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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese nin (h)ũu, earlier nen (h)ũu, from Late Latin nec ūnus (“not even one”). Displaced the collateral form ningũu. Compare Galician ningún, Spanish ninguno.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ũ
- Hyphenation: ne‧nhum
Determiner
nenhum (feminine nenhuma, masculine plural nenhuns, feminine plural nenhumas)
- no, none
Nenhuma pessoa foi vista por aqui.- No person was seen around here.
Usage notes
- The plural forms nenhuns and nenhumas are now uncommon and are only used with pluralia tantum, nouns that change meaning in the plural, and multiple things considered together (e.g. nenhuns dois lugares ("no two places")).
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:nenhum.