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English

Etymology
From F. zéro < It. zero#Italian|zero < ML. zephirum < Arab. ARchar|ص�ر IPAchar|(ṣifr) "nothing", "cipher".

Pronunciation
a|Aus|US enPR|z�'r�, IPA|/�zi�r��/, SAMPA|/"zi:r@U/
a|RP IPA|/�zɪ�r��/, SAMPA|/"zI@r@U/
audio|en-us-zero.ogg|Audio (US)

numeral|English
zero

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

#: The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.
#: A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.

Usage notes
In an adjectival sense, used with the plural of a countable noun:

Synonyms
0, cipher, goose egg, naught, nil, no, null

Related terms
zeroth

Translations
trans-top|cardinal number before one, denoting nothing
Arabic: ARchar|ص�ر|ص���ر unicode|(�ifr)
Assamese: স�� (suunya)
Bengali: শ�ন (shuna)
Bosnian: nula#Bosnian|nula f
Breton: mann, #Breton|zero
Bulgarian: н�ла (nula)
Catalan: #Catalan|zero
Chinese: � (líng)

Corsican: zeru
Crimean Tatar: sıfır#Crimean Tatar|sıfır
Croatian: nula
Czech: nula#Czech|nula f
Danish: nul#Danish|nul
Dutch: nul#Dutch|nul
Esperanto: nulo
Estonian: null#Estonian|null
Filipino: sero
Finnish: nolla
French: zéro m
Frisian: nul#Frisian|nul
German: Null f
Greek: μηδέν (midén) n
Gujarati: મ��ડ�� (miidu)
Hebrew: �פס|�ֶפֶס (éffes) m
Hindi: श�न�य (�ūnya) m
Hungarian: nulla, zéró
Icelandic: núll
Indonesian: nol
Interlingua: #Interlingua|zero
Irish: neamhní, nialas
Italian: zero#Italian|zero m
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Japanese: � (��, maru), � (��, maru), � (�, mu), � (��, rei), �� (����, reiten), �� (zéro)
Khmer: KMchar|����� (s�n)
Korean: � [�] (yeong)
Kurdish: sifir
Latvian: nulle f
Lojban: t|jbo|no
Maltese: żero
Manx: neunhee
Norwegian: null#Norwegian|null
Novial: sero, #Novial|zero
Persian: FAchar|ص�ر|ص��ر (sefr)
Polish: #Polish|zero
Portuguese: #Portuguese|zero m
Romanian: #Romanian|zero n
Russian: н�л� (nul�) m
Sanskrit: श�� (shunya)
Serbian: н�ла (nula)
Sindhi: SDchar|ٻ���� (buri)
Slovak: nula
Slovene: ni�
Slovio: nul
Spanish: cero m
Swedish: noll
Tatar: нол�#Tatar|нол�, nol#Tatar|nol
Thai: THchar|ศู�ย� (súún)
Turkish: sıfır
Ukrainian: зе�о (zero)
Vietnamese: s� không, zêrô
Võro: nulĺ
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Noun
en-noun|zeroes

1. The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

#: In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.
#: Write 0.0 to indicate a floating point rather than the integer zero.
#: The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.

1. The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.

#: One million has six zeros.

1. context|informal|uncountable nothing|Nothing; nought; an amount or degree that is for practical purposes irrelevant.

#: The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock.
#: He knows zero about humor.
#: In the end, all our hard work amounted to zero.

1. A zero value of a magnitude.

#: The electromagnetic field does not drop all the way to zero before a reversal.

1. A point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.

#: The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.

1. mathematics A value of a function�s independent variables for which the function is equal to zero.

#: The zeros of a polynomial are its roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra.
#: The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero.
#: The nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function may all lie on the critical line.

1. mathematics The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.

#: Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.
#: The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.

1. slang A person of little or no importance.

#: They rudely treated him like a zero.

1. military A plane flown by a Japanese kamikaze in WWII.
2. A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.

Synonyms
sense|numeric symbol zero cipher
sense|digit zero slashed zero
sense|point of origin on a scale origin, zero point
sense|lowest point nadir
sense|irrelevant amount bugger all, nada, naught, nothing, nought, nowt, null, sod all, sweet FA, sweet Fanny Adams, zilch, zip
sense|person of little importance cipher, nobody, nonentity
(value of a function�s variables at zero): root
sense|identity element of a monoid additive identity

1. informal For all practical purposes irrelevant. Usage:'' zero + noun.

#: She showed zero respect.

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 data.

#: The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".

Synonyms
sense|informal: for all practical purposes irrelevant no

Translations
trans-top|informal'': for all practical purposes irrelevant
Danish: nul#Danish|nul, ingen
Kurdish: sifir
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Swedish: noll, noll-, ingen
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trans-top|meteorology: of a cloud ceiling: limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less
Kurdish: sifir
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trans-top|meteorology: of horizontal visibility: limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less
Kurdish: sifir
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trans-top|linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data
Kurdish: sifir
Polish: zerowy
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Swedish: noll, noll-
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Derived terms
zero hour
zero-point energy
zero-rated
zero tolerance

Verb
en-verb|zero|es

1. transitive To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.

#: Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.

1. context|transitive|computing To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.

#: Results were inconsistent because an array wasn�t zeroed during initialization.

1. transitive To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.

#: They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.

Synonyms
sense|to set to zero tare, zeroise, zeroize
sense|to cause to be zero zeroise, zeroize, zero out

Translations
trans-top|to set to zero
Catalan: posar a zero
Czech: vynulovat
Danish: nulstille
Dutch: op nul zetten
Estonian: nullima
Finnish: nollata
French: mettre à zéro
German: nullen, auf Null stellen
Greek: μηδενίζ� (midenízo)
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Hungarian: nulláz
Interlingua: reducer a zero, adjustar a zero
Italian: azzerare
Kurdish: sifir kirin
Polish: wyzerowa�, zerowa�
Portuguese: zerar
Romanian: a reduce la zero
Russian: на���аива�� на н�л� (nastráivat� na nul�)
Spanish: poner a cero
Swedish: nolla, nollställa
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Derived terms
zero in
zero in on
zero out

Catalan

Noun
zero m

1. #English|zero

Derived terms
ser un zero a l�esquerra (to be a zero on left side) = to have no value, to be worthless (used for people)

Category:Catalan nouns

Italian

numeral|Italian
zero m

1. cardinal|lang=it #English|zero

Noun
it-noun|zer|m|o|i

1. #English|zero (number, numeral)

Japanese
ja-attention|Romaji header should be replaced with POS header|key=p

Romaji
zero

1. ja-def|�� zero, cipher, naught, nothing

Category:Japanese romaji

Kurdish

Etymology
Compounded from zer + -ê.

Noun
zero m

1. rfv-sense yellow gloss|Kurdish
2. blond (male person)

See also
zerê

Category:Kurdish nouns

Portuguese

Pronunciation
(Brazil) IPA|/�z�ru/

numeral|Portuguese
zero

1. cardinal|lang=pt #English|zero.

Noun
zero m

1. #English|Zero. gloss|Portuguese

Category:Portuguese nouns

Romanian

Etymology
F.|ro zéro

Numeral
zero

1. cardinal|lang=ro #English|zero

ang:zero
ca:zero
da:zero
de:zero
el:zero
es:zero
fa:zero
fr:zero
ko:zero
hy:zero
io:zero
it:zero
kk:zero
ku:zero
hu:zero
nl:zero
ja:zero
pl:zero
pt:zero
ru:zero
simple:zero
fi:zero
sv:zero
ta:zero
te:zero
th:zero
vi:zero
tr:zero
zh:zero

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