Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word zero. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in zero.
Definitions and meaning of zero
zero
Translingual
Etymology
From Englishzero.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈziro], [ˈziˈro]
Noun
zero
(international standards)NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 0.
Synonym:nadazero(ITU/IMO)
References
Etymology
From Frenchzéro, from Italianzero, from Medieval Latinzephirum, from Arabicصِفْر(ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskritशून्य(śūnya, “void, nothingness”). Doublet of cipher and chiffre.
The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
Usage notes
In an adjectival sense, used with the plural of a countable noun or with an uncountable noun:
I have zero dollars and zero food.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Tokelauan: helo
Translations
See also
Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
Noun
zero (countable and uncountable, pluralzerosorzeroes)
The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
(informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
(mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
(mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
(slang) A person of little or no importance.
(military) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
(finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
Synonyms
(numeric symbol zero):cipher
(digit zero):slashed zero
(point of origin on a scale):origin, zero point
(lowest point):nadir
(negligible or irrelevant amount):naught, nil, nothing, nought, nowt, null, (informal) bugger all, (informal) fuck all, nada, sod all, sweet FA, sweet Fanny Adams, zilch, zip
(person of little importance):cipher, nobody, nonentity
(value of a function’s variables at zero):root
(identity element of a monoid):additive identity
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "value of a function's variables at zero"):pole
Hyponyms
Holonyms
(value of a function's variables at zero):kernel
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
zero (not comparable)
(informal) No, not any.
(meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
(meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
(linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
Synonyms
(informal: virtually none):no
Derived terms
zero growth
zero tolerance
Translations
Verb
zero (third-person singular simple presentzeroesorzeros, present participlezeroing, simple past and past participlezeroed)
(transitive) To set some amount to be zero.
To disappear or make something disappear.
to adjust until the variance is reduced to an acceptable low amount
The soldier took his gun to the shooting range to zero its aim.
Synonyms
(to set to zero):tare
(to cause to be zero):zero out
Derived terms
zero in
zero in on
zero out
Translations
Basque
Etymology
From Spanishcero, from Medieval Latinzephirum, ultimately from Arabicصِفْر(ṣifr, “zero, nothing, empty, void”).
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -eɾo
Hyphenation: ze‧ro
Numeral
zero
zero
Synonym:huts
Declension
Further reading
"zero" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
“zero” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Catalan
Etymology
From Italianzero, from Medieval Latinzephirum, from Arabicصِفْر(ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central)[ˈzɛ.ɾu]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian)[ˈzɛ.ɾo]
Numeral
zerom or f
(cardinal number)zero
(metrology)zero; origin point of a scale
Derived terms
hora zero
zero a l’esquerra
zero absolut
Noun
zerom (pluralzeros)
zero
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishzero, Frenchzéro, Italianzero, Spanishcero.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈze.ro/
Numeral
zero
(temperature)zero
(arithmetic)cipher, nought
Indonesian
Noun
zero (first-person possessivezeroku, second-person possessivezeromu, third-person possessivezeronya)
zero
Interlingua
Numeral
zero
zero
Italian
Etymology
From New Latinzerum, from Medieval Latinzephirum, from Arabicصِفْر(ṣifr, “nothing”, “cipher”). Doublet of cifra.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɛ.ro/
Rhymes: -ɛro
Hyphenation: zè‧ro
Numeral
zero (invariable)
zero
Noun
zerom (pluralzeri)
zero
nil (football)
Derived terms
a zero
zero assoluto
zero spaccato
zero zero sette
l'ora zero
Japanese
Romanization
zero
Rōmaji transcription of ゼロ
Latin
Noun
zerō
dative/ablative singular of zerum
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
zer + -o
Noun
zerom
blond (male person)
See also
zerê
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchzéro. First attested in 1781. Doublet of cyfra and szyfr.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.rɔ/
Rhymes: -ɛrɔ
Syllabification: ze‧ro
Noun
zeron (related adjectivezerowy)
zero (numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero)
zero (point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates)
zero (nothing, or none; lack of something)
(derogatory) zero (person of little or no importance)
Declension
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), zero is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 25 times in scientific texts, 43 times in news, 0 times in essays, 3 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 76 times, making it the 854th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
Further reading
zero in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
zero in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “zero”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[9]
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1927), “zero”, in Słownik języka polskiego[10] (in Polish), volume 8, Warsaw, page 446
zero in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɛɾu
Hyphenation: ze‧ro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Frenchzéro, from Italianzero, from Medieval Latinzephirum, from Arabicصِفْر(ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”). Doublet of cifra.
Numeral
zerom or f
zero
Synonym:(equivalent pronoun)nenhum
Usage notes
Takes the plural.
Noun
zerom (pluralzeros)
zero(name of the digit 0)
zero(worthless person)
nothing
(mathematics)zero(value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)