English Explanatory Dictionary

zero

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
noun
  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.
  5. The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
  6. A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
  7. The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
  8. A person dismissed as unimportant.
  9. A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
  10. A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
  11. A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
det
  1. Synonym of no.
adj
  1. Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
  2. Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
  3. Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
  4. Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories
verb
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/ /ˈzɪɹəʊ/ zĭʹrō zēʹrō /ˈzɪɹoʊ/ /ˈziɹoʊ/ En-us-zero.ogg /ˈzɪə.ɹəʉ/ En-au-zero.ogg /ˈzɪə.ɹaʉ/ /ˈzi.ro/ /ˈdʒi.ro/ /ˈsi.ro/

Word forms

zero zeros zeroes zeroing zeroed

Etymology

Collectively borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zero, Middle French zero, and (their etymon) Old Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zēphirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing; cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá, “void; nothingness”). Doublet of cipher and chiffre. Cognate with Spanish cero and French zéro.

Synonyms

0 cipher goose egg love naught nil no nought null zilch zippo value of a function’s variables at zero origin zero point nadir slashed zero additive identity nobody nonentity loser absolute zero assbucket asswipe badling blatherskite bugger carrion cockstain crumb custron dandiprat doink dirtbag douchebag fellow fritlag fuckbucket geek good-for-naught good-for-nothing gooey hoon lidderon losel louse maggot ne'er-do-well no-good no-mark nonce nowmun pelf pig dog pile of shit pissant punk puny quat ramp rinky-dink

Antonyms

pole

Related words

Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Derived words

non-zero alef zero big fat zero care factor zero cover zero element zero exceptional zero give zero fucks grade zero ground-zero identically zero inbox zero kilometer zero kilometre zero Landau-Siegel zero myelin protein zero ones and zeroes patient zero semi-zero grazing Siegel zero status zero year zero zero article zero balancing zero-based zero blitz zero bomb zero car zero chill zero-click zero client zero conditional zero-cool zero copula zero-coupon note zero COVID zero cross zero dark thirty zero day zero derivation zero-derivation zero derive zero-derive zero divisor zero-dose zero-edge pool zero-emission zero ending zero-entry zeroes and crosses zero fighter zero fucks given zero G zero-G zero-gee zero gee zero grade zero-grazed zero-hour contract zero-hours

Translations

Breton: mann Breton: zero Catalan: zero Czech: nula Danish: nulpunkt Dutch: nul Esperanto: nulo Finnish: nolla Finnish: nollapiste French: zéro German: Null Hebrew: אפס Hindi: शून्य Interlingua: zero Italian: zero Northern Kurdish: sifir Latvian: nulle Latvian: nullpunkts Maltese: żero Norwegian: nullpunkt Polish: zero Portuguese: zero Romanian: zero Scottish Gaelic: neoni Serbo-Croatian: нула Serbo-Croatian: nula Sindhi: ٻُڙِي Slovene: ničla Spanish: cero Swedish: nolla Tatar: ноль Tatar: nol Vietnamese: số không Vietnamese: zêrô
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