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/vɔɪd/
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rhymes with -ɔɪd
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.
c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman I'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, / I may run over the story of his country.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vacant, unfilled, empty, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, vacuumlike, vacuous, void
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Being without; destitute; devoid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, with-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.
Alteration of voidee.
Across languages
Translations
245 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
празен
(prazen)
— containing nothing
Dutch:
leeg
— containing nothing
Dutch:
leegte
— containing nothing
Finnish:
tyhjä
— containing nothing
French:
vide
— containing nothing
French:
libre
— containing nothing
Georgian:
ცარიელი
(carieli)
— containing nothing
German:
leer
— containing nothing
Greek:
άδειος
(ádeios)
— containing nothing
Hindi:
रिक्त
(rikt)
— containing nothing
Hungarian:
üres
— containing nothing
Indonesian:
kosong
— containing nothing
Italian:
vuoto
— containing nothing
Macedonian:
пра́зен
(prázen)
— containing nothing
Māori:
hemahema
— containing nothing
Māori:
tahanga
— containing nothing
Māori:
mārua
— containing nothing
Māori:
tiare
— containing nothing
Māori:
tīareare
— containing nothing
Old English:
ǣmettig
— containing nothing
Old English:
īdel
— containing nothing
Portuguese:
vazio
— containing nothing
Portuguese:
vazia
— containing nothing
Russian:
пустой
(pustoj)
— containing nothing
Russian:
порожний
(porožnij)
— containing nothing
Spanish:
huero
— containing nothing
Swedish:
tomrum
— containing nothing
Swedish:
tom
— containing nothing
Ottoman Turkish:
بوش
(boş)
— containing nothing
Ottoman Turkish:
خالی
(hali)
— containing nothing
Bulgarian:
незает
(nezaet)
— unoccupied
Bulgarian:
вакантен
(vakanten)
— unoccupied
Dutch:
leeg
— unoccupied
Dutch:
vacant
— unoccupied
Finnish:
tyhjä
— unoccupied
French:
vacant
— unoccupied
French:
vide
— unoccupied
Georgian:
დაუკავებელი
(dauḳavebeli)
— unoccupied
Georgian:
ვაკანტური
(vaḳanṭuri)
— unoccupied
German:
leer
— unoccupied
Hindi:
रिक्त
(rikt)
— unoccupied
Hungarian:
megüresedett
— unoccupied
Hungarian:
megürült
— unoccupied
Hungarian:
el nem foglalt
— unoccupied
Italian:
vuoto
— unoccupied
Macedonian:
сло́боден
(slóboden)
— unoccupied
Macedonian:
ва́кантен
(vákanten)
— unoccupied
Macedonian:
пра́зен
(prázen)
— unoccupied
Māori:
wātea
— unoccupied
Portuguese:
vazio
— unoccupied
Portuguese:
vazia
— unoccupied
Russian:
вакантный
(vakantnyj)
— unoccupied
Spanish:
vacante
— unoccupied
Spanish:
vacuo
— unoccupied
Ottoman Turkish:
بوش
(boş)
— unoccupied
Ottoman Turkish:
خالی
(hali)
— unoccupied
Bulgarian:
лишен
(lišen)
— being without
Finnish:
jolta puuttuu
— being without
French:
dépourvu
— being without
French:
vide
— being without
Gothic:
𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃
(wans)
— being without
Hungarian:
nélküli
— being without
Hungarian:
-talan
— being without
Hungarian:
-telen
— being without
Hungarian:
mentes
— being without
Hungarian:
nélkülöző
— being without
Italian:
privo
— being without
Macedonian:
ли́шен
(líšen)
— being without
Bulgarian:
базполезен
(bazpolezen)
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Bulgarian:
напразен
(naprazen)
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Dutch:
ijdel
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Finnish:
tyhjä
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
French:
vide
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
French:
vain
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
German:
vergeblich
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
German:
umsonst
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Hindi:
व्यर्थ
(vyarth)
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Hungarian:
hasztalan
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Hungarian:
hiábavaló
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Hungarian:
céltalan
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Hungarian:
eredménytelen
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Italian:
vano
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Italian:
inutile
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Macedonian:
