinct blue in this image is caused by copper contamination, Bucktail Creek. Nothing lives in this environment. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ![]() | Figure 49. Thoulet bottle devised by Professor Julien Thoulet of the Universit y of Nancy. Nothing is known of the use of this bottle. Left: descending. Right: ascending. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | Figure 37. Jacob thermometer devised by Martin Knudsen and constructed by Friedrich C. Jacob of Copenhagen. This thermometer was mounted inside an insula ted bottle that was lowered from an underway ship. This thermometer was of a classic design that had nothing particularly new. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Dr. Kilmer's The Quick Cure : It Costs Nothing To Try. / J. Ottmann. Lith. Puck Bldg., N.Y. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | What can we get from using a condom? : Nothing...but pleasure and protection!. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Experimental coaling at sea while under way in April 1914. Rigging between the two ships was used to transfer two 800-pound bags of coal at a time. The bags were landed on a platform in front of the battleship's forward 12-inch gun turret, and then carried to the bunkers. Original photo is printed on a postal card, inscribed on the reverse: "This is a picture of us coaling at sea last April. I have put a cross over where I stood. I unhooked bags of coal when they came over. It is raining when this picture was taken. We were out of sight of land off coast of Virginia." The donor, a seaman in South Carolina at the time, comments: "it showed that this was possible but a very slow method of refueling. Nothing was heard of the test afterwards.". Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Engaged in an experimental coaling while under way at sea in 1914. Rigging between the two ships was used to transfer two 800-pound bags of coal at a time. The bags were landed on a platform in front of the battleship's forward 12-inch gun turret, and then carried to the bunkers. The donor, who served as a seaman in South Carolina at the time, comments: "it showed that this was possible but a very slow method of refueling. Nothing was heard of the test afterwards.". Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Know Nothing Polka dedicated to everybody by nobody. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Ceilings, nothing more than ce" by Velda Christensen Commentary: "A view of the ceiling in the LDS conference center." | "Learning from nothing" by Kelly Abbott Commentary: "Space is the time between love and loss." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | Nature does nothing uselessly. |
Auguste Rodin | I invent nothing, I rediscover. |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | Nothing quite new is perfect. |
Miguel De Cervantes | Thou hast seen nothing yet. |
Oscar Wilde | Nothing succeeds like success. |
Ovid | Nothing is stronger than habit. |
Voltaire | A witty saying proves nothing. |
William Shakespeare | Nothing can come of nothing. |
| Nothing will come of nothing. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | Nothing in future shall be given or taken for awrit of inquisition of life or limbs, but freely it shall be granted, and never denied. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | Nothing was made by God for man to spoil or destroy. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 2: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | That it thus reduces to nothing what we have deemed the greatest improvement on political institutions -- a written constitution -- would of itself be sufficient, in America, where written constitutions have been viewed with so much reverence, for rejecting the construction. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | There is nothing here but what you see. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1950) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | What I said just now, meant nothing. |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | Nothing illustrates a fallacy so well as an extreme case, which fairly comes under it. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Scrooge went to bed again, and thought, and thought, and thought it over and over and over, and could make nothing of it. |
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish | Douglas Adams | There's nothing to see, it's all over |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Nothing is too small or too trifling to undergo this change, and acquire dignity thereby |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Beyond the five or six great exceptions, which are the wonder of their age, contemporary admiration is nothing but shortsightedness |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He made you out of nothing. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Nothing but songs of death |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Nothing to do about it. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I heard a confused noise about me, but in the posture I lay, could see nothing except the sky. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Some people feel nothing at all when they first try marijuana. (references) | |
