Nothing - Rien (The 168th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Nothing is Rien. This word often comes up when talking about ownership. It can be used as noun, adverb, pronoun. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 168th most commonly used word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: nothing

French: rien

Examples


I know nothing about her.	Je ne sais rien de lui.
All or nothing.	Tout ou rien.
Nothing here is good.	Rien ici n'est bon.
I have nothing.	Je n'ai rien.
He is nothing.	Il n'en est rien.
You've got nothing.	Elle n'a rien.
I am nothing.	Je ne suis rien.
That was nothing.	Ce n'était rien.

She has nothing.	Vous n'avez rien.
Nothing can be better than that.	Rien ne peut être mieux que cela.
Something is better than nothing.	Mieux vaut peu que rien du tout.
She said nothing.	Elle ne dit rien.
As far as I am concerned, I have nothing to say.	En ce qui me concerne, je n'ai rien à dire.
Nothing is missing.	Rien ne manque.
His family lacks for nothing.	Sa famille ne manque de rien.
The more you know, the more you understand that you know nothing.	Plus vous en savez, plus vous comprenez que vous ne savez rien.
Nothing was wrong.	Rien ne clochait.
There's nothing worse than that.	Il n'y a rien de pire.
Nothing is worse than war.	Il n'y a rien de pire que la guerre.
Nothing much is happening.	Il ne se passe rien d'important actuellement.
He gave it to me in exchange for nothing.	Il me l'a donné en échange de rien.