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.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
(not-comparable) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
(not-comparable) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".
(not-comparable, postpositional) Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories
sv noll- (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data) · gd neoni (informal: virtually none) · sw ziro (meteorology: of horizontal visibility: limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less) · fi ei mitään (informal: virtually none) · ceb wala (informal: virtually none) · da ingen (informal: virtually none) · kmr sifir (meteorology: of horizontal visibility: limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less) · la nullus (informal: virtually none) · kmr sifir (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data) · sv noll (informal: virtually none) · pl zerowy (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data) · ca cap (informal: virtually none) · es nulo (informal: virtually none) · sv ingen (informal: virtually none) · sv noll- (informal: virtually none) · it nessun (informal: virtually none) · kmr sifir (meteorology: of a cloud ceiling: limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less) · sv noll (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data) · sw ziro (informal: virtually none) · bg нулев (informal: virtually none) · fi nolla- (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data) · fi nolla (meteorology: of a cloud ceiling: limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less) · sw ziro (meteorology: of a cloud ceiling: limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less) · es cero (informal: virtually none) · pt nenhum (informal: virtually none) · fr nul (informal: virtually none) · fi nolla (meteorology: of horizontal visibility: limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less) · kmr sifir (informal: virtually none) · da nul (informal: virtually none) · ja 空 (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data) · it senza (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data) · sw ziro (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data)
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.
Meanings
Synonym of no.
You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it. 2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport:
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.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.
The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.
Write 0.0 to indicate a floating point number rather than the integer zero.
(countable, uncountable) The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
This effectively allows switching on and off of the flow of current, so it is either conducting or not conducting, creating the binary system of zeroes and ones used in digital computers. 2024 January 4, Matthew Sparkes, “First working graphene semiconductor could lead to faster computers”, in New Scientist, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2024, retrieved 18 Jan 2024:
One million has six zeroes.
Here is the formal definition: an autobiographical number is a number N such that the first digit of N counts how many zeroes are in N, the second digit counts how many ones are in N and so on. In our example, 1210 has 1 zero, 2 ones, 1 two and 0 threes. 2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2026, page 1:
His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets up and down along each of the wires to be read and written as digital ones and zeros. 2007 September 11, John Markoff, “Redefining the Architecture of Memory”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
(informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock.
zero-defect
He knows zero about humour.
In the end, all of our hard work amounted to zero.
(countable, uncountable) The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal.
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return. 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2019, page 68:
(countable, uncountable) The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.
(countable, uncountable) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero.
As the next example shows, the set of zeros may well have a limit point not belonging to the domain. 2006, Ivan Francis Wilde, Lecture Notes on Complex Analysis, Imperial College Press, page 153:
The nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function may all lie on the critical line.
The zeroes of a polynomial are its roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra.
(countable, uncountable) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
The zero (of a ring or field) has the property that the product of the zero with any element yields the zero.
The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.
Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.
(countable, slang, uncountable) A person dismissed as unimportant.
They rudely treated him like a zero.
(countable, uncountable) A difference that is present at an abstract level, but not realized in the form, that is, superficially (on the surface).
Sometimes a difference in intended meaning has only a zero to mark it, in which case the utterance may be ambiguous when context alone does not fully clarify it.
(countable, historical, informal, uncountable) A casual misspelling of Zero ("a fighter aircraft operated by Imperial Japan during World War II").
(countable, uncountable) A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
(countable, uncountable) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.
