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nil  (nl)

n.

Nothing; zero.

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[Latin nl, contraction of nihil; see ne in Indo-European roots.]

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nil adj.

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nil [nɪl]

n

another word for nothing: used esp in the scoring of certain games

[from Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nil - 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" goose egg, nada, naught, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo, aught, cypher, cipher relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"

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nil

noun

1. nothing, love, zero, zip (U.S. slang) The score was 2-nil.

2. zero, nothing, none, naught, zilch (slang), zip (U.S. slang) The chances of success are virtually nil.

Translations

nil [nɪl]

A. N (= nothing) → nada f (Sport) → cero m
Granada beat Murcia two-nil → el Granada venció al Murcia dos-cero or por dos a cero
they drew nil-nil → empataron a cero ZERO

B. ADJ → nulo
its merits are nil → sus méritos son nulos, no tiene mérito alguno

C. CPD nil balance N (Fin) → balance m nulo

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nil [ˈnɪl] n

(British) (SPORT) → zéro m
We won one nil → Nous avons gagné un à zéro.
They lost two nil to Italy → Ils ont perdu deux à zéro contre l'Italie.

to be nil (= non-existent) → être nul* $(nulle)m/f
Their chances of survival are nil → Leurs chances de survie sont nulles.

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nil

n (= zero) → null (also Sport); (= nothing) → nichts; the score was one-nil → es stand eins zu null; the response etc was nil → die Reaktion etc war gleich null ? also zero

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nil [nɪl] n → nulla m (Sport) → zero

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nil

n nil [nil]

(in scoring) nothing; zero Leeds United won two-nil / by two goals to nil. niks, nul صِفْر، لا شيء нула nic, nula nul die Null μηδέν, τίποτα cero null صفر nolla rien, zéro אֶפֶס शून्य ništa nulla nol núll, ekkert zero 無 (경기 득점의) 영점 nulis nulle tidak ada langsung nul null zero zero zero; nimic ноль nič, nula nič nula ingenting, noll จำนวนศูนย์ sıfır, hiç 零 нічого, нуль صفر، کچھ بھي نہيں không 零

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nil → لا شيء nula nul Null μηδέν cero nolla néant nula zero 零 영 nul null nic nada ноль noll ศูนย์ sıfır không 零