Translation
zero, nought
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Word origin
From Italian zero, a contraction of Medieval Latin zephirum, which rendered Arabic sifr ('empty, nothing'). The same Arabic word reached English by another route as cipher.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Root
- sifr
- English cognates
- zero, cipher
Examples
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It is minus two degrees, so below zero.
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My number starts with zero six.
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The team lost three nil.
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We start again from scratch tomorrow morning.
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He made no mistakes at all in his dictation.
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zéro: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 2: zéro, tu, un and 8 more words.