Translation
zero, nought
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Word origin
From Latin nullus ('none'), through the international scientific nul that mathematics carried into most European languages. English null, annul and nullify all sit on the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- nullus
- English cognates
- , annul, nullify
Examples
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Write a zero after the three.
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The result was three to nil.
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Without zero, mathematics would be much harder.
is a noun, and that is the point of it. Esperanto's counting words are bare, invariable numerals (, , ), but zero is not one of them: it names the digit or the quantity rather than counting something, so it takes -o and behaves like any other noun, with a plural and an accusative . You will meet the clipped form when someone reads out a telephone number or a score aloud, and that reading is fine, but the word you write in a sentence is .
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 18, lesson 1: nulo, deteni, inĝeniero and 7 more words.