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pole (antonym(s) of “value of a function's variables at zero”)
ru ноль (numeric symbol of zero) · da nul- (numeric symbol of zero) · sd ٻُڙِي (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · eo nulo (numeric symbol of zero) · ar صِفْر (numeric symbol of zero) · da nul (numeric symbol of zero) · gd neoni (numeric symbol of zero) · ca res (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · hi सिफर (numeric symbol of zero) · es cero (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · hi शून्य (digit zero) · tt nol (numeric symbol of zero) · nb null (digit zero) · ro zero (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · sl ničla (digit zero) · da hul i jorden (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · pt zero (digit zero) · ia nihil (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · vi nghiệm (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · hi शून्य (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · nl nul (point of origin on a scale) · sv ingenting (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · sd ٻُڙِي (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · sd ٻُڙِي (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · tt ноль (point of origin on a scale) · pt zero (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · de Niemand (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · ro zero (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · tl wala (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · is núll (digit zero) · ar ٠ (numeric symbol of zero) · pt nada (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · pt zero (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · sv nolla (digit zero) · kmr sifir (identity element of a monoid) · nl nul (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · sv nolla (point of origin on a scale) · pt zero à esquerda (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · hy զրո (numeric symbol of zero) · ca zero a l'esquerra (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · hi शून्य (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · tt nol (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · sh нула (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · pt zero (point of origin on a scale) · da nul (digit zero) · gd neoni (zero value of a magnitude) · sv nollelement (identity element of a monoid) · tt ноль (digit zero) · ms kosong (numeric symbol of zero) · pl zero (point of origin on a scale) · sh нула (point of origin on a scale) · ro zero (point of origin on a scale) · lv nulle (point of origin on a scale) · gd neoni (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · ia zero (point of origin on a scale) · ia zero (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · fi nolla (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · kmr sifir (point of origin on a scale) · fr zéro (numeric symbol of zero) · hi बिंदी (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · hu zérushely (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · ar صفر (numeric symbol of zero) · es cero (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · fi nollapiste (point of origin on a scale) · kmr sifir (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · ru ноль (digit zero) · pl zero (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · ru нуль (numeric symbol of zero) · lv nullpunkts (point of origin on a scale) · vi zêrô (point of origin on a scale) · nb null (numeric symbol of zero) · hi सिफर (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · sh nula (point of origin on a scale) · es cero (point of origin on a scale) · ja 零 (numeric symbol of zero) · sh nula (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · de Nullstelle (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · fr zéro (point of origin on a scale) · br mann (point of origin on a scale) · kmr sifir (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · it zero (numeric symbol of zero) · kmr sifir (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · ja 〇 (numeric symbol of zero) · hi ० (numeric symbol of zero) · de Null (point of origin on a scale) · tt nol (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · hi सिफ़र (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · ja ０ (numeric symbol of zero) · ja 零点 (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · zh 〇 (numeric symbol of zero) · sv noll och ingenting (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · lv nulle (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · is núll (numeric symbol of zero) · sd ٻُڙِي (digit zero) · zh 零點 /零点 (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · ga truán (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · fi lukitus (setting of calibrated instruments) · ar ٠ (numeric symbol of zero) · it zero (digit zero) · pl zero (digit zero) · ja 零 (digit zero) · sv noll (zero value of a magnitude) · sv nolla (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · pt zero (numeric symbol of zero) · zh 〇 (digit zero) · sh нула (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · eo nulo (digit zero) · no null (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · nn null (digit zero) · de Null (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · zh 零 (numeric symbol of zero) · tr sıfır (numeric symbol of zero) · hi सुन्ना (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · de Nichts (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · zh 零 (zero value of a magnitude) · gd neoni (point of origin on a scale) · de Null (identity element of a monoid) · enm nought (numeric symbol of zero) · fi nollakohta (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · id nol (digit zero) · hi शून्य (point of origin on a scale) · sh нула (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · tt nol (point of origin on a scale) · it nullità (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · ceb sero (digit zero) · sd ٻُڙِي (numeric symbol of zero) · lv nulle (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · id kosong (numeric symbol of zero) · gl cero (numeric symbol of zero) · ca zero (numeric symbol of zero) · fi nolla (digit zero) · sd ٻُڙِي (zero value of a magnitude) · sd ٻُڙِي (point of origin on a scale) · zh 零 (digit zero) · ceb sero (numeric symbol of zero) · tt nol (digit zero) · ceb nada (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · it zero assoluto (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · de Nullpunkt (zero value of a magnitude) · pt zero (zero value of a magnitude) · kmr sifir (numeric symbol of zero) · es cero (digit zero) · pt joão-ninguém (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · fi nolla (point of origin on a scale) · hy զրո (digit zero) · ca zero (point of origin on a scale) · da rod (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · gd neoni (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · kmr sifir (digit zero) · ceb nulo (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · da nul (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · sl ničla (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · hi शून्य (numeric symbol of zero) · sv noll- (numeric symbol of zero) · hi सिफ़र (numeric symbol of zero) · id nol (numeric symbol of zero) · et null (numeric symbol of zero) · ca zero (digit zero) · ia zero (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · pl miejsce zerowe (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · ia nihil (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · sl ničla (numeric symbol of zero) · sh nula (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · da ingenting (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · te శూన్యం (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · ceb walay gamit (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · gd neoni (identity element of a monoid) · tt ноль (numeric symbol of zero) · fi nollapiste (zero value of a magnitude) · sv nolla (numeric symbol of zero) · no nullpunkt (zero value of a magnitude) · hi शून्य (zero value of a magnitude) · nn null (numeric symbol of zero) · te సున్నా (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · fi ei mitään (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · eo nulo (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · pl zero (identity element of a monoid) · es cero (numeric symbol of zero) · sv nollställe (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · da nulpunkt (zero value of a magnitude) · eo nululo (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · de Null (numeric symbol of zero) · ia zero (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · cs nic (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · cs nula (digit zero) · gd neoni (digit zero) · sl ničla (point of origin on a scale) · lv nulle (digit zero) · da nulpunkt (point of origin on a scale) · he אפס (point of origin on a scale) · lv nulle (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · pl zero (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · zu iqanda (numeric symbol of zero) · it un uomo da niente (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · ase see last row of chart (numeric symbol of zero) · de Null (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · eo nulo (point of origin on a scale) · fi nolla (numeric symbol of zero) · br zero (point of origin on a scale) · nl nul (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · ceb wala (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · it zero (point of origin on a scale) · cs nula (point of origin on a scale) · tt ноль (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · eo nulo (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · no nullpunkt (point of origin on a scale) · pl zero (zero value of a magnitude) · is núllstöð (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · ja ゼロ (numeric symbol of zero) · de Null (digit zero) · da nulpunkt (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · ja 零 (zero value of a magnitude) · mt żero (point of origin on a scale) · lou zéro (numeric symbol of zero) · sv noll (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · pt zero (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · zu iqanda (digit zero) · kmr sifir (zero value of a magnitude) · ia nihil (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · es cero (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · ga nialas (numeric symbol of zero) · sd ٻُڙِي (identity element of a monoid) · zh 調零 /调零 (setting of calibrated instruments) · da nul (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · it zero (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · hi शून्य (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · ga donán (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · hi अंडा (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · sh nula (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null) · pl zero (numeric symbol of zero) · tt ноль (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root) · pl zero (person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero) · vi số không (point of origin on a scale) · fi nolla-alkio (identity element of a monoid) · gd neoni (nothing, or none — see also nothing, null)
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.
Meanings
The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.
Last year, it scored 26 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index which ranks countries on a scale of zero to 100, with zero meaning “highly corrupt” and 100 signifying that a country is “very clean.” 2024 July 22, Nimi Princewill, “Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2024:
"A zero itself is nothing, but without a zero you cannot count anything. Therefore, a zero is something, yet zero."