Menopause wasn’t so bad. I guess there’s nothing else to worry about. (references) | ||
Nothing about endometriosis is simple, and there are no absolute cures. (references) | ||
Business | Reagents (code 38.22) so far need nothing else but a formal import approval of the Ministry of Health. (references) | |
However, as mentioned earlier in this report, Chinese yards know virtually nothing about what U.S. companies offer. (references) | ||
The screens, as of yet, are too small to support graphics and colors, and the keypads are nothing more than a standard telephone pad with three letters designated for each number. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Sri Lanka | Police reportedly did nothing to stop the destruction of Muslim property. (references) |
Mozambique | Both the Government and the family agreed that he had nothing to do with the crime. (references) | |
Pakistan | According to Ahmadi sources, the police arrived at the scene, but did nothing to stop the crowd. (references) | |
Economic History | United Arab Emirates | There is talk of steps toward democratic government, but nothing concrete has emerged. (references) |
Burma | Last year, the GOB also said that GSM would be ready in May, and then November 2000, but nothing happened. (references) | |
China | Remember, there is nothing noble about losing money in China...it is just the same as losing money anywhere else. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belarus | The Lukashenka regime did nothing to refute these reports. (references) |
Guatemala | The court is empowered to close the case for lack of evidence should nothing further be submitted. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | Police allegedly took part in the killings and did nothing to prevent the villagers from entering the detention camp. (references) | |
Minorities | Sri Lanka | The Muslim community throughout the western portion of the country staged a number of protests claiming the police did nothing to prevent the riot. (references) |
Argentina | Since it reopened in 1999, there have been several telephoned bomb threats, including two during the year, made against the new AMIA Jewish community center building (which replaced the one destroyed by the bombing in 1994). No one has taken responsibility for the bomb threats, nothing was found in the building on these occasions, and there were no results from the formal investigations into the bomb threats. (references) | |
Political Rights | Malaysia | Opposition representatives charged that the Government did nothing to clean the electoral rolls of phantom voters following the judge's ruling and before the by-election was held. (references) |
Travel | Sweden | Nothing of import happens in Sweden during the month of July. (references) |
Russia | People not intending to export more than $1,500 may pass though the nothing to declare "green lines" at incoming customs. (references) | |
Women | Zambia | As a result, many widows receive little or nothing from the estate. (references) |
Worker Rights | Gabon | When nothing happened, the magistrates went on strike again in May. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | POVERTY, n. A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. The number of plans for its abolition equals that of the reformers who suffer from it, plus that of the philosophers who know nothing about it. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a prosperity where they believe these to be unknown. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Exploiting tragedy is nothing new. |
Dick Cheney | If nothing had happened. If there had not been the totally irresponsible charges last week, that wouldn't have affected any of this anyway. |
Jack Hanna | Never again will I do it. It was like a bullet going between my legs. Of course I held you know what so nothing would happen. I'll tell you that. It's unbelievable. |
Jim Jeffords | It's gone very well. I was very well received and nothing but praise and the book sales are going rapidly. |
Karl Lagerfeld | My father, he had all the business in France. He did, he had a factory with condensed milk, nothing to do with it. |
Mary Tyler Moore | Thank God. I've been depressed from time to time, but never so much that I would seriously consider doing something else that I knew nothing about. |
Regis Philbin | I've looked at all of the models. I don't think they've arrived at the right one yet. Nothing jumped out at me. I know there has got to be space reserved. |
