vocab dash

Vocabulary

rien

nothing; anything

Pronoun

rien

a nothing

Noun

RAS

initialism of rien à signaler (“nothing to report”)

Adverb

bitter

to understand, usually used in negative form and especially with rien

Verb

rien ne va plus

rien ne va plus (announcement of the croupier)

Phrase

⠗

The independent word rien.

rien que

only; just

Adverb

rien que ça

no less! if you please!

Interjection

rien de tel

nothing of the sort, nothing like that

Pronoun

rien à voir

that has nothing to do with it! not at all!

Interjection

rien du tout

nothing at all

Pronoun

rien à faire

I don't care, I don't give a fuck!

Phrase

rien à péter

I don't give a damn!

Phrase

rien de rien

nothing at all

Pronoun

rien à cirer

I don't give a damn!

Phrase

rien à foutre

I don't give a fuck!

Phrase

rien à kicker

I don't give a damn!

Phrase

rien n'y fait

nothing works! it's hopeless! it's no use!

Phrase

rien à battre

I don't give a damn!

Phrase

rien à secouer

I don't give a damn!

Phrase

rien à branler

I don't give a fuck!

Phrase

rien à claquer

I don't give a damn!

Phrase

rien moins que

nothing less than, nothing short of

Phrase

rien de tel que

Comparable to English "(there's) nothing like" or "nothing beats".

Adverb

rien de nouveau sous le soleil

there is nothing new under the sun

Phrase

rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point

slow and steady wins the race; more haste, less speed

Proverb