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zero
Translingual
Etymology
From English zero
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?zi??ro] [sic]
Numeral
zero
- Code word for the digit 0 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet
Synonyms
ITU/IMO code word nadazero
References
English
Etymology
From French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, “nothing, cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskrit ????? (??nya, “void, nothingness”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, General New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /?z?????/
- (US) enPR: zîr??('), z??r?('), IPA(key): /?z??(?)o?/, /?zi(?)?o?/
- Rhymes: -?????, -i????
- Hyphenation: zero
Numeral
zero
- The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
Usage notes
- In an adjectival sense, used with the plural of a countable noun or with an uncountable noun:
- I have zero dollars and zero food.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
Noun
zero (countable and uncountable, plural zeroes or zeros)
- The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
- The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
- (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
- The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
- The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
- (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
- (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
- (slang) A person of little or no importance.
- (military) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
- A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.
- (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
Synonyms
- (numeric symbol zero): cipher
- (digit zero): slashed zero
- (point of origin on a scale): origin, zero point
- (lowest point): nadir
- (negligible or irrelevant amount): naught, nil, nothing, nought, nowt, null, (informal) bugger all, (informal) fuck all, nada, sod all, sweet FA, sweet Fanny Adams, zilch, zip
- (person of little importance): cipher, nobody, nonentity
- (value of a function’s variables at zero): root
- (identity element of a monoid): additive identity
Antonyms
- (value of a function's variables at zero): pole
Hyponyms
Holonyms
- (value of a function's variables at zero): kernel
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
zero (not comparable)
- (informal) no, not any
- (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
- (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
- (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
Synonyms
- (informal: virtually none): no
Derived terms
- zero growth
- zero tolerance
Translations
Verb
zero (third-person singular simple present zeroes or zeros, present participle zeroing, simple past and past participle zeroed)
- (transitive) To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.
- (transitive, computing) To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
- (transitive) To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
- (transitive) To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
- (intransitive) To disappear
Synonyms
- (to set to zero): tare
- (to cause to be zero): zero out
Derived terms
- zero in
- zero in on
- zero out
Translations
Basque
Etymology
From Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, “nothing, cipher”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?e.?o/
Numeral
zero
- zero
- Synonym: huts
Declension
Catalan
Etymology
From Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, “nothing, cipher”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?z?.?o/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?z?.?u/
Numeral
zero m or f
- zero
- (metrology) zero; origin point of a scale
Derived terms
- hora zero
- zero a l’esquerra
- zero absolut
Noun
zero m (plural zeros)
- zero
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English zero, French zéro, Italian zero, Spanish cero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ze.ro/
Numeral
zero
- (temperature) zero
- (arithmetic) cipher, nought
Interlingua
Numeral
zero
- zero
Italian
Etymology
From New Latin zerum, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, “nothing”, “cipher”). Doublet of cifra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?z?.ro/
- Rhymes: -?ro
- Hyphenation: zè?ro
Numeral
zero
- zero
Noun
zero m (plural zeri)
- zero
- nil (football)
Derived terms
- a zero
- zero assoluto
- zero spaccato
- zero zero sette
- l'ora zero
See also
- Appendix:Italian numbers
Japanese
Romanization
zero
- R?maji transcription of ??
Latin
Noun
zer?
- dative singular of zerum
- ablative singular of zerum
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
zer +? -o
Noun
zero m
- blond (male person)
See also
- zerê
Polish
Etymology
From French zéro, from Italian zero, from zefiro, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, “nothing, cipher”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?z?.r?/
Numeral
zero n
- zero
Declension
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- zerówka, zerowa?
Further reading
- zero in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- zero in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, “nothing, cipher”). Doublet of cifra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?z?.?u/
- Hyphenation: ze?ro
Numeral
zero m or f
- zero
Usage notes
Takes the plural.
Synonyms
- nenhum (equivalent pronoun)
Noun
zero m (plural zeros)
- zero (name of the digit 0)
- zero (worthless person)
- nothing
Derived terms
Verb
zero
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of zerar
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French zéro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ze.ro/
Numeral
zero
- zero
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zeroes
English
Noun
zeroes
- plural of zero
Noun
zeroes pl (plural only)
- (rare) The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s.
Synonyms
- zeros
Verb
zeroes
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of zero
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