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nihil

/ˈnɪ.hɪl/

nihil noun: a nihil dicit.

Noun

nihil (countable and uncountable, plural nihils)

  1. (countable) A nihil dicit.
  2. (uncountable) nothingness, nonbeing
    • I shall no longer believe all the visions of my youth:
      They have dissolved into nihil.1996, David Tibet, “The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal)” (lyrics)
    • All tales about the beginning are apt to eliminate the nothing and make being overall. […] Without Nihil the whirlpool of the beginning settles down and becomes a stagnant puddle of pure being. Nihil disappears.2008, Arvydas Šliogeris, Names of Nihil, page 13

nihil meaning in Urdu

nihil in Urdu

عدم

Forms of nihil

pluralnihils

Origin of nihil

From Latin nihil, nil.

Words formed from nihil

Phrases with nihil

Words that rhyme with nihil

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about nihil

What does nihil mean?
Nihil means a nihil dicit.
What is nihil in Urdu?
Nihil in Urdu is عدم. See Nihil meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is nihil?
Nihil is a noun.
How do you pronounce nihil?
Nihil is pronounced /ˈnɪ.hɪl/.
What is the plural of nihil?
The plural of nihil is nihils.

Words near nihil in the dictionary

  1. Nihangs
  2. nihari
  3. Niharika
  4. Nihart
  5. Niharts
  6. nihil
  7. nihil album
  8. nihil debet
  9. nihil dicit
  10. nihil dicits
  11. nihil obstat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nihil (page history and authors); nihil (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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