Zero

//ˈzɪəɹəʊ//

Synonyms for "zero" (135 found)

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Translations

554 translations across 172 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • nul num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Albanian

1 entries
  • zero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

American Sign Language

2 entries
  • see last row of chart noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • 𝡶𝪜 num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Amharic

2 entries
  • ባዶ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ዜሮ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Arabic

4 entries
  • صفر noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • صِفْر noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • ٠ noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • ٠ noun (numeric symbol of zero)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • ציפר num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ܨܺܝܦܰܪ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Armenian

3 entries
  • զրո noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • զրո noun (digit zero)
  • զրո num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Assamese

1 entries
  • সূঞ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܨܝܼܦܵܪ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Asturian

1 entries
  • cero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • sıfır num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • нуль num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Bengali

2 entries
  • শূন্য num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • शून्य num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Breton

4 entries
  • mann noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • zero noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • mann num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • zero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • kusung num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • нулев adj (informal: virtually none)
  • ну́ла num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • нулирам verb (to set to zero)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သုည num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Catalan

4 entries
  • cap adj (informal: virtually none)
  • res noun (nothing, or none)
  • zero noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • zero noun (digit zero)

Cebuano

4 entries
  • wala adj (informal: virtually none)
  • nada noun (person of little importance)
  • nulo noun (nothing, or none)
  • sero noun (numeric symbol of zero)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries
  • ⴰⵎⵢⴰ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Chamorro

1 entries
  • tåya’ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Chechen

1 entries
  • нул num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎧᏂᎩᏛ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • Ꮭ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Chinese

3 entries
  • лин num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • noun (digit zero)
  • 調零 /调零 noun (setting of calibrated instruments)
  • noun (numeric symbol of zero)

Corsican

1 entries
  • zeru num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • sıfır num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Czech

4 entries
  • nic noun (nothing, or none)
  • nula noun (digit zero)
  • nula noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • nula num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Danish

4 entries
  • ingen adj (informal: virtually none)
  • nul adj (informal: virtually none)
  • hul i jorden noun (person of little importance)
  • ingenting noun (nothing, or none)

Dari

2 entries
  • صِفْر num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ۰ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ސުން num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Dinka

1 entries
  • acïnic num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Dutch

4 entries
  • nul noun (nothing, or none)
  • nul noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • nul noun (person of little importance)
  • nul num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Dzongkha

2 entries
  • ཀླད་ཀོར num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ཐིག num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • nulo noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • nulo noun (digit zero)
  • nulo noun (nothing, or none)
  • nulo noun (point of origin on a scale)

Estonian

3 entries
  • null noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • null num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • nullima verb (to set to zero)

Faroese

1 entries
  • null num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ei mitään adj (informal: virtually none)
  • nolla adj (meteorology: of a cloud ceiling: limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less)
  • nolla adj (meteorology: of horizontal visibility: limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less)
  • nolla adj (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data)

French

4 entries
  • nul adj (informal: virtually none)
  • zéro noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • zéro noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • zéro num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Galician

2 entries
  • cero noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • cero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Gan Chinese

1 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ნული num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

German

4 entries
  • Nichts noun (person of little importance)
  • Niemand noun (person of little importance)
  • Null noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • Null noun (digit zero)

Greek

2 entries
  • μηδέν num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • μηδενίζω verb (to set to zero)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • noor'lu num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Gujarati

3 entries
  • મીંડું num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • શૂન્ય num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Gun

1 entries
  • Ovo (ovô) num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • zewo num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Hausa

1 entries
  • sifiri num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻole num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • אפס noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • אֶפֶס num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • איפס verb (to set to zero)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अंडा noun (person of little importance)
  • बिंदी noun (nothing, or none)
  • शून्य noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • शून्य noun (digit zero)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • zérushely noun (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)
  • nulla num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • zéró num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • lenulláz verb (to set to zero)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • núll noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • núll noun (digit zero)
  • núllstöð noun (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)
  • núll num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Ido

1 entries
  • zero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Ifè

1 entries
  • akpo num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Igala

1 entries
  • òfo num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Igbo

1 entries
  • éfu num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • kosong noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • nol noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • nol noun (digit zero)
  • nol num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Interlingua

4 entries
  • nihil noun (nothing, or none)
  • nihil noun (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)
  • nihil noun (person of little importance)
  • zero noun (nothing, or none)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᔨᕈ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • صِفْر num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ۰ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Irish

4 entries
  • donán noun (person of little importance)
  • nialas noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • truán noun (person of little importance)
  • neamhní num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Italian

4 entries
  • nessun adj (informal: virtually none)
  • senza adj (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data)
  • nullità noun (person of little importance)
  • un uomo da niente noun (person of little importance)

Izon

2 entries
  • yéfàá num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • zírò num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Japanese

4 entries
  • adj (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data)
  • noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • ゼロ noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • noun (numeric symbol of zero)

Jin Chinese

1 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Kabardian

1 entries
  • зыри num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಶೂನ್ಯ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ಸೊನ್ನೆ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • ноль num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Karelian

1 entries
  • nol’a num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • صِفَر num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • нөл num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Khmer

2 entries
  • សូន្យ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Korean

4 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • 제로 num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Krio

1 entries
  • ziro num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • нөль num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Ladino

2 entries
  • nula num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • zero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Lakota

1 entries
  • tákuni num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Lao

2 entries
  • ສູນ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Latin

4 entries
  • nullus adj (informal: virtually none)
  • cifra num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • nihilum num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • nūlla num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Latvian

