"ni" meaning in Spanish

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈni/, [ˈni]
Rhymes: -i Etymology: From Old Spanish nin, from Latin nec, apocopated form of neque, from Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe (“and not, neither, nor”), from *ne (“not”) + *-kʷe (“and”). Compare Asturian and Galician nin, Catalan and French ni, Portuguese nem, Italian né, Dalmatian ne. Indo-European cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih) and Irish nach. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|osp|nin}} Old Spanish nin, {{inh|es|la|nec}} Latin nec, {{m|la|neque}} neque, {{der|es|ine-pro|*nekʷe||and not, neither, nor}} Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe (“and not, neither, nor”), {{m|ine-pro|*ne||not}} *ne (“not”), {{m|ine-pro|*-kʷe||and}} *-kʷe (“and”), {{cog|ast|-}} Asturian, {{cog|gl|nin}} Galician nin, {{cog|ca|-}} Catalan, {{cog|fr|ni}} French ni, {{cog|pt|nem}} Portuguese nem, {{cog|it|né}} Italian né, {{cog|dlm|ne}} Dalmatian ne, {{cog|got|𐌽𐌹𐌷}} Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih), {{cog|ga|nach}} Irish nach Head templates: {{es-adv}} ni
  1. not even
    Sense id: en-ni-es-adv-eO60OyHv Derived forms: ni a balazos, ni a cañón, ni a cañonazos, ni a dos tirones, ni a la de tres, ni a palos, ni a tiros, ni a tres tirones, ni bien, ni borracho, ni buscado con un candil, ni cosa que lo valga, ni Cristo que lo fundó, ni de broma, ni de coña, ni de guasa, ni de lejos, ni Dios, ni en sueños, ni gaitas, ni ganas, ni hablar, ni hablar del peluquín, ni harto de vino, ni hecho a propósito, ni jota, ni media palabra, ni modo, ni mu, ni mucho menos, ni muerto, ni palabra, ni pensarlo, ni pío, ni pizca, ni por asomo, ni por esas, ni por un cristo, ni que, ni que decir tiene, ni qué hostias, ni qué leches, ni qué niño muerto, ni qué ocho cuartos, ni qué pan caliente, ni remotamente, ni siquiera, ni un pelo, nini, no dejar verde ni seco, no ni na, ya ni la friegas
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ni idea
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈni/, [ˈni]
Rhymes: -i Etymology: From Old Spanish nin, from Latin nec, apocopated form of neque, from Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe (“and not, neither, nor”), from *ne (“not”) + *-kʷe (“and”). Compare Asturian and Galician nin, Catalan and French ni, Portuguese nem, Italian né, Dalmatian ne. Indo-European cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih) and Irish nach. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|osp|nin}} Old Spanish nin, {{inh|es|la|nec}} Latin nec, {{m|la|neque}} neque, {{der|es|ine-pro|*nekʷe||and not, neither, nor}} Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe (“and not, neither, nor”), {{m|ine-pro|*ne||not}} *ne (“not”), {{m|ine-pro|*-kʷe||and}} *-kʷe (“and”), {{cog|ast|-}} Asturian, {{cog|gl|nin}} Galician nin, {{cog|ca|-}} Catalan, {{cog|fr|ni}} French ni, {{cog|pt|nem}} Portuguese nem, {{cog|it|né}} Italian né, {{cog|dlm|ne}} Dalmatian ne, {{cog|got|𐌽𐌹𐌷}} Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih), {{cog|ga|nach}} Irish nach Head templates: {{head|es|conjunctions|cat2=coordinating conjunctions}} ni
  1. (coordinating) neither... nor Tags: coordinating
    Sense id: en-ni-es-conj--nrXb1JL
  2. (coordinating) neither... nor
    (with three or more referents) none of...
