nimic

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nemīca, from ne- +‎ mīca. Compare Old French ne ... mie, Old Venetan nemiga. Compare also Italian mica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈmik/
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  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Hyphenation: ni‧mic

Adverb

nimic (obsolete)

  1. synonym of deloc (“not at all”)

Noun

nimic n (plural nimicuri)

  1. (uncountable) nothingness
    • 1945–1946, Lucian Blaga, edited by George Ivașcu, Hronicul și cîntecul vîrstelor [The chronicle and song of the ages], first edition, Bucharest: Editura Tineretului, published 1965, page 217:
      Spre seară, aceleași neguri se realcătuiau din nimicul seninului, și descindeau, ca să se statornicească departe în matca văilor.
      Towards evening, the same clouds would reassemble from the nothingness of the clear sky and would descend in order to settle far away, in the beds of the valleys.
  2. trifle, nothing, bagatelle
    Nu mă mai deranja cu nimicuri.
    Stop bothering me with trifles.

Pronoun

nimic

  1. nothing
    Synonyms: canci, ioc (colloquial)
    nu avea nimic de-a face cu… ― to have nothing to do with…
    nimic altceva ― nothing else
    • 1883, Mihai Eminescu, “Criticilor mei [To my critics]”, in Poesii [Poems]‎[1], Bucharest: Socec, page 303:
      E ușor a scrie versuri,
      Cănd nimic nu ai de spus.
      It is easy to write verses
      When you have nothing to say.

Usage notes

Romanian features the double negative.

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