Rush Limbaugh | Folks, America and Israel have had presidents and prime ministers come and go from both parties, and nothing has changed. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Hitherto, therefore, nothing is discoverable in the conduct of France which ought to change or relax our measures of defense. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | For defense against invasion their number is as nothing, nor is it conceived needful or safe that a standing army should be kept up in time of peace for that purpose. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Surely there could be nothing derogatory in that. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | This, nothing less, is the labor to which we are called and our strength dedicated. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Chairman, both of our countries have great unfinished tasks and I know that your people as well as those of the United States can ask for nothing better than to pursue them free from the fear of war. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We aspire to nothing that belongs to others. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Under this tax cut plan, they would pay nothing. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Paralyzed in a plane crash, he still believed nothing is impossible. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | There can't be any more something for nothing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Nothing" is generally used as a pronoun (indefinite) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nothing" is used about 34,028 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Pronoun (indefinite) | 100% | 34,028 | 247 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "nothing". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Halloesh | N/A | Biblical | Saying nothing |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "nothing": a lot of fuss about nothing ♦ a mere nothing ♦ accountants who know the price of everything and the value of nothing ♦ Almost nothing ♦ as if nothing was the matter ♦ astonished at nothing ♦ be good for nothing ♦ be nothing ♦ be nothing but skin and bone ♦ be nothing to ♦ be worth nothing ♦ bring to nothing ♦ buy smth. for nothing ♦ care nothing ♦ come in nothing ♦ come to nothing ♦ count for nothing ♦ dance upon nothing ♦ do nothing ♦ doing nothing unbusied ♦ for next to nothing ♦ for nothing ♦ get nothing ♦ get smth. for nothing ♦ go for nothing ♦ Good for nothing ♦ have nothing against ♦ have nothing to do ♦ have nothing to do with ♦ have nothing to lose ♦ he does nothing but moan ♦ he is a mere nothing ♦ he knows next to nothing ♦ he stands at nothing ♦ in nothing flat ♦ it avails nothing to ♦ it costs next to nothing ♦ it is nothing to laugh at ♦ it is nothing to me ♦ it is nothing to speak of ♦ it's nothing ♦ it's nothing else than a rumour ♦ it's nothing to laugh about bout ♦ it's nothing to speak of ♦ know nothing ♦ leave nothing to accident ♦ little or nothing ♦ live upon nothing ♦ make nothing of ♦ make nothing of smth. ♦ matter little or nothing ♦ much ado about nothing ♦ much ado for nothing ♦ neck or nothing ♦ next to nothing ♦ not for nothing ♦ nothing as so ♦ nothing at all ♦ nothing but ♦ nothing but bread ♦ nothing but dust ♦ nothing but skin and bones ♦ nothing comes amiss ♦ nothing doing ♦ nothing doing! ♦ nothing else ♦ nothing else matters ♦ nothing else than ♦ nothing except ♦ nothing further ♦ nothing good will come of it ♦ nothing great is easy ♦ nothing if not courageous ♦ nothing is certain but death and taxes ♦ nothing less than ♦ nothing like ♦ nothing like as ♦ nothing like leather ♦ nothing like so ♦ nothing loath ♦ nothing loath to come ♦ nothing loth ♦ nothing more ♦ nothing near so ♦ nothing of the kind ♦ nothing of the kind! ♦ nothing of the sort! ♦ nothing off ♦ nothing out of the ordinary ♦ nothing particular ♦ nothing remains but to accept ♦ nothing remains to be said ♦ nothing serious so far ♦ nothing to ♦ nothing to be done ♦ nothing to declare ♦ nothing to do ♦ nothing to report ♦ nothing to speak of ♦ nothing untoward had happened ♦ nothing venture nothing have. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "nothing": nothing-certainly, nothing-gift, nothing-happens, nothing-nothing, nothing-only, nothing-some, nothing-to-be-said, nothing-unless. | |
Ending with "nothing": all-or-nothing, n-nothing. | |
Containing "nothing": give-nothing-away, Know-Nothing Party, pretend-nothing-serious-has-happened, pretty-little-feather-brained-only-good-for-one-thing-bimbo-know-nothing-woman's-head, tell-nothing-but-know-everything. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "nothing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | niks (none, not an ace), niks nie. (various references) | |
Albanian | asgjë (Nix, none, there is nothing). (various references) | |
