zéro
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Cardinal: zéro Ordinal: zéroième Ordinal abbreviation: 0e, (now nonstandard) 0ème | ||||
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian zero, alteration of zefiro, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صفر. Doublet of chiffre.
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zéro (invariable)
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zéro m (plural zéros)
- zero, nought, oh (in reading numbers)
- (value) zero, nought
- (colloquial) a zero, a person of very poor value
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- Whereas in English the singular is used only after the number one, in French it is typically used after numbers smaller than two. This means that both zéro and un are generally used with the singular, even when they are followed by a decimal part.
- zéro point ― zero points
- 0,35 mètre ― 0.35 metres
- 1,99 euro ― 1.99 euros
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