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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)

1. (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)

1. To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. [from 1903]

   Synonyms: cancel, reject
2. To destroy or eradicate.

Translations

Interjection

nix

1. (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)

1. A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie.

Translations

Anagrams

• Xin

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ní??]

Noun

n?x (inanimate)

1. first-person singular possessive singular of ?xtli; (it is) my eye.
2. 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

1. no, no way

Pronoun

nix

1. (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)

1. nix, nixie (water spirit)
   • 1956, s-Gravenhage. Maandblad der gemeente 's-Gravenhage, page 14.

   Synonyms: nikker, watergeest

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German nix.

Pronoun

nix

1. (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

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of nichts (“nothing”)

Descendants

• ? English: nix

Interjection

nix

1. 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

1. snow
2. (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

1. nothing

Derived terms

• nix för ungud (Paderbornisch); nix för ungood/nix för ungod (North-Western)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German nichts.

Pronoun

nix

1. nothing

Swedish

Etymology

From German nichts (“nothing”)

Interjection

nix

1. (slang) not, no (negative response to a question)

Synonyms

• nix pix

English

Etymology 1

Noun

nis

1. A nix; a hobgoblin.

Etymology 2

Contraction

nis

1. (obsolete) Contraction of ne is

Anagrams

• INS, Ins, Ins., NSI, SIN, Sin, in's, ins, ins., sin

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nis, from Middle French niche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?s/

Noun

nis (plural nisse)

1. niche

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *neitša, from Proto-Indo-European *néyk?yeti, related to Lithuanian su-nìkti (“to set upon, to attack”), Proto-Slavic *nikn?ti (“to rise, grow”), and, proposed by some, Ancient Greek ?????? (neîkos, “quarrel, struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nis/

Verb

nis (first-person singular past tense nisa, participle nisur)

1. I start, I begin
2. I prepare for a journey

References

Amatlán Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Alternative forms

• nits (San Francisco Logueche)

Noun

nis

1. (San Cristóbal) water

References

• SIL / Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Ayoquesco Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Cajonos Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Catalan

Noun

nis

1. plural of ni

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French niche (17th century).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?s/
• Hyphenation: nis
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

nis f (plural nissen, diminutive nisje n)

1. (architecture) niche

   Synonym: muurholte

Related terms

• niche

Descendants

• Afrikaans: nis

Irish

Noun

nis m sg

1. genitive singular of neas (“moulding-block”)

Further reading

• "nis" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nyi·šwi (“two”).

Numeral

nis

1. two

Synonyms

• tapu

Mitla Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Stubblefield, Mitla Zapotec Texts (1994, SIL)
• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Mixtepec Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nis/

Verb

nis

1. Contraction of ne is (“is not”).

Old Saxon

Etymology

Compare a similar contraction in Old English, where it applied to the whole conjugation of wesan and thus created the verb nesan. Such contractions with a verb and the negative part *ne are frequently encountered in ancient Germanic languages, compare Old Saxon nitan, newitan (“to not know”) (from ne + witan), Old English nabban (“to not have”) (from ne + habban), nillan (“to not want”) (from ne + willan) and nesan (“to not be”) (ne + wesan).

Verb

nis

1. Contraction of ne is (“is not”).
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Phalura

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nis/

Pronoun

nis (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling ???)

1. it
2. him
3. her
4. this one (prox acc)

Alternative forms

• anís (Biori)

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN

Portuguese

Noun

nis f

1. plural of ni

Quioquitani-Quierí Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Stephen A. Marlett, Basic Vocabulary (of Zapotec) (2010) / Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8
• López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía?^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 16, 23

San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Santa María Quiegolani Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni?/

Adverb

nis

1. Alternative form of a-nis (“now”)

Southern Rincon Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Texmelucan Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Tilquiapan Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Stephen A. Marlett, Basic Vocabulary (of Zapotec) (2010) / Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Tlacolulita Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec, in notes, citing Smith Stark

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni?s/

Noun

nis

1. Nasal mutation of dis.

Mutation

Xanaguía Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Stephen A. Marlett, Basic Vocabulary (of Zapotec) (2010) / Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Yalálag Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• F. López Lorenzo, Cuent que to tiemp ca uk huin nis (Cuando hubo escasez de agua en Yalálag) (1979)
• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Yatee Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Stephen A. Marlett, Basic Vocabulary (of Zapotec) (2010) / Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Yatzachi Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water
2. juice

Adjective

nis

1. watery

References

• NAOS: notes and materials for the linguistic study of the sacred, volume 1 (4), issue 1 (1984): Yatzachi nEl Bajo Zapotec (I. B.) le?ex? (adjective) = holy: nis le?ex? = holy water.
• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8
• Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)?^[3], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 270–271

Zaniza Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

Noun

nis

1. water
2. juice

Adjective

nis

1. watery

References

• Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, A Descriptive Grammar of San Bartolomé Zoogocho Zapotec (2005)
• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8
• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)?^[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 262