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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
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• /ˈnʌtɪŋ/ th-stopping
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• /ˈnʌʔn̩/ t-glottalization, ŋ-laxing
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• /ˈnʌfɪŋ/ Southern England, th-fronting
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• /ˈnʊθɪŋ/ NG-coalescence
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• /ˈnʊθɪŋɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
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• /ˈnʊfɪŋ/ th-fronting, NG-coalescence
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• /ˈnʊfɪŋɡ/ th-fronting, without the NG-coalescence
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• UK, dialectal: /ˈnɔθɪŋ/
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• Australian: /ˈnɐ̞θɪ̝ŋ/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈnɐ̞θəŋ/
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• rhymes with -ʌθɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: N AH1 TH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).

252 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дреболия (drebolija) — something trifling, or of no consequence or importance
• Hungarian: semmiség — something trifling, or of no consequence or importance
• Polish: nic — something trifling, or of no consequence or importance
• Bulgarian: нищожество (ništožestvo) — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Dutch: niemendal — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Finnish: ei mitään — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Māori: roromore — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Polish: nic — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Russian: ничтожество (ničtožestvo) — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Slovak: niktoš — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Slovak: nímand — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Swedish: ingen — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Ukrainian: нікче́ма (nikčéma) — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Ukrainian: недорі́ка (nedoríka) — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Ukrainian: нікче́мник (nikčémnyk) — a nobody, a person of no consequence
• Afrikaans: niks — not any thing
• Albanian: asgjë — not any thing
• Albanian: kurrgjë — not any thing
• Alekano: hanuva — not any thing
• Amharic: መነም (mänäm) — not any thing
• Amharic: ምንም (mənm) — not any thing
• Western Apache: dohatʼeeda — not any thing
• Arabic: لَا شَيْء (lā šayʔ) — not any thing
• Arabic: ولا حاجة (walā ḥāga) — not any thing
• Arabic: ولا شي (walā šay) — not any thing
• Arabic: والو (wālu) — not any thing
• Arabic: حتى حاجة (ḥetta ḥāja) — not any thing
• Arabic: ولا شي (wala ši) — not any thing
• Arabic: ولا إشي (wala ʔiši) — not any thing
• Aragonese: cosa — not any thing
• Aragonese: res — not any thing
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܟ̰ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ (hič mindī) — not any thing
• Armenian: ոչինչ (očʻinčʻ) — not any thing
• Asturian: nada — not any thing
• Asturian: ñada — not any thing
• Azerbaijani: heç nə — not any thing
• Basque: ezerez — not any thing
• Basque: deusez — not any thing
• Belarusian: нішто́ (ništó) — not any thing
• Belarusian: нічо́га (ničóha) — not any thing
• Bengali: কিছু না (kichu na) — not any thing
• Central Bikol: mayo — not any thing
• Central Bikol: wara — not any thing
• Breton: netra — not any thing
• Bulgarian: ни́що (níšto) — not any thing
• Burmese: ဘာမြှ (bhahmra.) — not any thing
• Catalan: res — not any thing
• Catalan: re — not any thing
• Catalan: cap cosa — not any thing
• Cebuano: walay bisan unsa — not any thing
• Chamicuro: kala — not any thing
• Cherokee: ᎠᏝ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ (atla gohusdi) — not any thing