    Tags: coordinating, with three or more referents
    Sense id: en-ni-es-conj-rMXbv-pq
  3. nor, or
    Sense id: en-ni-es-conj-A1geC7k6 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 9 24 24 34 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: ni chicha ni limonada, ni come, ni deja comer, ni corto ni perezoso, ni fu ni fa, ni grado ni gracias, ni ir ni venir, ni lerdo ni perezoso, ni más ni menos, ni olvido, ni perdón, ni pena ni gloria, ni rey ni roque, ni tanto ni tan calvo, ni va ni viene, ni visto ni oído, sin chistar ni mistar, sin oficio ni beneficio, sin pena ni gloria, sin pies ni cabeza, sin tripas ni cuajar, ni idea

Noun

IPA: /ˈni/, [ˈni] Forms: níes [plural]
Rhymes: -i Head templates: {{es-noun|f|níes}} ni f (plural níes)
  1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Greek letter names Synonyms: ny
    Sense id: en-ni-es-noun-CpVEWdVp Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 2 7 7 11 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "text": "No tengo ni dinero ni tiempo.",
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          "english": "None of John, Peter, or Phillip will give you the reason.",
          "text": "Ni Juan, ni Pedro, ni Felipe te darán la razón.",
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          "word": "ni a balazos"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni a cañón"
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        {
          "word": "ni a cañonazos"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni a dos tirones"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni a la de tres"
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        {
          "word": "ni a palos"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni a tiros"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni a tres tirones"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni bien"
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        {
          "word": "ni borracho"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni buscado con un candil"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni cosa que lo valga"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni Cristo que lo fundó"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni de broma"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni de coña"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni de guasa"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni de lejos"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni Dios"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni en sueños"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni gaitas"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni ganas"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni hablar"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni hablar del peluquín"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni harto de vino"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni hecho a propósito"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni jota"
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        {
          "word": "ni media palabra"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni modo"
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        {
          "word": "ni mu"
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        {
          "word": "ni mucho menos"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni muerto"
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        {
          "word": "ni palabra"
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        {
          "word": "ni pensarlo"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni pío"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni pizca"
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        {
          "word": "ni por asomo"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni por esas"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni por un cristo"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni que"
        },
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          "word": "ni que decir tiene"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni qué hostias"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni qué leches"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni qué niño muerto"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni qué ocho cuartos"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni qué pan caliente"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni remotamente"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "ni un pelo"
        },
        {
          "word": "nini"
        },
        {
          "word": "no dejar verde ni seco"
        },
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          "english": "I didn't rest even for a minute.",
          "text": "No descansaba ni por un minuto",
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          "text": "Ni yo sé qué significa esta palabra.",
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    "Spanish two-letter words",
    "es:Greek letter names"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ni chicha ni limonada"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni come, ni deja comer"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni corto ni perezoso"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni fu ni fa"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni grado ni gracias"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni idea"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni ir ni venir"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni lerdo ni perezoso"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni más ni menos"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni olvido, ni perdón"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni pena ni gloria"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni rey ni roque"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni tanto ni tan calvo"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni va ni viene"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni visto ni oído"
    },
    {
      "word": "sin chistar ni mistar"
    },
    {
      "word": "sin oficio ni beneficio"
    },
    {
      "word": "sin pena ni gloria"
    },
    {
      "word": "sin pies ni cabeza"
    },
    {
      "word": "sin tripas ni cuajar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "nin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish nin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nec"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nec",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "neque"
      },
      "expansion": "neque",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*nekʷe",
        "4": "",
        "5": "and not, neither, nor"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*ne",
        "3": "",
        "4": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "*ne (“not”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*-kʷe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "and"
      },
      "expansion": "*-kʷe (“and”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ast",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Asturian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "nin"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician nin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ni"
      },
      "expansion": "French ni",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "nem"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese nem",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "né"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian né",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dlm",
        "2": "ne"
      },
      "expansion": "Dalmatian ne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌽𐌹𐌷"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "nach"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish nach",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Spanish nin, from Latin nec, apocopated form of neque, from Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe (“and not, neither, nor”), from *ne (“not”) + *-kʷe (“and”). Compare Asturian and Galician nin, Catalan and French ni, Portuguese nem, Italian né, Dalmatian ne. Indo-European cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih) and Irish nach.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "conjunctions",
        "cat2": "coordinating conjunctions"
      },
      "expansion": "ni",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ni"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "o"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have neither money nor time.",
          "text": "No tengo ni dinero ni tiempo.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "neither... nor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neither",