These words of wisdom from the Dalai Lama might not have been in the minds of planners and engineers when designing new railway station platforms, but for several main line stations, zero is indeed something. Eight stations in the UK now operate a Platform 0 - from Cardiff to Kings Cross, Doncaster and Haymarket. 2025 May 14, Andy Comfort, “Holding out for a zero...”, in RAIL, number 1035, page 58:
The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.
af nul (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · nn null (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · eo nul (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · wo tus (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · tzm ⴰⵎⵢⴰ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · tl awan (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · krl nol’a (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · br mann (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · din acïnic (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ti ዜሮ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ne शून्य (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · kri ziro (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sm selo (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · fa صِفْر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ta பூச்சியம் (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · or ଶୁନ୍ୟ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · rgn ẓéro (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hsn 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ky нөль (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · guw Ovo (ovô) (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · chr ᎧᏂᎩᏛ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ms نيهيل (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · zh 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · khb ᦉᦳᧃ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ceb nulo (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · bg ну́ла (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · tt нуль (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · fy nul (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ms nol (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · nb null (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ms کوسوڠ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · pa ੦ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · uz nol (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · dz ཐིག (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · bn শূন্য (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · oj gaawiin gegoo (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hu nulla (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · es cero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · uz sifr (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · tr sıfır (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · tk nol (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · chr Ꮭ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hi सुन्ना (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ja 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · lv nulle (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ur صِفْر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ota صفر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · gd neoni (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ko 제로 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · io zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · crh sıfır (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · be нуль (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · gu ૦ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ga náid (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ab ануль (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · arc ܨܺܝܦܰܪ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · kmr sifir (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · si ශුන්යය (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · lou zéro (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · br zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · kn ಸೊನ್ನೆ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sl nìč (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · yue 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ase 𝡶𝪜 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ijc zírò (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ar صِفِر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · it zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · nan-tws 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ta சுழி (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · bh शून्य (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sa ० (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ti ባዶ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · pi suñña (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · te శూన్యము (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · co zeru (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · de Zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sq zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · mnp 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ceb sero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · vep nolʹ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · krc ноль (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ro zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · cjy 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · gl cero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · de null (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · la cifra (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hu zéró (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ru нуль (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · oc zèro (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ko 영 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ta ௦ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · as সূঞ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ce нул (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · mt żero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · de zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ar صفر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · lo ໐ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · zh 空 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · lad zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · lij zêro (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · az sıfır (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sd ٻُڙِي (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · cy sero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ast cero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sw sifuri (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ga nialas (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ar صِفْر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hi शून्य (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · mnw သုည (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hi सिफर (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ca zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · fa صِفْر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · zza çıniyo (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · tg сифр (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · vo nosanum (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ms sifar (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ia zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ms kosong (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · de Null (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · am ባዶ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · fi nolla (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · nv ádin (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hi ज़ीरो (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · vo ser (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · gu મીંડું (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · uk зеро́ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ms nihil (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · to noa (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · szl nul (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ife akpo (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ja 〇 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · mr शून्य (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · pa ਸਿਫ਼ਰ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · fa ۰ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · vro nulĺ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ur ۰ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ms صفر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · th ศูนย์ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · pt zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · lad nula (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · kix wà (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · is núll (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · se nolla (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sa