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nix
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, US) IPA(key): /n?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
- Homophone: nicks
Noun
nix (uncountable)
- (colloquial) Nothing. [from 1789]
- Synonyms: nada, zip
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
- To destroy or eradicate.
Translations
Interjection
nix
- (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 *neyg?- (“to wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“a water-monster; hippopotamus”).
Noun
nix (plural nixes)
- A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie.
Translations
Anagrams
- Xin
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ní??]
Noun
n?x (inanimate)
- first-person singular possessive singular of ?xtli; (it is) my eye.
- first-person singular possessive plural of ?xtli; (they are) my eyes.
Danish
Etymology
From German nichts (“nothing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne?s/, [ne??s]
Interjection
nix or niks
- no, no way
Pronoun
nix
- (non-standard form of) niks
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?ks/
- Hyphenation: nix
- Rhymes: -?ks
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Nixe.
Noun
nix m (plural nixen)
- nix, nixie (water spirit)
- 1956, s-Gravenhage. Maandblad der gemeente 's-Gravenhage, page 14.
- Synonyms: nikker, watergeest
- 1956, s-Gravenhage. Maandblad der gemeente 's-Gravenhage, page 14.
Etymology 2
Borrowed 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, viz. a contraction of it.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?ks/
Pronoun
nix
- (colloquial) Alternative form of nichts (“nothing”)
Descendants
- ? English: nix
Interjection
nix
- no way!
Further reading
- “nix” in Duden online
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *sniks (with oblique stem *sni??- > niv-), from Proto-Indo-European *snéyg??s (“snow”), root noun derived from *sneyg??- (“to snow”) (whence also Latin nivit, ningit, ninguit). Direct cognates include Ancient Greek ???? (nípha) and Old Irish snechtae and indirectly also Sanskrit ????? (sneha) and Old English sn?w and sn?wan (English snow and snew).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /niks/, [n?ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niks/, [niks]
Noun
nix f (genitive nivis); third declension
- snow
- (figuratively) white hair
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Related terms
Descendants
References
- 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
- nicks, Nicks
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
Swedish
Etymology
From German nichts (“nothing”)
Interjection
nix
- (slang) not, no (negative response to a question)
Synonyms
- nix pix
nix From the web:
- what nixon brings home from moscow
- what nixon did
- what nix means
- what nixon died of
- what nixtamal means
bix
English
Noun
bix pl (plural only)
- (Britain, informal) biscuits
- 2000 January 5, "blackbat" <XXXbtinternet.com>, "Re: the spy who loved tea", message-ID <[email protected]>, alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove, Usenet:
- I was just wondering what everyone else has in their respective Coffee/Tea […]
- please specify what food stuffs that you have been known to dunk.
- very catholic, me - strictly bix only
- 2003 March 3, Chris Comley <[email protected]>, "Re: Home Highway - ADSL", message-ID <[email protected]>, uk.telecom.broadband, Usenet:
- Make sure you have plenty of tea/coffee and choccy bix on hand when they show up!
- 2005 September 10, Adrian Bailey <dadgehotmail.com>, "Re: [=SDC=] Q46. A cup of tea's too wet without one....", message-ID <[email protected]>, alt.usage.english, Usenet:
- btw, the bix are Albert (NAITUK), Lincoln, Jammie Dodger, (Jaffa Cake - NAB), Thin Arrowroot, Malted Milk, Nice, Hobnob.
- 2000 January 5, "blackbat" <XXXbtinternet.com>, "Re: the spy who loved tea", message-ID <[email protected]>, alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove, Usenet:
Derived terms
- Weet-Bix
- Weetabix
- Oatibix
- Twix
Bouyei
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *bi?? (“older sibling”). Cognate with Thai ??? (pîi), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (ph?), Lü ??? (pii1), Shan ??? (p?i), Ahom ???????? (pii), Zhuang beix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi??/
Noun
bix
- elder sibling
bix From the web:
- what bixby
- what bixby home
- what bixby does
- what bixby do
- what bixby can do
- what boxer
- what bixby means
- what bixby vision