4 entries
  • nulle noun (digit zero)
  • nulle noun (nothing, or none)
  • nulle noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • nulle noun (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • zêro num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nulis num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Louisiana Creole

2 entries
  • zéro noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • zéro num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Null num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

2 entries
  • ᦉᦳᧃ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ᦟᦲᧃᧉ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ну́ла num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • aotra num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Malay

4 entries
  • kosong noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • kosong num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • nihil num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • nol num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പൂജ്യം num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Maltese

2 entries
  • żero noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • żero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Manx

1 entries
  • neunhee num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Marathi

1 entries
  • शून्य num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Middle English

1 entries
  • nought noun (numeric symbol of zero)

Mon

1 entries
  • သုည num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • бинт num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • тэг num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Māori

1 entries
  • kore num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Navajo

2 entries
  • názbąs num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ádin num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Nepali

1 entries
  • शून्य num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • sifir adj (informal: virtually none)
  • sifir adj (meteorology: of a cloud ceiling: limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less)
  • sifir adj (meteorology: of horizontal visibility: limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less)
  • sifir adj (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • nolla num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • null noun (person of little importance)
  • nullpunkt noun (zero value of a magnitude)
  • nullpunkt noun (point of origin on a scale)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • null noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • null noun (digit zero)
  • null num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • null noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • null noun (digit zero)
  • null num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Occitan

1 entries
  • zèro num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଶୁନ୍ୟ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Ojibwe

2 entries
  • gaawiin gegoo num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • waawiyebii'igan num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • صفر num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Pali

1 entries
  • suñña num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Pashto

1 entries
  • صفر num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Persian

2 entries
  • صِفْر num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ۰ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Polish

4 entries
  • zerowy adj (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data)
  • miejsce zerowe noun (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)
  • zero noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • zero noun (digit zero)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • nenhum adj (informal: virtually none)
  • joão-ninguém noun (person of little importance)
  • nada noun (nothing, or none)
  • zero noun (numeric symbol of zero)

Punjabi

3 entries
  • ਜ਼ੀਰੋ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ਸਿਫ਼ਰ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ch'usaq num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • kokore num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • ẓéro num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Romanian

4 entries
  • zero noun (nothing, or none)
  • zero noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • zero noun (person of little importance)
  • zero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Russian

4 entries
  • ноль noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • ноль noun (digit zero)
  • нуль noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • зеро́ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Samoan

1 entries
  • selo num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • शून्य num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • neoni adj (informal: virtually none)
  • neoni noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • neoni noun (digit zero)
  • neoni noun (nothing, or none)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nula noun (nothing, or none)
  • nula noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • nula noun (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)
  • nula noun (person of little importance)

Shan

1 entries
  • သူၼ် num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Silesian

2 entries
  • nul num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • zero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Sindhi

4 entries
  • ٻُڙِي noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • ٻُڙِي noun (digit zero)
  • ٻُڙِي noun (nothing, or none)
  • ٻُڙِي noun (zero value of a magnitude)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ශුන්යය num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nula num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Slovene

4 entries
  • ničla noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • ničla noun (digit zero)
  • ničla noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • ničla noun (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)

Somali

1 entries
  • eber num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cero adj (informal: virtually none)
  • nulo adj (informal: virtually none)
  • cero noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • cero noun (digit zero)

Swahili

4 entries
  • ziro adj (informal: virtually none)
  • ziro adj (meteorology: of a cloud ceiling: limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less)
  • ziro adj (meteorology: of horizontal visibility: limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less)
  • ziro adj (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data)

Swedish

4 entries
  • ingen adj (informal: virtually none)
  • noll adj (informal: virtually none)
  • noll adj (informal: virtually none)
  • noll adj (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • wala noun (nothing, or none)
  • awan num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • sero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Tajik

1 entries
  • сифр num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Tamil

4 entries
  • சுழி num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • சுழியம் num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • பூச்சியம் num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Tatar

4 entries
  • nol noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • nol noun (digit zero)
  • nol noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • nol noun (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)

Telugu

4 entries
  • శూన్యం noun (nothing, or none)
  • సున్నా noun (nothing, or none)
  • శూన్యము num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • సున్న num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Teochew

2 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Thai

2 entries
  • ศูนย์ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཀླད་ཀོར num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Tigrinya

2 entries
  • ባዶ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ዜሮ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Tongan

1 entries
  • noa num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Turkish

2 entries
  • sıfır noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • sıfır num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • nol num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • зеро́ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • нуль num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Urdu

2 entries
  • صِفْر num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ۰ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • نۆل num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • nol num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • sifr num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Veps

1 entries
  • nolʹ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • nghiệm noun (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)
  • số không noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • zêrô noun (point of origin on a scale)
  • không num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Volapük

2 entries
  • nosanum num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
  • ser num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Votic

1 entries
  • nolʹ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Võro

1 entries
  • nulĺ num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Welsh

1 entries
  • sero num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • nul num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Wolof

1 entries
  • tus num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries
  • num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • נול num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • òdo num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • caunateng num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • çıniyo num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • lingz num (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)

Zulu

2 entries
  • iqanda noun (numeric symbol of zero)
  • iqanda noun (digit zero)

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius, doesn't it?

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The thermometer went down below zero.

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Thermometers often go below zero.

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We had to start our business from zero.

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Showing 4 of 48 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.