शून्य (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ar ٠ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · qu ch'usaq (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · cs nula (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · wuu 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · fa ۰ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · yi נול (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · fa صِفْر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · mn ᠐ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ta சுழியம் (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · th ๐ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · bn ০ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · mi kore (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · khb ᦟᦲᧃᧉ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · mn тэг (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · esu caunateng (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · pa ਜ਼ੀਰੋ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · nv názbąs (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · kl noor'lu (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · uli cheero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ha sifiri (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · nl nul (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · mg aotra (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · am ዜሮ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · zh лин (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · lt nulis (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · szl zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · zh 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · lo ສູນ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ga neamhní (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ch tåya’ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ko 령 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sh nula (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · la nūlla (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · haw ʻole (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · lkt tákuni (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · id nol (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · fo null (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ps صفر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ka ნული (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hy զրո (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · pl zero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · arc ציפר (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · nan-tws 空 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ru зеро́ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · km ០ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · km សូន្យ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · la nihilum (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ru ноль (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · unm ku kèku (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · gu શૂન્ય (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · yo òdo (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · iu ᔨᕈ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · cdo 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · la zerum (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · bo ཀླད་ཀོར (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · te సున్న (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ms نول (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · rap kokore (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ks صِفَر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · kk нөл (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · za lingz (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sh нула (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · da nul (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · fr zéro (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · gv neunhee (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hi ० (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · dv ސުން (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · he אֶפֶס (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · el μηδέν (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · shn သူၼ် (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ug نۆل (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · et null (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · oj waawiyebii'igan (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · mk ну́ла (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ijc yéfàá (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · kn ಶೂನ್ಯ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ar صفر (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · tl sero (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · fa ۰ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · so eber (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · gan 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ko 공 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hi सिफ़र (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · la zephirum (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · igl òfo (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ja ゼロ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · te ౦ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · my သုည (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · aii ܨܝܼܦܵܪ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · zh 〇 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ht zewo (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · vot nolʹ (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · lb Null (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · dz ཀླད་ཀོར (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ml പൂജ്യം (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · uk нуль (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · vi không (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · ig éfu (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · hak 零 (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · kbd зыри (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · mn бинт (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sk nula (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · sv noll (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) · kxd kusung (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
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.
Meanings
(transitive) To set some amount to be zero.
Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.
They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
George parked in space 34, zeroed the trip meter, closed and locked his car, then went back to the guard shack.
Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.
To disappear or make something disappear.
If I zeroed Jack, I'd get by So I'd erased him, pretended the last few months had never happened. 2004, Anna Maxted, Being Committed, page 358:
Traffic on the encrypted channels used by senior Iraqi generals had peaked and zeroed, then peaked again, and zeroed again. 1997, Tom Clancy, Executive Orders, page 340:
They discovered the object code for the simulator that was DON, and zeroed it. DON — or his creator — was clever and had planted many copies, 2001, Mark Pesce, “True Magic”, in James Frenkel, editor, True Names by Vernor Vinge and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier:
To adjust until the variance is reduced to an acceptably low amount.
The soldier took his gun to the shooting range to zero its aim.
tare (to set to zero) · zero out (to cause to be zero)
Translations (40)
ia reducer a zero (to set to zero) · ro a reduce la zero (to set to zero) · et nullima (to set to zero) · pl zerować (to set to zero) · fr zéroter (to set to zero) · sv nollställa (to set to zero) · ru настра́ивать на нуль (to set to zero) · fr mettre à zéro (to set to zero) · is núllstilla (to set to zero) · lv iestādīt uz nulli (to set to zero) · fi nollata (to set to zero) · he איפס (to set to zero) · ceb serohi (to set to zero) · fi nollata (to cause or set some value or amount to be zero) · de auf Null stellen (to set to zero) · el μηδενίζω (to set to zero) · sv nolla (to set to zero) · hu lenulláz (to set to zero) · nl op nul zetten (to set to zero) · cs vynulovat (to set to zero) · it azzerare (to set to zero) · de nullen (to set to zero) · fi tasapainottaa (to cause or set some value or amount to be zero) · ia adjustar a zero (to set to zero) · es poner a cero (to set to zero) · ceb i-sero (to cause or set some value or amount to be zero) · pl wyzerować (to set to zero) · pt zerar (to set to zero) · bg нулирам (to set to zero) · it azzerare (to cause or set some value or amount to be zero) · fi nollata (computing: to set values to zero) · da nulstille (to set to zero) · it finire (to cause or set some value or amount to be zero) · ca posar a zero (to set to zero) · hu nulláz (to set to zero) · ru обнулить (to cause or set some value or amount to be zero) · ceb i-sero (to set to zero) · lv nullēt (to set to zero) · sw ziro (to set to zero) · kmr sifir kirin (to set to zero)