Nil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nil"

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Nil

  1. A transliteration of the English male given name Neil.

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos), probably via Arabic نِيل (nīl).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nil m

  1. Nile (a river in Africa)

Derived terms

  • Nil Blanc
  • Nil Blau

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɪl]
  • Hyphenation: Nil

Proper noun

Nil m inan (related adjective nilský)

  1. Nile

Declension

Further reading

  • Nil in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Nil in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈniˀl]

Proper noun

Nil c

  1. indefinite singular of Nilen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nil/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Nil m

  1. Nile (a major river in Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi)

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niːl/
  • (file)

Proper noun

der Nil m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Nil or des Nils)

  1. Nile (a major river in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt, emptying into the Mediterranean)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nîl/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [nɪ̂l]

Proper noun

Nîl f

  1. Nile

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnil/, [ˈnɪl]

Noun

Nil

  1. Nile (a river in Africa)

Occitan

Proper noun

Nil m

  1. Nile

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Nilus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲil/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: Nil
  • Homophone: nil

Proper noun

Nil m inan

  1. Nile (a major river flowing through Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi; one of the two longest rivers in the world, along with the Amazon)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • Nil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Nil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nîl/

Proper noun

Nȉl m (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏л)

  1. Nile (a major river in Africa)

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nil/

Proper noun

Nil

  1. Nile
  2. a female given name

Declension

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