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

1. 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.
2. A point on a thermometer or other scale at which numbering or measurement begins. The temperature outside is ten degrees above zero Fahrenheit.
3. Nothing, nought. The business did not lose money, but its profit was zero.
4. (slang) A person of little or no importance.
5. (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

6. 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, 3, 4), Nichts n (4), Nullstelle f (5)
• 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)

  sero (1), wala (3)

• Thai: ศูนย์
• Turkish: sıfır
• Vietnamese: số không (1, 2), zêrô (1, 2)

Related terms

• ground zero
• zero hour
• zero-rated
• zeroth

Adjective

zero

1. None at all; not any. The team had zero victories last season.
2. 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

• (1): some, at least one

Transitive verb

to zero

1. 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)

1. zero (number, numeral)

Lingua Franca Nova

Numeral

zero

1. zero

Portuguese

Numeral

1. zero (1)

Pronunciation

• (as pronunced in São Paulo) IPA: /ˈzɛru/