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{{also|Rien|ríen|rieŋ}}
==French==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|frm|rien}}, from {{inh|fr|fro|rien}}, from {{inh|fr|la|rēs|rem|t=thing}}. Compare {{cog|ca|res||nothing}} or {{cog|gl|ren||nothing}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{IPA|fr|[ʁjɛn]|a=Quebec}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-rien.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|fr|jɛ̃|s=1}}

===Pronoun===
{{fr-pron}}

# [[nothing]]
#* {{w|Antoine Lavoisier}}
#*: {{quote|fr|'''Rien ''' ne se perd, '''rien ''' ne se crée, tout se transforme.|'''Nothing ''' is lost, '''nothing '''is created, everything is transformed.}}
#: {{ux|fr|Je n'ai besoin de '''rien''' d'autre.|I need nothing else.}}
# {{lb|fr|archaic}} [[anything]]
#* {{quote-text|fr|year=1630|author=w:François de Malherbe|title=Le traité des bienfaits de Sénèque, III, 10
|passage=En tous les bienfaits d'importance, la preuve ne peut avoir de lieu ; car il n'y a bien souvent que deux qui en sachent '''rien '''.|translation=In any good deed of importance proof is unnecessary; for perfectly often there are only two knowing anything of it.}}

====Usage notes====
* Word order:<ref>{{R:fr:TLFi}}</ref> When used as the direct object of a transitive verb, '''{{m|fr||rien}}''' is placed in differing positions depending on what other elements are present in the sentence.
** '''{{m|fr||rien}}''' comes after a verb in simple tense.
**: {{uxi|fr|Je ne <u>fais</u> '''rien'''.|I'm not doing anything.}}
** As the direct object of a verb in compound tense, '''{{m|fr||rien}}''' usually comes between the auxiliary and participle.
**: {{uxi|fr|Je n'<u>ai</u> '''rien''' <u>dit</u>.|I didn't say anything.}}
*** When followed by a {{m|fr|complément}}, '''{{m|fr||rien}}''' usually comes after the participle element. <ref>[http://bdl.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/bdl/gabarit_bdl.asp?t1=1&id=3886 Banque de dépannage linguistique]</ref>
***: {{uxi|fr|Je n'ai <u>dit</u> '''rien''' <u>de tel</u>.|I said no such thing.}}
** '''{{m|fr||rien}}''' precedes a verb in the infinitive.
**: {{uxi|fr|Je ne veux '''rien''' <u>faire</u>.|I don't want to do anything.}}
** '''{{m|fr||rien}}''' can either precede or follow the adverbial pronouns {{m|fr|y}} or {{m|fr|en}} with the second option being the more literary.

====Synonyms====
* {{l|fr|que dalle}}

====Hyponyms====
* {{l|fr|rien de rien}}
* {{l|fr|rien du tout}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|fr
|ça ne fait rien
|de rien du tout
|mine de rien
|ne douter de rien
|ne rimer à rien
|on n'a rien sans rien
|qui ne risque rien n'a rien
|rien n'y fait
|rien ne va plus
|rien que ça
|bon à rien
|c'est rien de le dire
|comme si de rien
|comme si de rien n'était
|de rien
|en un rien de temps
|en moins de rien
|il n'en est rien
|mieux que rien
|parler de tout et de rien
|parler pour ne rien dire
|pour rien
|pour un rien
|rien à battre
|rien à branler
|rien à cirer
|rien à foutre
|rien à kicker
|rien à péter
|rien à secouer
|rien à voir
|rien de rien
|rien du tout
|rien de nouveau sous le soleil
|rien que
|rien de tel
|rien de tel que
|trois fois rien
|un rien
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|lou|arien|der=1}}
* {{desctree|ht-sdm|arien|der=1}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# a [[nothing]]
#: ''petits riens'' &ndash; little things, little nothings

===See also===
* {{l|fr|ne}}
* {{l|fr|néant}}
* {{l|fr|pas}}

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|nier}}, {{l|fr|rein}}

==Middle Dutch==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|dum|rijenn|rîgen}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|dum|gem-pro|inh=1}}
From {{inh|dum|odt|*rīan}}, from {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*rīhan}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dum|/ˈriːən/}}

===Verb===
{{dum-verb|head=riën}}

# to [[sew]] together, to put a [[thread]] through

====Inflection====
{{rfinfl|dum|verb}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|nl|rijgen}}
* {{desc|li|riege}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:MNW|46320|riën|I}}

==Middle French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|frm|fro|rien}}.

===Noun===
{{frm-noun|f}}

# [[thing]] (miscellaneous item)

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fr|rien}}

===References===
* {{R:Godefroy}}

==Mokilese==

===Noun===
{{head|mkj|noun form}}

# {{infl of|mkj|riah||construct}}

==Old French==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|fro|ren}} {{qualifier|Anglo-Norman}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fro|la|rem}}, accusative of {{m|la|rēs}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fro|/ˈri͡ɛn/}}
* {{rhymes|fro|en|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{fro-noun|f|riens|riens|riens}}

# [[thing]]; [[object]]
#* {{quote-book|fro|year=c. 1180|author=w:Chrétien de Troyes|title=''[[s:fr:Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette (Édition de Foulet et Uitti)|Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette]]''|passage="Dex te mete,<br>Chevaliers, joie et cuer parfite<br>De la '''rien''' qui plus te delite !"|translation="That God gives you<br>Knight, joy and a perfect heart<br>From the thing that pleases you the most}}
# [[being]]; [[creature]]

===Pronoun===
{{head|fro|pronoun}}

# [[thing]]
#* {{quote-text|fro|year=c. 1170|author=w:Chrétien de Troyes|title=s:fr:Érec et Énide
|passage="Oïl, mout m'an sovient il bien.<br>Seneschaus, savez vos an '''rien'''?
|translation=Yes, I remember it well<br>[[seneschal|Seneschal]], do you know anything about it?}}
# {{lb|fro|used with "ne"}} [[nothing]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|frm|rien}}
** {{desc|fr|rien}}

{{cln|fro|irregular nouns}}

==Tumleo==

===Noun===
{{head|tmq|noun}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* Stephen Adolphe Wurm, ''New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study'' (1976)

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