noun · rare

nill

nill · nills

Shining sparks thrown off from melted brassShining sparks thrown off from melted brass.

/nɪl/

» After the first half, Borussia Dortmund is leading two nill against Bayern Munich.

Nach der ersten Halbzeit führt Borussia Dortmund gegen Bayern München zwei zu null.

Meaning

3 senses

Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
Scales of hot iron from the forge.
(obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics.

Examples

1 sentences

After the first half, Borussia Dortmund is leading two nill against Bayern Munich.
deNach der ersten Halbzeit führt Borussia Dortmund gegen Bayern München zwei zu null. — Ioan_Cristian
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Origin

Compare Irish néal and Scottish Gaelic neul (“star, light”). Compare nebula. From Medieva

Compare Irish néal and Scottish Gaelic neul (“star, light”). Compare nebula.

From Medieval Latin nil and nihil (“nothing”) to represent German nichts and nix (“nothing”), confused with Latin nix (“snow, snow-white thing”), used for white forms of zinc oxide. Doublet of nihil album.

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Forms

plural: nills

Singular	nill
Plural	nills

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

zinc oxideparticularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics