niente
- A musical term, often used as a direction in music to indicate that the sound should gradually fade to nothing. adverbThe composer instructed the orchestra to play the final note diminuendo al niente, allowing the sound to disappear completely.In the score, the phrase 'morendo al niente' suggested that the music should die away to silence.
- An Italian word meaning 'nothing', sometimes used in English contexts to convey a sense of nothingness or insignificance. nounAfter all the effort, it felt like we had achieved niente.He shrugged and said, 'Niente,' when asked what he had accomplished that day.