🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

niente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈnjɛnte

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nothing/ˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/
pronounnounadverbCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #45 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Non c'è niente nel frigorifero."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Not anything; no single thing.

    "After searching for hours, I found nothing in the drawer."
  2. 2

    A situation or condition that is devoid of significance or value.

    "He felt that his efforts were for nothing."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'nāht', a compound of 'ne' (not) and 'wiht' (creature, thing). Over historical eras, it evolved through Middle English 'nowght' and 'naught' into the modern phonetic and semantic form representing the complete absence of anything.

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