ne veut rien

wants nothing

→ ne

phrase Common #6,450

wants nothing With vouloir, ne veut rien means “wants nothing.” In the expression ne veut rien dire, it means “means nothing.” The examples with je and tu use the forms ne veux rien and ne veux rien, respectively.

FR: Cette excuse ne veut rien dire.

EN: This excuse means nothing.

Mais la distance ne veut rien dire.

But distance means nothing.

— Article 15 (2019)

Ta copine ne veut rien ?

Your girlfriend doesn't want anything?

— Chungking Express (1994)

Il ne veut rien entendre.

He won't listen to reason.

— La Chute (2004)

Cela ne veut rien dire.

That means nothing.

— Le Facteur (1994)

Je ne veut rien entendre !

I don't want to hear another word!

— De tout cœur (1998)

Tom ne veut rien acheter d'autre.

Tom doesn't want to buy anything else.

Il ne veut rien savoir.

He doesn't want to know anything about it.

— Les Nuits de Cabiria (1957)

Tom ne veut rien à boire.

Tom doesn't want anything to drink.

Si la reine ne veut rien entendre, il ne faut rien dire.

If the queen doesn't want to hear anything, then nothing should be said.

— Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre (2002)

Yanni ne veut rien.

Yanni doesn't want anything.

Elle ne veut rien boire.

She doesn't want to drink anything.

Ta mère ne veut rien savoir de toi.

Your mother doesn't want anything to do with you.

— Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)

Le fiancé ne veut rien du tout.

The fiancé doesn't want anything at all.

— 3 Idiots (2009)