nessuno

== Italian == === Alternative forms === nissuno (Tuscan) nisuno (Romanesco) niuno (archaic, literary) === Etymology === From Latin nē (“not”) +‎ ipse (emphatic, literally “himself”) +‎ ūnus (“one”), by surface analysis “not even one”. Cognate with Neapolitan nisciuno, Sardinian nisciunu, Friulian nissun, Ligurian nisciǜn, and Old French neisune. Compare Spanish ninguno and Romanian niciun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nesˈsu.no/ Rhymes: -uno Hyphenation: nes‧sù‧no === Determiner === nessuno (feminine nessuna, no plural, superlative nessunissimo) (in negative sentences) no, any Synonyms: (informal) niente, (archaic, literary) nullo, (archaic, literary) veruno, (archaic, literary) niuno === Pronoun === nessuno m sg (singular only, feminine nessuna) none (masculine only) no one, nobody ==== Usage notes ==== The determiner has no plural form and is therefore only used with singular nouns. The pronoun is also a singulare tantum. Before any grammatically connected word not beginning with s + consonant, cn, gn, pn, ps, x, or z, the masculine form nessuno changes into the apocopic form nessun, while the feminine form nessuna becomes nessun' before vowels: nessun dolore ― no pain nessun amico ― no friends nessun'amica ― no (female) friends nessun altro ― nobody else ==== Synonyms ==== (archaic, literary) nullo (archaic, literary) veruno (archaic, literary) chicchessia