nix

== Translingual == === Symbol === nix (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hema. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Hema terms == English == === Etymology 1 === From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”), informal for niets (“nothing”). More at naught. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK, General American) IPA(key): /nɪks/ Rhymes: -ɪks Homophone: nicks ==== Noun ==== nix (uncountable) (colloquial) Nothing. [from 1789] Synonyms: nada, zip ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== nix (third-person singular simple present nixes, present participle nixing, simple past and past participle nixed) To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. [from 1903] Synonyms: cancel, reject 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He said his roommate had reacted favorably & said he "wanted to share the bed" with him! So I figured that nixed me out of the picture at least for now. To destroy or eradicate. ===== Translations ===== ==== Interjection ==== nix No! Not at all! (obsolete) A warning cry when a policeman or schoolmaster etc. was seen approaching. ==== Related terms ==== 86 / eighty-six ixnay mox nix ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === From German Nix, from Middle High German nickes, niches, from Old High German nichus, nihhus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwus (“water-spirit; nix”), from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“a water-monster; hippopotamus”). ==== Noun ==== nix (plural nixes) A treacherous water-spirit Hyponym: nixie ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Xin == Bavarian == === Etymology === Contraction of Middle High German nihtes niht (“nothing of nothing”), from Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), whence also ned (“not”), net, and German nicht, nichts. Compare also Central Franconian nüüx, nuuks, neihst, nühs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /niks/ === Pronoun === nix (indefinite) nothing Nix mehr då. ― Nothing left. == Central Franconian == === Alternative forms === nieks (variant spellings) neihst (Moselle Franconian) nüüx (Ripuarian) nühs (most of Ripuarian) === Etymology === From German nix. Compare Central Franconian nüüx and nühs, also Bavarian nix. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /niks/ === Pronoun === nix (indefinite) nothing == Classical Nahuatl == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈníːʃ] === Noun === nīx (inanimate) first-person singular possessive singular of īxtli; (it is) my eye. first-person singular possessive plural of īxtli; (they are) my eyes. == Danish == === Etymology === From German nix, nichts (“nothing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /neɡs/, [neɡ̊s] === Interjection === nix no, no way ==== Alternative forms ==== niks === Pronoun === nix (nonstandard) alternative form of niks == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɪks/ Hyphenation: nix Rhymes: -ɪks === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from German Nixe. ==== Noun ==== nix m (plural nixen, no diminutive) nix, nixie (water spirit) Synonyms: nikker, watergeest === Etymology 2 === Possibly from German nix. ==== Pronoun ==== nix (slang) deliberate misspelling of niks == German == === Etymology === A widespread form in dialects all over the German language area, probably the same as standard nichts, that is, a contraction of it. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɪks/ Rhymes: -ɪks === Pronoun === nix (colloquial) alternative form of nichts (“nothing”) Ich hab nix gesehen. ― I saw nothing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: nix → French: nix === Interjection === nix no way! ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “nix” in Duden online “nix” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *sniks (with oblique stem *sniɣʷ- > niv-), from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs (“snow”), root noun derived from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”) (whence also Latin nivit, ningit, ninguit). Direct cognates include Ancient Greek νίψ (níps), Old Irish snechtae, and indirectly also Sanskrit स्नेह (snéha), Old Church Slavonic снѣгъ (sněgŭ), and Old English snāw and snīwan (> English snow and English snew). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniks] === Noun === nix f (genitive nivis); third declension snow (figurative) white hair (alchemy) synonym of cadmia, zinc oxide ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–), “*/ˈnɪβ-e/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française. Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “nĭx”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 438 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nĭx”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 7: N–Pas, page 156 === Further reading === “nix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Low German == === Alternative forms === nichs, nicks, Nicks, niks === Etymology === Compare to German nichts (“nothing”) === Pronoun === nix nothing ==== Derived terms ==== nix för ungud (Paderbornisch); nix för ungood/nix för ungod (North-Western) == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Compare German nichts. === Pronoun === nix nothing == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French nix. === Noun === nix m (plural nicși) nixie ==== Declension ==== === References === nix in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Sui == === Pronunciation === (Sandong) IPA(key): /ni˥˧/ === Noun === nix mother == Swedish == === Etymology === From German nichts (“nothing”). === Interjection === nix (colloquial) nope Synonym: nix pix ==== Derived terms ==== nix pix ==== See also ==== icke sa Nicke === References === “nix”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “nix”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “nix”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)