zéro

See also: zero, Zero, zéró, and żero

French

Etymology

From Italian zero, alteration of zefiro, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صفر. Doublet of chiffre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ze.ʁo/

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Noun

French numbers ^(edit)

		0	1  →	10  →
Cardinal: zéro     Ordinal: zéroième     Ordinal abbreviation: 0e, (now nonstandard) 0ème
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zéro m (plural zéros)

1. zero, nought, oh (British, in reading numbers)
2. (value) zero, nought

Numeral

zéro

1. zero

Derived terms

• zéro absolu

Descendants

• → English: zero

Further reading

• “zéro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.