néantir

French

Etymology

Coined by Jean-Paul Sartre. From néant +‎ -ir. Compare anéantir, its derivation.

Verb

néantir

  1. (transitive) to nihilate
  2. (transitive) to negate

Conjugation

  • This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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