Arabic | لا شىء (naught, nil, nix, nought, scarcely), البتة (aught, nohow, noway, under no circumstance), إطلاقا (absolutely, at all, under no conditions), شخص عديم الأهمية. (various references) | |
Breton | netra. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съвсем не (far from it, no, no way, nohow, none, not at all, not by a long sight, noway, nowise), нула (cipher, goose-egg, love, naught, nil, nonentity, nought, null, ought, peanut, zero), небитие (negation, nonentity, nothingness, nullity), нищожество (insect, nit, nobody, nonentity, null, nullity, pygmy, squit, wet, whiff), нищо (naught, negation, never mind, nil, none, nothingness, nought, ought), никак (little, no, nohow, none, not by a long sight), ни най-малко (none, not a bit, not at all), дреболия (bagatelle, detail, doit, fiddlestick, fillip, knack, non essential, nothingness, pin head, playgame, tittle, toy, trick, trifle, twopence), далеч не (no, nowhere). (various references) | |
Catalan | res. (various references) | |
Chinese | 蔑 (belittle), 沒甚麼 (it doesn't matter, it's nothing, never mind), 沒什麼 (never mind; it's nothing), 无事. (various references) | |
Croatian | ništa. (various references) | |
Czech | nic (anything, naught, nihil, nil, Nix, nullity). (various references) | |
Danish | gratis (for nothing, free, gratis). (various references) | |
Dutch | niets (none, not an ace), niks (none, not an ace), nihil (naught, nil, nought, null, zero, zilch), niemendal (none, not an ace). (various references) | |
Esperanto | nenion, nenio. (various references) | |
Faeroese | einki (naught, neither, no, nobody, none, no-one, nought, null, zero, zilch). (various references) | |
Farsi | هیچ (Any, Ever, Naught, Never, Nil, Nix, None, Nought, Nowise, Whit, Zero), نیستی (Naught), صفر (Naught, Nil, Null, Zero), ابدا (Never, No, None, Nowise, Whatsoever, Whit), بی ارزش (Junky, Naught, Punk, Rubbish, Tripe, Unvalued). (various references) | |
Finnish | ei mikään (no, none). (various references) | |
Flemish | niets. (various references) | |
French | rien (not an ace, nothingness). (various references) | |
Frisian | neat. (various references) | |
Galician | nada. (various references) | |
German | nichts (emptiness, mere cipher, naught, nil, Nix, nobody, non, none, nonentity, not smth., nothingness, nought, trifle, triviality, void), null (dead loss, naught, nil, nonentity, nought, null, nullo, o, zero, zilch). (various references) | |
Greek | τίποτα (anything, naught, nil, nought). (various references) | |
Guarani | mba'eve. (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | anyen. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | hiçasgjë, askurrgjë, asgjësend, asgjëkafshë, asgjë. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לא כלום (naught, nothing at all), שום כלום, שום דבר (anything), אין (no, not, there is no, there is not, without), אפס (but, however, naught, nil, nought, only, ought, zero), כלום (anything, something). (various references) | |
Hungarian | semmi (any, aught, beans, diddly, diddly-squat, eff all, nae, naught, nil, Nix, none, not any, nothingness, nought, ought, sod all, to be no hope of sg, vacancy, zero, zilch), semmiség (doit, fillip, inanity, no sweat, nothingness, nullity, peanuts, pin's head, pin's point, small matter, trifle), egyáltalán nem (never, none, not at all, not in the least). (various references) | |
Icelandic | neitt, ekkert (no, not). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tidak berarti (meaningless, unmeaning), tidak ada apa-apa, tiada (neither). (various references) | |
Irish | faic. (various references) | |
Italian | niente (anything, nil, none, not at all), nulla (anything, naught, nil, Nix). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 水泡 (bubble, foam). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すいほう (a blister, bubble, foam), ぜつむ (naught, nil), ナッシング , なにごと (everything, something, what), なにもの (something, what kind of person, who), なにも, なんにも, なんとも (not a bit, quite), べつに (particularly), かいむ (sea fog), ことなし (easy, nothing to be done, safe), む (naught, nil, six, zero), だいなし (mess, spoiled). (various references) | |
Korean | 아무것. (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | näischt. (various references) | |
Manx | veg (anything, duck, love, none), neuhnee (naught, nil, nonentity, nothingness). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ingenting. (various references) | |
Papiamen | nada. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | othingnay.(various references) | |
Polish | nic. (various references) | |
Portuguese | nada (anything, damn, iota, naught, nil, nix, none, not an ace, nothingness, nought, null, ought, zero, zilch), coisa nenhuma (ought), bagatela (bagatelle, dab, doit, falderal, fangle, fillip, gewgaw, inch, kickshaw, knick-knack, nick-nack, ought, picayune, pin-head, rap, rot, rubbish, straw, toy, trifle, trinket). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | nada. (various references) | |