• Cherokee: ᎠᏎᏉᏉ (asequoquo) — not any thing
• Chichewa: palibe — not any thing
• Chichewa: kanthu — not any thing
• Chinese Mandarin: 沒什麼 /没什么 (méishénme) — not any thing
• Chinese Mandarin: 沒事 /没事 (méishì) — not any thing
• Corsican: nunda — not any thing
• Czech: nic — not any thing
• Dalmatian: nolja — not any thing
• Danish: intet — not any thing
• Danish: ingenting — not any thing
• Dutch: niets — not any thing
• Dutch: niks — not any thing
• Esperanto: nenio — not any thing
• Faroese: einki — not any thing
• Finnish: ei mikään — not any thing
• Finnish: ei mitään — not any thing
• French: rien — not any thing
• French: nulle chose — not any thing
• North Frisian: nönt — not any thing
• West-Frisian: neat — not any thing
• Friulian: nuie — not any thing
• Friulian: nie — not any thing
• Galician: nada — not any thing
• Galician: ren — not any thing
• Galician: nimigalla — not any thing
• Georgian: არაფერი (araperi) — not any thing
• German: nichts — not any thing
• German: nüüt — not any thing
• Greek: τίποτα (típota) — not any thing
• Ancient Greek: οὐδέν (oudén) — not any thing
• Ancient Greek: μηδέν (mēdén) — not any thing
• Mbya Guarani: mba'eve — not any thing
• Gujarati: કંઇ નહીં (kãi nahī̃) — not any thing
• Haitian Creole: anyen — not any thing
• Hausa: kome ba — not any thing
• Hawaiian: ʻaʻohe mea — not any thing
• Hebrew: שׁוּם דָּבָר — not any thing
• Hebrew: כְּלוּם — not any thing
• Hindi: कुछ नहीं (kuch nahī̃) — not any thing
• Central Huishui Hmong: tsis muaj dab tsi — not any thing
• Hungarian: semmi — not any thing
• Icelandic: ekkert — not any thing
• Icelandic: neitt — not any thing
• Ido: nulo — not any thing
• Igbo: ọ dịghị ihe — not any thing
• Indonesian: nol — not any thing
• Ingrian: mikkää — not any thing
• Interlingua: nihil — not any thing
• Interlingua: nil — not any thing
• Irish: neamhní — not any thing
• Old Irish: ní — not any thing
• Istriot: gninte — not any thing
• Italian: niente — not any thing
• Italian: nulla — not any thing
• Italian: nessuna cosa — not any thing
• Japanese: 何も...ない (nani mo...nai) — not any thing
• Japanese: 何でもない (nandemonai) — not any thing
• Japanese: 別に (betsu ni) — not any thing
• Javanese: boten — not any thing
• Kannada: ಏನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ (ēnū illa) — not any thing
• Kapampangan: ala — not any thing
• Kapampangan: nanuman — not any thing
• Kapampangan: alang nanuman — not any thing
• Kazakh: ештеңе (eşteñe) — not any thing
• Kazakh: ешнәрсе (eşnärse) — not any thing
• Kazakh: дым (dym) — not any thing
• Khmer: គ្មានអ្វីទេ (kmeanoavei te) — not any thing
• Korean: 아무것도...없다 (amugeot-do...eopda) — not any thing
• Central Kurdish: ھیچ (hîç) — not any thing
• Northern Kurdish: ti tişt — not any thing
• Northern Kurdish: hîç — not any thing
• Kyrgyz: эч нерсе (ec nerse) — not any thing
• Ladino: nada — not any thing
• Ladino: ich — not any thing
• Lakota: tákuni — not any thing
• Lao: ບໍ່ມີຫຍັງ (bǭ mī nyang) — not any thing
• Latin: nihil — not any thing
• Latin: nihilum — not any thing
• Latvian: nekas — not any thing
• Lithuanian: niekas — not any thing
• Luxembourgish: näischt — not any thing
• Macedonian: ништо (ništo) — not any thing
• Malagasy: na inona na inona — not any thing
• Malay: tiada apa-apa — not any thing
• Malayalam: ഒന്നും (onnuṁ) — not any thing
• Maltese: xejn — not any thing
• Māori: kahore he mea — not any thing
• Marathi: काहीही नाही (kāhīhī nāhī) — not any thing
• Middle English: nought — not any thing
• Mongolian: юу ч биш (juu č biš) — not any thing
• Classical Nahuatl: ahtle — not any thing
• Navajo: ádin — not any thing
• Nepali: केही पनि छैन (kehī pani chaina) — not any thing
• Norwegian Bokmål: ingenting — not any thing
• Norwegian Bokmål: intet — not any thing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ingenting — not any thing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: inkje — not any thing
• Odia: କିଛି ନୁହେଁ (kichi nuhẽ) — not any thing
• Old English: nāwiht — not any thing
• Pannonian Rusyn: нїч (njič) — not any thing
• Pashto: هیڅ شی — not any thing
• Persian: هیچ (hič) — not any thing
• Persian: هیچچیز (hič-čiz) — not any thing
• Plautdietsch: nuscht — not any thing
• Polish: nic — not any thing
• Portuguese: nada — not any thing
• Portuguese: nenhuma coisa — not any thing
• Punjabi: ਕੁਝ ਨਹੀਂ (kujh nahī̃) — not any thing
• Romanian: nimic — not any thing
• Romansh: nagut — not any thing
• Romansh: nuot — not any thing
• Romansh: nut (a) — not any thing
• Romansh: navot — not any thing
• Romansh: ünguotta — not any thing
• Romansh: nöglia — not any thing
• Russian: ничто́ (ništó) — not any thing
• Russian: ничего́ (ničevó) — not any thing
• Rwanda-Rundi: ntacyo — not any thing
• Samoan: leai se mea — not any thing
• Scottish Gaelic: sìon — not any thing
• Serbo-Croatian: ни̏шта — not any thing
• Serbo-Croatian: nȉšta — not any thing
• Shona: hapana chinhu — not any thing
• Sicilian: nenti — not any thing
• Sindhi: ڪجھ به نه (kjh bh ̃h) — not any thing
• Sinhalese: කිසිවක් නැත (kisiwak næta) — not any thing
• Slovak: nič — not any thing
• Slovene: nìč — not any thing
• Somali: waxba — not any thing
• Sotho: letho — not any thing
• Spanish: nada — not any thing
• Spanish: ninguna cosa — not any thing
• Spanish: naca la piriznaca — not any thing
• Spanish: naranjas — not any thing
• Spanish: ni flores — not any thing
• Spanish: ni flowers — not any thing
• Spanish: ni pum — not any thing
• Spanish: ni pun — not any thing
• Sundanese: teu lain — not any thing
• Swahili: kitu — not any thing
• Swedish: inget — not any thing
• Swedish: ingenting — not any thing
• Swedish: intet — not any thing
• Tagalog: wala — not any thing
• Tajik: ҳеҷ чиз (hej čiz) — not any thing
• Tamil: எதுவும் (etuvum) — not any thing
• Tamil: எதுவும் இல்லை (etuvum illai) — not any thing
• Tamil: எதுவுமே (etuvumē) — not any thing
• Telugu: ఏమిలేదు (ēmilēdu) — not any thing
• Telugu: ఏమీ (ēmī) — not any thing
• Thai: ไม่มีอะไร (mâi mii à-rai) — not any thing
• Tok Pisin: nogat samting — not any thing
• Tongan: hala — not any thing
• Turkish: hiç — not any thing
• Turkish: hiç bir şey — not any thing
• Turkmen: hiç zat — not any thing
• Ukrainian: ніщо́ (niščó) — not any thing
• Ukrainian: нічо́го (ničóho) — not any thing
• Unami: ku kèku — not any thing
• Urdu: کچھ نہیں (kuch nahī̃) — not any thing
• Uyghur: ھېچنېمە يوق (hëchnëme yoq) — not any thing
• Uzbek: hech narsa — not any thing
• Uzbek: hech nima — not any thing
• Venetan: gnent — not any thing
• Venetan: gnente — not any thing
• Vietnamese: không có gì — not any thing
• Vietnamese: không có chi — not any thing
• Volapük: nos — not any thing
• Walloon: rén — not any thing
• Welsh: dim — not any thing
• Welsh: dim byd — not any thing
• Xhosa: lutho — not any thing
• Yiddish: גאָרנישט (gornisht) — not any thing
• Yoruba: ohunkohun — not any thing
• Zulu: lutho — not any thing
• Albanian: bosh — something trifling
• Bulgarian: ни́що (níšto) — something trifling
• Finnish: ei mitään — something trifling
• German: nichts — something trifling
• German: gar nichts — something trifling
• Greek: τίποτα (típota) — something trifling
• Kapampangan: alamu — something trifling
• Kapampangan: alaman — something trifling
• Central Kurdish: ھیچ (hîç) — something trifling
• Macedonian: ништо (ništo) — something trifling
• Norwegian: ingenting — something trifling
• Polish: nic takiego — something trifling
• Romanian: nimic — something trifling
• Romanian: fleac — something trifling
• Romanian: bagatelă — something trifling
• Swedish: inget — something trifling
• Swedish: ingenting — something trifling
• Swedish: bagatell — something trifling
• Tagalog: wala — something trifling
• Tagalog: wala lang — something trifling
• Turkish: ehemmiyetsiz — something trifling
• Turkish: önemsiz — something trifling
• Vietnamese: không có gì — something trifling
• Vietnamese: không có chi — something trifling
• Vietnamese: có gì đâu — something trifling