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nix¹

  • /nɪks/ US, UK

Sounds like nicks · Rhymes with -ɪks

Where it comes from

From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”), informal for niets (“nothing”). More at naught.

noun

  1. colloquial, uncountable Nothing. "That's a clean lift from Kipling—or is it Conan Doyle? Anyway, I've read something just like it before. Say, kid, guess what these magazine guys get for a full page ad.? Nix. That's just like a woman. Three thousand straight. Fact."

    Similar: nada, zip

verb nixes · nixing · nixed

  1. To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. Nix the last order – the customer walked out.

    Similar: cancel, reject

  2. To destroy or eradicate.

interjection

  1. No! Not at all! "Ugh! An inventor, eh?" "Nix! He's not an inventor himself, but he antes-up for 'em."
  2. obsolete A warning cry when a policeman or schoolmaster etc. was seen approaching.

nix²

Where it comes from

From German Nix, from Middle High German nickes, niches, from Old High German nichus, nihhus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwus (“water-spirit; nix”), from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“a water-monster; hippopotamus”) whence English nicker.

noun nixes

  1. A treacherous water-spirit A girl from a village near Lei[zig was one time at service in the house of a Nix.

Nix³

  • /nɪks/

Where it comes from

Named after the mother of Charon, goddess of darkness and night.

proper noun

  1. One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)

    Similar: Pluto III, S, 2005 P 2, Pluto III Nix

Nix⁴

Where it comes from

From Nick, diminutive of the given name Nicholas + patronymic suffix -s.

proper noun

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Nix⁵

Where it comes from

Clipping of Phoenix.

proper noun the Nix

  1. Wellington Phoenix FC (a football club based in Wellington, New Zealand competing in the Australian A-League)

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nil, naught, goose egg, zilch, nothing, aught, zip, zero, cypher, cipher, nada, reject, prohibit, veto, slight, refuse

Translations

Every language

noun colloquial: nothing

Españolnada
Portuguêsnada
Françaisne...rien or rien, que dalle
Deutschnix
Italianoniente
Русскийничто́ ništó

verb to reject or cancel

Españolanular, rechazar, cancelar
Portuguêsanular, rejeitar, cancelar
Deutschverwerfen, annullieren, stornieren
Русскийзапреща́ть zapreščátʹ, отменя́ть otmenjátʹ

verb to destroy

Españoldestruir, erradicar, exterminar, aniquilar
Portuguêsdestruir
Deutschzerstören, vernichten

noun water spirit

中文水妖 shuǐyao
Françaisnix, nixe
DeutschNix, Nöck

name one of Pluto's moons

한국어닉스 Nikseu
日本語ニクス Nikusu
中文冥衛二 /冥卫二 Míngwèi'èr

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BibTeX
@misc{nix_2026,
  title = {nix},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nix},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}