zero

zero

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of zero in English

English Online Dictionary. What means zero‎? What does zero mean?

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • Zero, ZERO

Etymology

Borrowed from English zero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈziro], [ˈziˈro]

Noun

zero

  1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 0.
    Synonym: nadazero (ITU/IMO)


References

English

Etymology

From French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “void, nothingness”). Doublet of cipher and chiffre.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈzɪə.ɹəʊ/
  • (General American) enPR: zîrʹō('), zēʹrō('), IPA(key): /ˈzɪɹ(ˌ)oʊ/, /ˈzi(ˌ)ɹoʊ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈzɪə.ɹəʉ/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈzɪə.ɹaʉ/
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ro
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ, -iːɹəʊ

Numeral

zero

  1. 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

Descendants

  • → Tokelauan: helo

Translations

See also

  • Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

zero (countable and uncountable, plural zeros or zeroes)

  1. The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
  2. The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
  3. (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
  4. The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
  5. The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
  6. (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
  8. (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
  9. (slang) A person of little or no importance.
  10. (military, usually capitalized) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
  11. A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
  12. (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

  • (antonym(s) of “value of a function's variables at zero”): pole

Hyponyms

Holonyms

  • (value of a function's variables at zero): kernel

Derived terms

Translations

Determiner

zero

  1. Synonym of no.

Adjective

zero (not comparable)

  1. (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
  2. (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
  3. (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)

  1. (transitive) To set some amount to be zero.
  2. To disappear or make something disappear.
  3. To adjust until the variance is reduced to an acceptably low amount.

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 Spanish cero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, nothing, empty, void”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ro

Numeral

zero

  1. zero
    Synonym: huts

Declension

Further reading

  • “zero”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “zero”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

From Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈzɛ.ɾu]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈzɛ.ɾo]

Numeral

zero m or f

  1. (cardinal number) zero
  2. (metrology) zero; origin point of a scale

Derived terms

  • hora zero
  • zero a l’esquerra
  • zero absolut

Noun

zero m (plural zeros)

  1. zero

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English zero, French zéro, Italian zero, Spanish cero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈze.ro/

Numeral

zero

  1. (temperature) zero
  2. (arithmetic) cipher, nought

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch zero, from French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “void, nothingness”). Doublet of Safar, sifar, and zero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ze.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ro
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ro

Numeral

zero

  1. zero: the cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

Noun

zero

  1. zero
    1. the numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
    2. the digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
    3. nothing, or none.
    4. the value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “zero” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Numeral

zero

  1. zero

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin zerum, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing”, “cipher”). Doublet of cifra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɛ.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛro
  • Hyphenation: zè‧ro

Numeral

zero (invariable)

  1. zero

Noun

zero m (plural zeri)

  1. zero
  2. nil (football)

Derived terms

  • a zero
  • zero assoluto
  • zero spaccato
  • zero zero sette
  • l'ora zero

Japanese

Romanization

zero

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゼロ

Latin

Noun

zerō

  1. dative/ablative singular of zerum

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

zer +‎ -o

Noun

zero m

  1. blond (male person)

See also

  • zerê

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French zéro. First attested in 1781. Doublet of cyfra and szyfr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɔ
  • Syllabification: ze‧ro

Noun

zero n (related adjective zerowy)

  1. zero (numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero)
  2. zero (point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates)
  3. zero (nothing, or none; lack of something)
  4. (derogatory) zero (person of little or no importance)

Declension

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), zero is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 25 times in scientific texts, 43 times in news, 0 times in essays, 3 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 76 times, making it the 854th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

Further reading

  • zero in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • zero in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “zero”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1927), “zero”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 8, Warsaw, page 446
  • zero in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾu
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”). Doublet of cifra.

Numeral

zero m or f

  2. zero
    Synonym: (equivalent pronoun) nenhum
Usage notes

Takes the plural.

Noun

zero m (plural zeros)

  1. zero (name of the digit 0)
  2. zero (worthless person)
  3. nothing
  4. (mathematics) zero (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)
    Synonym: raiz
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

zero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zerar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French zéro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈze.ro/
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ro

Numeral

zero

  1. zero

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