nolla
Finnish
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| Cardinal: nolla Colloquial counting form: nol Ordinal: nollas Ordinal abbreviation: 0., 0:s Digit name: nolla Adverbial: nollasti | ||||
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Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish nolla (“(the digit) zero”), from Italian nulla (“nothing”), from Latin nūlla, feminine of Latin nūllus (“none”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnolːɑ/, [ˈno̞lːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -olːɑ
- Syllabification(key): nol‧la
- Hyphenation(key): nol‧la
Numeral
nolla
Declension
| Inflection of nolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nolla | nollat | |
| genitive | nollan | nollien | |
| partitive | nollaa | nollia | |
| illative | nollaan | nolliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nolla | nollat | |
| accusative | nom. | nolla | nollat |
| gen. | nollan | ||
| genitive | nollan | nollien nollain rare | |
| partitive | nollaa | nollia | |
| inessive | nollassa | nollissa | |
| elative | nollasta | nollista | |
| illative | nollaan | nolliin | |
| adessive | nollalla | nollilla | |
| ablative | nollalta | nollilta | |
| allative | nollalle | nollille | |
| essive | nollana | nollina | |
| translative | nollaksi | nolliksi | |
| abessive | nollatta | nollitta | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | — | nolline | |
Noun
nolla
- digit zero
- a person of little worth or usefulness, good-for-nothing
- (electricity) neutral (electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground)
Declension
| Inflection of nolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nolla | nollat | |
| genitive | nollan | nollien | |
| partitive | nollaa | nollia | |
| illative | nollaan | nolliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nolla | nollat | |
| accusative | nom. | nolla | nollat |
| gen. | nollan | ||
| genitive | nollan | nollien nollain rare | |
| partitive | nollaa | nollia | |
| inessive | nollassa | nollissa | |
| elative | nollasta | nollista | |
| illative | nollaan | nolliin | |
| adessive | nollalla | nollilla | |
| ablative | nollalta | nollilta | |
| allative | nollalle | nollille | |
| essive | nollana | nollina | |
| translative | nollaksi | nolliksi | |
| abessive | nollatta | nollitta | |
| instructive | — | nollin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
- etunolla
- nolla-alkio
- nolla-alue
- nolla-asteinen
- nolla-auto
- nolladiodi
- nollaenergiatalo
- nollahypoteesi
- nollajakaja
- nollajohdin
- nollakasvu
- nollakeli
- nollakerho
- nollakisko
- nollakoe
- nollakohta
- nollakoko
- nollakulma
- nollakuponkilaina
- nollalinja
- nollaluokka
- nollamaadoitus
- nollamaatto
- nollamatriisi
- nollameridiaani
- nollanjakaja
- nollaosoitin
- nollapainovoima
- nollapeli
- nollapersoona
- nollapiste
- nollapituuspiiri
- nollaraja
- nollasarja
- nollasummapeli
- nollata
- nollataulu
- nollatili
- nollatoleranssi
- nollatulos
- nollatutkimus
- nollaulotteinen
- nollavektori
- nollavika
- ristinolla
Further reading
- “nolla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Northern Sami
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnolːla/
Numeral
nolˈla
Inflection
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Numeral
nolla
Swedish
Etymology
From the digit noll (“zero”).
Noun
nolla c
- a zero; the symbol, or digit, "0".
- a zero (of a scale)
- a loser, nobody
- Vilken nolla.
- What a loser.
- a person who recently started university or gymnasium, and has not yet been "introduced" to the school by the older students; person taking part, as a new student, in an orientation week
- En nolla gick vilse och var borta i över två timmar.
- A fresher went wrong and was lost for over two hours.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | nolla | nollas |
| definite | nollan | nollans | |
| plural | indefinite | nollor | nollors |
| definite | nollorna | nollornas |
Verb
nolla (present nollar, preterite nollade, supine nollat, imperative nolla)
- to reset, to calibrate to zero
- Nolla mätarna och börja om.
- Reset the meters and start again.
- to haze (initiate a new student, called nolla, noun)
- Vi ska nolla de nya studenterna.
- We're going to haze the new students.
- (sports) to shut out, to prevent (an opponent) from scoring
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nolla | nollas | ||
| supine | nollat | nollats | ||
| imperative | nolla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | nollen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | nollar | nollade | nollas | nollades |
| ind. plural1 | nolla | nollade | nollas | nollades |
| subjunctive2 | nolle | nollade | nolles | nollades |
| present participle | nollande | |||
| past participle | nollad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Synonyms
- (reset): nollställa
- (haze): inkila
- (haze): insparka
- (haze): inviga