          "neither"
        ],
        [
          "nor",
          "nor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(coordinating) neither... nor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "coordinating"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "o"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "None of John, Peter, or Phillip will give you the reason.",
          "text": "Ni Juan, ni Pedro, ni Felipe te darán la razón.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "neither... nor",
        "none of..."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neither",
          "neither"
        ],
        [
          "nor",
          "nor"
        ],
        [
          "none",
          "none"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(coordinating) neither... nor",
        "(with three or more referents) none of..."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "coordinating",
        "with three or more referents"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He doesn't rest during the day nor during the night.",
          "text": "No descansa de día ni de noche.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nor, or"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nor",
          "nor"
        ],
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈni]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ni"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Spanish/i",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/i/1 syllable",
    "Spanish 1-syllable words",
    "Spanish adverbs",
    "Spanish conjunctions",
    "Spanish coordinating conjunctions",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish",
    "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Latin",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish two-letter words",
    "es:Greek letter names"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ni a balazos"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni a cañón"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni a cañonazos"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni a dos tirones"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni a la de tres"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni a palos"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni a tiros"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni a tres tirones"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni bien"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni borracho"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni buscado con un candil"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni cosa que lo valga"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni Cristo que lo fundó"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni de broma"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni de coña"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni de guasa"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni de lejos"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni Dios"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni en sueños"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni gaitas"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni ganas"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni hablar"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni hablar del peluquín"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni harto de vino"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni hecho a propósito"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni idea"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni jota"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni media palabra"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni modo"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni mu"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni mucho menos"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni muerto"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni palabra"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni pensarlo"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni pío"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni pizca"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni por asomo"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni por esas"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni por un cristo"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni que"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni que decir tiene"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni qué hostias"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni qué leches"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni qué niño muerto"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni qué ocho cuartos"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni qué pan caliente"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni remotamente"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni siquiera"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni un pelo"
    },
    {
      "word": "nini"
    },
    {
      "word": "no dejar verde ni seco"
    },
    {
      "word": "no ni na"
    },
    {
      "word": "ya ni la friegas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "nin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish nin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nec"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nec",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "neque"
      },
      "expansion": "neque",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*nekʷe",
        "4": "",
        "5": "and not, neither, nor"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe (“and not, neither, nor”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*ne",
        "3": "",
        "4": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "*ne (“not”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*-kʷe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "and"
      },
      "expansion": "*-kʷe (“and”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ast",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Asturian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "nin"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician nin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ni"
      },
      "expansion": "French ni",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "nem"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese nem",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "né"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian né",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dlm",
        "2": "ne"
      },
      "expansion": "Dalmatian ne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌽𐌹𐌷"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "nach"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish nach",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Spanish nin, from Latin nec, apocopated form of neque, from Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe (“and not, neither, nor”), from *ne (“not”) + *-kʷe (“and”). Compare Asturian and Galician nin, Catalan and French ni, Portuguese nem, Italian né, Dalmatian ne. Indo-European cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih) and Irish nach.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ni",
      "name": "es-adv"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ni"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I didn't rest even for a minute.",
          "text": "No descansaba ni por un minuto",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Not even I know what this word means.",
          "text": "Ni yo sé qué significa esta palabra.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not even"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not even",
          "not even"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈni]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ni"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Spanish/i",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/i/1 syllable",
    "Spanish 1-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish two-letter words",
    "es:Greek letter names"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "níes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "níes"
      },
      "expansion": "ni f (plural níes)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ni"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nu",
          "nu"
        ],
        [
          "Ν",
          "Ν"
        ],
        [
          "ν",
          "ν"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ny"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈni]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ni"
}

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