See nil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"en:Zero"
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "nīl"
},
"expansion": "Latin nīl",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See\nnihilism.",
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"args": {
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"2": "determiner",
"head": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "det",
"related": [
{
"word": "nihilism"
},
{
"word": "eau de nil"
},
{
"word": "null"
},
{
"word": "nil desperandum"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1982, Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:",
"text": "But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"No, not any."
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/nɪl/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪl"
}
],
"word": "nil"
}
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