nothing
English
/ˈnʌθɪŋ/
pron
Definitions
- Not any thing; no thing.
- An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English noon thing inherited from Old English nāþing compound from English no (not any, none) + English thing.
Origin
English
thing
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- NoSQL English
- a English
- anything English
- benothing English
- everything English
- get English
- get-nothing English
- husting English
- manthing English
- ne English
- no English
- no-brainer English
- no-hoper English
- no-legged English
- nobbut English
- nobody English
- nogoer English
- nohow English
- nolisting English
- nonthing English
- noone English
- noplace English
- noshore English
- nothingarian English
- nothingarianism English
- nothingism English
- nothingly English
- nothingness English
- nothingth English
- nothingy English
- noway English
- nowhat English
- nowhen English
- nowhence English
- nowhere English
- nowhile English
- nowhither English
- nowise English
- plaything English
- something English
- thing English
- thingal English
- thinger English
- thinghood English
- thingie English
- thingification English
- thingify English
- thinginess English
- thingish English
- thinglet English
- thinglike English
- thingly English
- thingness English
- thingo English
- thingy English
- underthing English
- werething English
- ノー Japanese
- nāwiht Old English
- nāþing Old English
- no Middle English
- noon thing Middle English
- not Middle English
- nought Middle English
- thing Middle English
- no捽 Chinese
- 노잼 Korean
- nowt Scots
- nating Tok Pisin
- no Tok Pisin
- ting Nigerian Pidgin
- H^o@Side-PalmForward Flatten American Sign Language
- a
- ne
- no
- get
- NoSQL
- noone
- noway
- thing
- nohow
- nowhat
- nowhen
- nogoer
- nobody
- nowise
- thingo
- nobbut
- thingy
- nowhile
- thingal
- nowhere
- thinger
- noplace
- husting
- thingly
- noshore
- thingie
- manthing
- anything
- thinglet
- thingish
- no-hoper
- nothingy
- nonthing
- nowhence
- thingify
- benothing
- plaything
- no-legged
- nothingly
- werething
- nowhither
- something
- thinglike
- thingness
- thinghood
- nolisting
- nothingth
- no-brainer
- underthing
- thinginess
- nothingism
- everything
- nothingness
- get-nothing
- nothingarian
- thingification
- nothingarianism