Quechua | imamanta (for nothing). (various references) | |
Romanian | nimic (anything, bauble, fillip, flea-bite, morsel, naught, negation, nil, nonentity, nothingness, nought, stiver, trifle). (various references) | |
Russian | ничто (naught, negation, none, nought, o, ought, the negative sign, zilch). (various references) | |
Scottish | neoni. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ninajmanje, nikako (means: by no means, never, no way, nohow, not at all, noway, nowise, poorly), ništa (naught, nil, nix, no, not at all). (various references) | |
Slovene | niè (zero). (various references) | |
Spanish | nada (any, aught, naught, nil, Nix, none, not any the, not at all, nothingness, nought, nowt, peanuts). (various references) | |
Sranan | noti. (various references) | |
Swedish | ingenting, intet (nil, no, not, nothingness). (various references) | |
Tagalog | wala (no, not). (various references) | |
Thai | ไม่มีอะไร, การไร้ความหมาย (meaninglessness), การไม่มีอะไร, คำพูดที่ไม่สำคัญ. (various references) | |
Turkish | sıfır (cipher, cypher, naught, nil, nought, null, o, ought, zero), olmaz (christ no, impossible, no, no deal, no dice, no way, nope, nothing doing, that cat won't jump, thumbs down, unlikely, unseemly), katiyen (absolutely not, by no manner of means, by no means, in no degree, in no wise, never, no way, no whit, nohow, not a whit, not at all, noway, on no account), hiçbir şey (nothing at all, sweet fanny), hiç (any, at all, aught, by any means, ever, far from, least of all, nary, naught, ne'er, never, nil, Nix, no, no whit, none, not a dreg, not a whit, not an iota, not at all, not exactly, not in the least, nought, null, nullity, ought, whatever, whatsoever, zero, zilch), híçbír xey, boş söz (piffle), asla (by no manner of means, by no means, ever, far from, in no way, in no wise, ne'er, never, nevermore, no way, no whit, nohow, not a bit, not a whit, not an iota, not at all, not by a fraction, nothing doing, nowise, nuts, on no account). (various references) | |
Turkmen | yns-jyns (no one), hiз. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | відсутність (absence, destitution, discontinuity, non-availability, privation, want), ніщо (any, anything, naught, negation, neither, nihil, nihility, none, nonentity, nothingness, nought, nullity, zero), нічого (never mind, nihil, nil), нуль (blob, cipher, naught, nihil, nil, nought, null, ought, zero), нереальність (unreality), небуття (nihility, no-being, nonentity, non-existence, nothingness), атеїст (atheist, freethinker, nothingarian), безбожник (atheist, infidel, nothingarian, scoffer), пустота (baldness, blank, emptiness, frothiness, vacuity, void), пусте місце (blank, negation, nobody), пусте (nonsense, nothingism), повне зникнення, дрібниця (bagatelle, barley-straw, fillip, minim, non essential, nonsense, nothingism, nought, trifle, triviality, whim-wham). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người tầm thường (cipher, jack sprat, nobody, philistine, scrub), người bất tài (nobody, whiffet), không là cái gì ngoài không còn cách gì khác ngoài, chuyện lặt vặt (fiddle-faddle, small beer), chuyện tầm thường (commonplace, fiddle-faddle), hẳn không (mean, meant, nohow, noway, noways, nowise), không được gì, không cái gì không hiểu đầu đuôi, không chút nào (none), cái không có người vô dụng, không giải quyết được, vật tầm thường con số không không, không xoay xở được, sự không có (default, inexistence, want), sự không tồn tại (inexistence, non-existence), tuyệt nhiên không, vật rất tồi, không dùng được (left-off). (various references) | |
Welsh | dim (any, anything, aught, no, none, something). (various references) | |
Yucatec | mixba'al. (various references) | |
Zulu | lutho. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | nihil. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | naêcish. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | nanwuht, nawiht. (various references) |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | sifr. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh oun fobhqhte autouV ouden gar estin kekalummenon o ouk apokalufqhsetai kai krupton o ou gnwsqhsetai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ne ergo timueritis eos nihil enim opertum quod non revelabitur et occultum quod non scietur |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Eornestlice ne ondræde ge hyo. Nissoðlice nan þing dihle þæt ne wurð geswuteled.ne nan þing ge-hyð þæt ne wurð geopened. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor drede ye not hem; for no thing is hid, that schal not be shewid; and no thing is priuey, that schal not be wist. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Feare the not therfore. There is no thinge so close that shall not be openned and no thinge so hyd that shall not be knowen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | "Busa, ayaw kamo pagkahadlok kanila; kay walay tinabonan nga dili pagaukban, o tinagoan nga dili mahibaloan. |
