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Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin nē (“not”) + ipse (emphatic, literally “himself”) + ūnus (“one”), meaning “not even one”. Cognate with Neapolitan nisciuno, Sardinian nisciunu, Friulian nissun, Ligurian nisciǜn, and Old French neisune. Compare Spanish ninguno and Romanian niciun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nesˈsu.no/
- Rhymes: -uno
- Hyphenation: nes‧sù‧no
Determiner
nessuno (feminine nessuna, no plural, superlative nessunissimo)
- (in negative sentences) no, any
- Synonyms: (informal) niente, (archaic, literary) nullo, (archaic, literary) veruno, (archaic, literary) niuno
Pronoun
nessuno m sg (singular only, feminine nessuna)
- none
- (masculine only) no one, nobody
Usage notes
- The determiner has no plural form and is therefore only used with singular nouns. The pronoun is also a singulare tantum.
- Before any grammatically connected word not beginning with s + consonant, cn, gn, pn, ps, x, or z, the masculine form nessuno changes into the apocopic form nessun, while the feminine form nessuna becomes nessun' before vowels:
- nessun dolore ― no pain
- nessun amico ― no friends
- nessun'amica ― no (female) friends
- nessun altro ― nobody else
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