μηδέν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.dén/ → /miˈðen/ → /miˈðen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.dén/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝ˈden/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈðen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈðen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈðen/

Pronoun

μηδέν • (mēdén)

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of μηδείς (mēdeís)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηδέν (mēdén, “nothing”).

Numeral

μηδέν • (midén) n

1. zero
2. nothing, nought, nil
3. cipher

Declension

  μηδέν

case     \     number	singular
nominative	μηδέν •
genitive	μηδενός •
accusative	μηδέν •
vocative	—

Synonyms

• (zero, cipher): μηδενικό n (midenikó)

Coordinate terms

• Greek number and measurement

Related terms

• μηδενίζω (midenízo, “to zero, to cancel out”)
• μηδενικό n (midenikó, “nought, zero”)
• μηδένιση f (midénisi, “cancelling out, setting to zero”)
• μηδενισμός m (midenismós, “nihilism; cancelling out”)
• μηδενιστής m (midenistís, “nihilist”)
• μηδενιστικός (midenistikós, “nihilistic”, adjective)
• μηδενίστρια f (midenístria, “nihilist”)