zero
The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at…The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
» The temperature is below zero today.
Сегодня температура ниже нуля.
Сьогодні температура нижче нуля.
Meaning
1 sensesThe cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.
A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.
null, Null, zero
нульnulʹ, нольnolʹ, зеро́zeró
нульnulʹ, зеро́zeró
Examples
226 sentencesThe temperature is below zero today.
Сьогодні температура нижче нуля.
ruСегодня температура ниже нуля.
Today, too, the temperature is below zero.
Сьогодні температура знову нижче нуля.
We're starting from zero.
Ми починаємо з нуля.
It's six degrees below zero.
Зараз мінус шість градусів.
ruШесть градусов ниже нуля.
deEs sind sechs Grad unter Null.
Water has zero calories.
Вода має нуль калорій.
ruВ воде ноль калорий.
Translations
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Origin
Collectively borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zero, Middle French zero, and (their etymoCollectively 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.
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Synonyms
11 synonymsWord family
96 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- below zero
- degrees below zero
- is below zero