rien
Rien de nouveau 🔁 , monsieur , répondit Harry Markel.
🔁
Nothing new, sir, replied Harry Markel.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁjɛ̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French rien, from Old French rien, from Latin rem (“thing”). Compare Catalan res (“nothing”) or Galician ren (“nothing”).
Related words
not an ace
sod-all
Rien
𐑌𐐲𐑃𐐮𐑍
not any thing
n’importe quoi
zero
que n’existe pas
que pouic
le néant
zilch
n’importe quel
ne … rien or rien
quelquechose
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