| Croatian | "Ne bojte ih se dakle. Ta ništa nije skriveno što se neæe otkriti ni tajno što se neæe doznati. |
| Danish | Frygter altså ikke for dem; thi intet er skjult, som jo skal åbenbares, og intet er lønligt, som jo skal blive kendt. |
| Dutch | Vreest dan hen niet; want er is niets bedekt, hetwelk niet zal ontdekt worden, en verborgen, hetwelk niet zal geweten worden. |
| Finnish | Älkää siis peljätkö heitä. Sillä ei ole mitään peitettyä, mitä ei tule paljastetuksi, eikä mitään salattua, mikä ei tule tunnetuksi. |
| French | Ne les craignez donc point; car il n`y a rien de caché qui ne doive être découvert, ni de secret qui ne doive être connu. |
| German | So fürchtet euch denn nicht vor ihnen. Es ist nichts verborgen, das es nicht offenbar werde, und ist nichts heimlich, das man nicht wissen werde. |
| Haitian Creole | Se sak fè nou pa bezwen pè pesonn. Pa gen anyen ki kache ki p'ap dekouvri yon lè. Nanpwen sekrè ki p'ap devwale. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Janganlah takut kepada manusia. Tidak ada yang tersembunyi, yang tidak akan kelihatan, dan tidak ada yang dirahasiakan yang tidak akan dibongkar. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sebab itu, janganlah kamu takut akan mereka itu, karena suatu pun tiada yang tertudung, yang tiada dibukakan kelak, dan suatu pun tiada yang tersembunyi, yang tiada dinyatakan kelak. |
| Italian | Non li temete dunque, poiché non v'è nulla di nascosto che non debba essere svelato, e di segreto che non debba essere manifestato. |
| Manx Gaelic | Ny gow-jee er-y-fa shen aggle roue: son cha vel nhee erbee follit nagh jir gys soilshey: ny nhee erbee keillit, nagh jig er-ash. |
| Maori | Na kaua e wehi i a ratou: kahore hoki he mea i hipokina e mahue te hura; he mea ranei i huna e mahue te mohio. |
| Norwegian | Frykt derfor ikke for dem! for intet er skjult som ikke skal bli åpenbaret, og intet er dulgt som ikke skal bli kjent; |
| Portuguese | Portanto, não os temais; porque nada há encoberto que não haja de ser descoberto, nem oculto que não haja de ser conhecido. |
| Rumanian | Awa cq sq nu vq temeyi de ei. Cqci nu este nimic ascuns care nu va fi descoperit, wi nimic tqinuit care nu va fi cunoscut. |
| Shuar | `Tuma asamtai aentska ashamkairap. Ashí uukma nu paant nekanattawai. |
| Spanish | "Así que, no les temáis. Porque no hay nada encubierto que no será revelado, ni oculto que no será conocido. |
| Swahili | "Basi, msiwaogope watu hao. Kila kilichofunikwa kitafunuliwa, na kila kilichofichwa kitafichuliwa. |
| Swedish | Frukten alltså icke för dem; ty intet är förborgat, som icke skall bliva uppenbarat, och intet är fördolt, som icke skall bliva känt. |
| Uma | "Aga nau' wae, neo' nipoka'eka' tauna to mpo'ewa-koi. Apa' hawe'ea kehi-ra to tewunii' bate kahiloa mpai'. Hawe'ea to hi rala nono-ra bate telohu mpai'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nothing": nothingness, nothingnesses, nothings. (additional references) | |
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"Nothing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anokhin, lothing, mothing, naethin, Nihonga, notghing, nothin, nothine, nothingth, nothingy, nothink, nothyng, nottidge, nuthin, onythin, oohhing, othing, rothing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "nothing" (pronounced nu"thing) |
| 3 | -th i ng | birthing, loathing, seething, sleuthing, something, unearthing, Worthing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-n-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: honing, noting, toning. | |
-2 letters: ingot, night, ninth, niton, ohing, thing, thong, tigon. | |
-3 letters: hint, hong, into, nigh, thin, thio, ting, tong. | |
-4 letters: ghi, gin, git, got, hin, hit, hog, hon, hot, inn, ion, nit, nog, noh, not, nth, tho, tin, tog, ton. | |
-5 letters: go, hi, ho, in, it, no, oh, on, ti, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-i-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: gnathion, northing, notching, nothings, thorning, throning. | |
+2 letters: gnathions, nightgown, nightlong, northings, phonating, thronging. | |
+3 letters: bethorning, dethroning, enthroning, foxhunting, inthroning, nightgowns, nonhunting, outhunting, outshining, pothunting, shortening, stonishing, toughening, unclothing, unthroning, youthening. | |
+4 letters: astonishing, foxhuntings, holystoning, hypnotizing, marathoning, nonteaching, nonthinking, nothingness, outpunching, outthanking, outthinking, overhunting, pothuntings, shortenings, shotgunning, smoothening, telephoning. | |
+5 letters: antipoaching, buttonholing, chlorinating, downshifting, halogenating, halogenation, heterodyning, marathonings, moonlighting, nonbreathing, nonthinkings, overhuntings, overnighting, overthinking, reenthroning, snapshotting, soothingness, truncheoning. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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