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Meaning of nothing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A1 Common
ˈnʌθɪŋ

Definitions

  1. Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Insignificant or worthless: "the utterly nothing role of a wealthy suitor" (Bosley Crowther).
  4. A nobody (insignificant person).
    countable, uncountable
  5. In no way or degree; not at all: She looks nothing like her sister.
  6. In very little time; very quickly.
  7. Certainly not.
  8. Nothing else to be done; no alternative: "There is nothing for it but to wait for the end" (Samuel Beckett).
  9. Slang. Lacking all worth and value:drossy, good-for-nothing, inutile, no-good, valueless, worthless.
  10. no thing; not anything. There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say. niks لا شَيء нищо nada nic nichts ingenting; ikke noget; intet τίποταnada mitte midagi هیچی ei mitään rienשום דבר कुछ नहीं ništa semmi tidak ada apa-apa ekkert niente 何も~ない 아무것도 …아니다 niekas nekas tiada apa nietsingenting, ikke noe, intetnic هيڅ هم نه nada nimic ничто; ничего nič nič ništa inget, ingenting ไม่มีอะไร hiçbir şey 沒有任何東西,沒有任何事 ніщо, нічого کچھ نہيں، کچھ بھي نہيں không có gì 没有东西,没有事情
  11. the number 0; nought. The final score was five – nothing (= 5 – 0). nul صَفر нула zero nula die Null nul μηδένcero null صفر nolla zéroאפס शून्य nula nulla nol, kosong núll zero ゼロ 영, 제로 nulis nulle tidak satu apa pun nulnullzero صفر zero zero ноль; ничто nula ničla nula noll ศูนย์ sıfır 零,無 нуль صفر số không 零,无
  12. not at all. He's nothing like his father. glad nie صَفْر въобще не nada vůbec ne keineswegs slet ikke καθόλουde ningún modo, de ninguna manera mitte sugugi ابدا ei ollenkaan kuin en rien בכלל לא बिलकुल नहीं, तनिक भी नहीं ni najmanje egyáltalán nem sama sekali tidak alls ekki per nulla/niente, non affatto 少しも~ない 전혀 ...아니다 visai ne nemaz, nepavisam tidak sama sekali helemaal nietslett ikke, ikke det spor zupełnie nie اصلا نه nada deloc нисколько, совсем нет vôbec ne- sploh ne ni nalik inte alls...
  13. the state of being nothing or of not existing; emptiness. niet لا شَيْئِيَّه небитие nada nicota; prázdnota die Nichtigkeit intethed; intet; tomhed ανυπαρξία, κενότηταnada, vacío olematus هيچ بودن؛ ناچيزى tyhjyys néant חוֹסֶר עֵרֶך अनवस्था ništa, nepostojanje semmi, űr kekosongan tóm, ekkert nulla 無 무(의 상태), 없음 niekas, tuštuma nekas; tukšums; nebūtība tidak wujud nietstomhet, intethetnicość هيڅ،وړه موضوع nada neant ничтожность; ничто ničota ničnost ništavilo intighet, intet ความว่างเปล่า yokl...

Equivalents

Afrikaans niks
العربية عدم لا شيء
Azərbaycanca heç nə
Беларуская нічога нішто
Български дреболия нищо
বাংলা কিছু না
Bosanski dim kitu nada ren
Català re res
Čeština drek houbelec houbeles hovno nic stará bela
Cymraeg dîm dim byd
Ελληνικά μηδέν τίποτα
Esperanto nenio
Euskara ezerez
فارسی هیچ هیچچیز
Français nulle chose rien
Gaeilge neamhní
Gàidhlig sìon
Galego nada nimigalla ren
हिन्दी घंटा
Hrvatski dim kitu nada ren
Magyar semmi semmiség
Հայերեն ոչինչ
Bahasa Indonesia nol
Íslenska ekkert
ქართული არაფერი
Kurdî dim hîç niç nîç reş reş wala
Кыргызча эч нерсе
Latina nihil nihilum
Lëtzebuergesch näischt
Lietuvių niekas
Latviešu nekas
Македонски ништо
Malti xejn
Nederlands niemendal niets niks
Português nada nenhuma coisa
Română bagatelă fleac nimic
Slovenčina nič
Slovenščina nič
Српски dim kitu nada ren
Svenska bagatell ingen ingenting inget intet
Kiswahili kitu
Tagalog wala
Українська нікче́ма нічого ніщо
Yorùbá ohunkóhun

Examples

“- What happened to your face? - It's nothing.”
“Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.”
“Knuckles: The Egg Carrier is nothing compared to this!”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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