ex nihilo

Learned borrowing from Latin (creātiō) ex nihilō (“(creation) out of nothing”).^[1]

• enPR: ĕks nē′ə-lō′, -nī′-, -nĭ′-^[1]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛks ˈniː.əˌləʊ̯/, /-ˈnaɪ̯-/, /-ˈnɪ-/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɛks ˈniː.əˌləʊ̯/, /-ˈnaɪ̯-/, /-ˈnɪ-/

  (Canada) IPA^(key): /-ˈnʌɪ̯-/

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /eks ˈniː.əˌləʉ̯/, /-ˈnɑe̯-/, /-ˈnɪ-/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /eks ˈniː.əˌlɐʉ̯/, /-ˈnaɪ̯-/, /-ˈnə-/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɛks ˈni.əˌlo/; /-ˈnaɪ̯-/, /-ˈnʌi̯-/, /-ˈnəi̯-/; /-ˈnɪ-/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ɛks ˈniː.iˌloː/, /-ˈnaj-/, /-ˈnɪ-/
• Hyphenation: ex ni‧hi‧lo^[1]

ex nihilō

2. Out of nothing.
   • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 320:

     This creation ex nihilo came into being in a manner completely opposed to the ordinary course of natural law.

• exnihilation
• exnihilator, Exnihilator
• exnihilator-annihilator

• nihilogony

• “ex nihilo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Literally, “out of nothing”.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛks ˈni.(ɦ)ɪ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛks ˈniː.ki.lo]
• Hyphenation: ex ni‧hi‧lō

ex nihilō

2. ex nihilo (out of nothing)