néantir
French, verb\ne.ɑ̃.tiʁ\
néantir is a French verb meaning “to nihilate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire considérer comme du néant, comme n’existant pas”.
What does néantir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nihilate
- 2
to negate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire considérer comme du néant, comme n’existant pas.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of néantir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- néantissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- néanti participle past
- néantis first-person indicative present
- néantit indicative present singular
- néantissons first-person indicative plural
- néantissez indicative plural present
- néantissent indicative plural present
- néantissais first-person imperfect indicative
- néantissait imperfect indicative singular
- néantissions first-person imperfect indicative
- néantissiez imperfect indicative plural
- néantissaient imperfect indicative plural
- néantîmes first-person historic indicative
- néantîtes historic indicative past
- néantirent historic indicative past
- néantirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce néantir?
- \ne.ɑ̃.tiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.