Complete Definition of "naught"

English

Etymology
From the ME. #Middle English|naught, nought, naht, nawiht < OE. nawiht, "no whit".

Pronunciation
a|RP: IPA|/n��t/, SAMPA|/nO:t/
a|US: enPR|nôt, IPA|/n��t/, SAMPA|/nO:t/
audio|en-us-naught.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��t

Homophones
nod (in accents with flapping)
not (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
knot (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. zero

#: Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.

  1. nothing; nothingness

#: Naught can come of this, you mark my words. ''

Alternative spellings
nought

Translations
trans-top|zero
German: Null f
trans-mid
Russian: нол� m
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trans-top|nothingness
German: Nichts n
trans-mid
Russian: ни��о n
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Pronoun
en-pron

  1. nothing

Translations
trans-top|nothing
German: nichts
trans-mid
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See also
aught
nought
ought

References
R:1913

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