беспо́лезен
(bespólezen)
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Macedonian:
на́празен
(náprazen)
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Macedonian:
неко́рисен
(nekórisen)
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Russian:
тщетный
(tščetnyj)
— not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
Bulgarian:
недействителен
(nedejstvitelen)
— having lost all legal validity
Chinese Mandarin:
无效
(wúxiào)
— having lost all legal validity
Dutch:
ongeldig
— having lost all legal validity
Dutch:
nietig
— having lost all legal validity
Finnish:
mitätön
— having lost all legal validity
French:
nul
— having lost all legal validity
French:
invalide
— having lost all legal validity
French:
caduc
— having lost all legal validity
Georgian:
არარა
(arara)
— having lost all legal validity
Georgian:
ბათილი
(batili)
— having lost all legal validity
German:
ungültig
— having lost all legal validity
German:
nichtig
— having lost all legal validity
Hungarian:
érvénytelen
— having lost all legal validity
Hungarian:
semmis
— having lost all legal validity
Indonesian:
batal
— having lost all legal validity
Interlingua:
nulle
— having lost all legal validity
Interlingua:
invalide
— having lost all legal validity
Italian:
nullo
— having lost all legal validity
Italian:
non valido
— having lost all legal validity
Latin:
irritus
— having lost all legal validity
Macedonian:
нева́жечки
(nevážečki)
— having lost all legal validity
Macedonian:
неи́справен
(neíspraven)
— having lost all legal validity
Macedonian:
недејстви́телен
(nedejstvítelen)
— having lost all legal validity
Māori:
mārua
— having lost all legal validity
Māori:
manakore
— having lost all legal validity
Norwegian:
ugyldig
— having lost all legal validity
Plautdietsch:
onjeltich
— having lost all legal validity
Polish:
nieważny
— having lost all legal validity
Portuguese:
nulo
— having lost all legal validity
Portuguese:
inválido
— having lost all legal validity
Romanian:
nul
— having lost all legal validity
Russian:
недействительный
(nedejstvitelʹnyj)
— having lost all legal validity
Spanish:
nulo
— having lost all legal validity
Spanish:
inválido
— having lost all legal validity
Tagalog:
walang-bisa
— having lost all legal validity
Thai:
โมฆะ
(moo-ká)
— having lost all legal validity
Finnish:
tyhjä
— containing no immaterial quality
Hungarian:
értéktelen
— containing no immaterial quality
Italian:
vuoto
— containing no immaterial quality
Finnish:
tyhjä
— computing: not returning value
Italian:
nullo
— computing: not returning value
Italian:
vuoto
— computing: not returning value
Italian:
non valido
— computing: not returning value
Spanish:
nulo
— computing: not returning value
Spanish:
inválido
— computing: not returning value
Bulgarian:
празнина
(praznina)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Bulgarian:
вакуум
(vakuum)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Catalan:
buit
— an empty space; a vacuum
Chinese Mandarin:
空虚
(kōngxū)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Czech:
prázdnota
— an empty space; a vacuum
Danish:
tomrum
— an empty space; a vacuum
Dutch:
vacuüm
— an empty space; a vacuum
Dutch:
leegte
— an empty space; a vacuum
Esperanto:
malpleno
— an empty space; a vacuum
Finnish:
tyhjiö
— an empty space; a vacuum
Finnish:
tyhjyys
— an empty space; a vacuum
French:
vide
— an empty space; a vacuum
French:
néant
— an empty space; a vacuum
Georgian:
სიცარიელე
(sicariele)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Georgian:
ვაკუუმი
(vaḳuumi)
— an empty space; a vacuum
German:
Leere
— an empty space; a vacuum
German:
Vakuum
— an empty space; a vacuum
Ancient Greek:
κενόν
(kenón)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Hebrew:
חָלָל
(ẖalál)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Hebrew:
רִיק
(riq)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Hindi:
निर्वात
(nirvāt)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Hindi:
रिक्ति
(rikti)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Hungarian:
üresség
— an empty space; a vacuum
Hungarian:
űr
— an empty space; a vacuum
Indonesian:
hampa
— an empty space; a vacuum
Interlingua:
vacuo
— an empty space; a vacuum
Italian:
vacuo
— an empty space; a vacuum
Italian:
vuoto
— an empty space; a vacuum
Japanese:
超空洞
(chō kūdō)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Latin:
lacūna
— an empty space; a vacuum
Macedonian:
пра́знина
(práznina)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Macedonian:
ва́куум
(vákuum)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Māori:
hemanga
— an empty space; a vacuum
Norwegian:
intet
— an empty space; a vacuum
Norwegian:
tomhet
— an empty space; a vacuum
Norwegian:
vakuum
— an empty space; a vacuum
Norwegian:
tomrom
— an empty space; a vacuum
Polish:
pustka
— an empty space; a vacuum
Polish:
próżnia
— an empty space; a vacuum
Portuguese:
vazio
— an empty space; a vacuum
Portuguese:
vácuo
— an empty space; a vacuum
Romanian:
vid
— an empty space; a vacuum
Russian:
пустота́
(pustotá)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Serbo-Croatian:
празнина
— an empty space; a vacuum
Serbo-Croatian:
praznina
— an empty space; a vacuum
Slovene:
praznina
— an empty space; a vacuum
Spanish:
vacío
— an empty space; a vacuum
Swedish:
tomrum
— an empty space; a vacuum
Turkish:
boşluk
— an empty space; a vacuum
Yiddish:
חלל
(kholel)
— an empty space; a vacuum
Finnish:
tyhjiö
— astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies
Georgian:
სიცარიელე
(sicariele)
— astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies
German:
Hohlraum
— astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies
German:
Void
— astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies
Turkish:
boşluk
— astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies
Hungarian:
hézag
— materials science: a collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice
Hungarian:
üreg
— fluid mechanics: a pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation
Hungarian:
likacs
— fluid mechanics: a pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation
Hungarian:
hézag
— construction: an empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade
Bulgarian:
анулирам
(anuliram)
— to make invalid or worthless
Catalan:
anul·lar
— to make invalid or worthless
Catalan:
invalidar
— to make invalid or worthless
Dutch:
annuleren
— to make invalid or worthless
Dutch:
ongeldig maken
— to make invalid or worthless
Finnish:
mitätöidä
— to make invalid or worthless
French:
annuler
— to make invalid or worthless
French:
résilier
— to make invalid or worthless
French:
révoquer
— to make invalid or worthless
Georgian:
გაბათილება
(gabatileba)
— to make invalid or worthless
Georgian:
გაუქმება
(gaukmeba)
— to make invalid or worthless
German:
löschen
— to make invalid or worthless
German:
annullieren
— to make invalid or worthless
Gothic:
𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽
(blauþjan)
— to make invalid or worthless
Ancient Greek:
ἀθετέω
(athetéō)
— to make invalid or worthless
Hungarian:
érvénytelenít
— to make invalid or worthless
Hungarian:
megsemmisít
— to make invalid or worthless
Hungarian:
felbont
— to make invalid or worthless
Indonesian:
membatalkan
— to make invalid or worthless
Interlingua:
annullar
— to make invalid or worthless
Interlingua:
invalidar
— to make invalid or worthless
Irish:
neamhnigh
— to make invalid or worthless
Italian:
annullare
— to make invalid or worthless
Italian:
invalidare
— to make invalid or worthless
Macedonian:
по́ништи
(póništi)
— to make invalid or worthless
Macedonian:
анули́ра
(anulíra)
— to make invalid or worthless
Norwegian:
annulere
— to make invalid or worthless
Norwegian:
gjøre ugyldig
— to make invalid or worthless
Portuguese:
anular
— to make invalid or worthless
Portuguese:
invalidar
— to make invalid or worthless
Russian:
аннулировать
(annulirovatʹ)
— to make invalid or worthless
Spanish:
infirmar
— to make invalid or worthless
Swedish:
annullera
— to make invalid or worthless
Swedish:
upphäva
— to make invalid or worthless
Tagalog:
waling-bisa
— to make invalid or worthless
Welsh:
dirymu
— to make invalid or worthless
Bulgarian:
изпразвам
(izprazvam)
— (medicine) to empty
Chinese Mandarin:
排空
(páikōng)
— (medicine) to empty
Dutch:
legen
— (medicine) to empty
Finnish:
tyhjentää
— (medicine) to empty
German:
entleeren
— (medicine) to empty
German:
leeren
— (medicine) to empty
Hungarian:
ürít
— (medicine) to empty
Hungarian:
kiürít
— (medicine) to empty
Indonesian:
mengosongkan
— (medicine) to empty
Interlingua:
vacuar
— (medicine) to empty
Interlingua:
evacuar
— (medicine) to empty
Italian:
svuotare
— (medicine) to empty
Macedonian:
и́спразни
(ísprazni)
— (medicine) to empty
Māori:
paru
— (medicine) to empty
Norwegian:
tømme
— (medicine) to empty
Portuguese:
esvaziar
— (medicine) to empty
Portuguese:
evacuar
— (medicine) to empty
Russian:
опорожнять
(oporožnjatʹ)
— (medicine) to empty