Usually means: Nothing; absence of sound, silence.
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  1. niente: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Niente, niente: Wordnik
  3. Niente (musical dynamic), Niente: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. niente: Wiktionary

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (niente)

▸ adverb:  (music) totally silent, as a musical direction (abbreviated to n. or ∅ in sheet music)

Similar:
a niente, al niente, senza sordini, senza sordino, songlessly, nowt, noplace, semplice, nowhere, inexpressively, more...

Opposite:
something, anything, everything, existence, being

Phrases:
dolce far niente, L'isola di niente, more...



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Similar:
a niente, al niente, senza sordini, senza sordino, songlessly, nowt, noplace, semplice, nowhere, inexpressively, more...

Opposite:
something, anything, everything, existence, being

Phrases:
dolce far niente, L'isola di niente, more...



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