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nimeni
nobody /ˈni.menʲ/
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Also: no one, not anyone
Example sentences
Nimeni nu este acasă.
Nobody is home.
Nu văd pe nimeni în cameră.
I don't see anyone in the room.
Nimeni nu a răspuns la telefon.
No one answered the phone.
Nu am spus nimănui despre asta.
I haven't told anyone about this.
Nimeni dintre noi nu știa adevărul.
None of us knew the truth.
Nimeni nu e profet în țara lui.
No one is a prophet in his own land.
Word family
nimicnothing
nimănuito/of nobody (dative-genitive form)
niciodatănevernicăierinowhereom / oameniman / people
Etymology
Nimeni descends from Latin, most likely a fusion of the negative particle nec (not even) with homo (man, human being). This mirrors how Latin nemo itself formed earlier from ne- and an old form of homo. Romanian kept the compound as a single word meaning literally not a person. Today it stands as the negative pronoun for people, paired with nimic for things.
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