Zero
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English
Pronunciation
- US, Aus: zē'rō, /ˈziːrəʊ/, /"zi:r@U/
- RP: /ˈzɪərəʊ/, /"zI@r@U/
Pronunciation note
In certain areas, to keep a certain rhythm in pronounciation of conjoined digits, zero is often shortned to just being pronounced o. This is often seen in the pronounciation of telephone numbers, or 007 (See 007 in Wikipedia).
Cardinal number
- Arabic numerals: 0
- Chinese numerals: 零, 〇
- Next: one, 1
Noun
zero
- The number or numeral 0, which means no quantity or amount at all. When you add zero to any number or subtract zero from any number, the number remains the same.
- A point on a thermometer or other scale at which numbering or measurement begins. The temperature outside is ten degrees above zero Fahrenheit.
- Nothing, nought. The business did not lose money, but its profit was zero.
- (slang) A person of little or no importance.
- (mathematics) (of a function) A value of the function's independent variable for which the function is equal to zero.
- x2 − 1 has zeros at +1 and −1
- Setting of a firearm. (See zero in)
Synonyms
- (1, 2): cipher, nil, nought, null
- (3): bugger all, nada, naught, nothing, nought, nowt, null, sod all, sweet FA, sweet Fanny Adams, zilch, zip
- (4): cipher, nobody
- (5): root
Translations
- Arabic: صِفْر (ṣifr)
- Bosnian: nula f (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- Breton: mann, zero (1, 2)
- Catalan: zero (1, 2), res (3), zero a l'esquerra (4)
- Chinese: 零
- Corsican: zeru
- Czech: nula
- Dutch: nul (1, 2, 3, 4), nulpunt (2)
- Ekspreso: sero
- Esperanto: nulo (1, 2, 3), nululo (4)
- Estonian: null
- Finnish: nolla (1, 2, 3, 4), nollakohta (5), lukitus (6)
- French: zéro m (1, 2)
- Frisian: nul
- German: Null f (1, 2), Nichts n (3), Null f (4)
- Greek: μηδέν
- Hebrew: אפס (e'ffes) (1, 2)
- Hungarian: nulla, zéró
- Indonesian: nol
- Interlingua: zero (1,2,3,4,5); nihil (3)
- Italian: zero m (1, 2) (plural zeri)
- Icelandic: núll
- Japanese: 〇 (まる, maru), ○ (まる, maru), 無 (む, mu), 零 (れい, rei), 零点 (れいてん, reiten), ゼロ (zero)
- Korean: 영 [零] (yeong)
- Lingua Franca Nova: zero
- Persian: صِفر (sefr)
- Polish: zero (1, 2, 3, 4)
- Portuguese: zero m (1, 2, 3, 4, 5); nada m (3); zero à esquerda m (4)
- Romanian: zero n (1, 2, 3, 4)
- Serbian: нула
- Slovio: nul
- Spanish: cero m (1, 2, 3, 5), nada f (3), nulo m (3), nula f (3), don nadie m (4), cero a la izquierda m (4) , raíz f (5)
- Swedish: nolla (1, 2), nollställe (5)
- Filipino: sero (1), wala (3)
- Thai: ศูนย์
- Turkish: sıfır
- Vietnamese: số không (1, 2), zêrô (1, 2)
Related terms
- ground zero
- zero hour
- zero-rated
Adjective
zero
- None at all; not any. The team had zero victories last season.
- At, being, or of zero. The temperature dropped to zero degrees Fahrenheit last night.
Translations
- Breton: ebet (1)
- Catalan: cap (1), zero (2)
- Czech: nulový m, nulová f, nulové n
- Dutch: geen (1), geen enkel (1)
- Estonian: null (1, 2), mitte ühtegi (1), mitte midagi (1)
- Finnish: nolla (1, 2), ei lainkaan (1)
- French: aucun m, aucune f (1); zéro (2)
- Greek: καθόλου (1), μηδέν (2)
- German: kein (1)
- Hungarian: nulla, egyetlen sem
- Interlingua: zero, nulle, necun
- Italian: non + verb + nessun + singular m noun, non + verb + nessuno + singular m noun beginning with s + consonant, gn, ps, x or z, non + verb + nessuna + singular f noun (1), zero (2)
- Portuguese: zero, nenhum/a
- Romanian: zero n (1, 2), nici un (1)
- Spanish: cero, ningún/a
- Swedish: noll
- Turkish: sıfır
Synonyms
- (1): no
- (2): naught, nought
Antonym
Transitive verb
to zero
- To set (a measuring instrument) to zero.
Synonyms
- tare, zeroise, zeroize
Translations
- Catalan: posar a zero
- Czech: vynulovat
- Estonian: nullima
- Finnish: nollata
- French: mettre à zéro
- German: nullen, auf Null stellen
- Greek: μηδενίζω
- Hungarian: nulláz
- Interlingua: reducer a zero, adjustar a zero
- Italian: azzerare
- Portuguese: zerar
- Romanian: a reduce la zero
- Spanish: poner a cero
- Swedish: nolla, nollställa
Italian
Noun
zero m (plural zeri)
- zero (number, numeral)
Lingua Franca Nova
Numeral
zero
- Zero
Portuguese
Numeral
- zero (1)
Pronunciation
- (as pronunced in São Paulo) IPA: /ˈzɛru/
pt:zero
