zéro

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

• IPA^(key): /ze.ʁo/

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zéro (invariable)

1. zero

zéro m (plural zéros)

1. zero, nought, oh (in reading numbers)
2. (value) zero, nought
3. (colloquial) a zero, a person of very poor value

• 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

• Louisiana Creole: zéro
• → English: zero
• → Vietnamese: zêrô, zê-rô
• → Sedang: xơrô

• “zéro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “zéro” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “zéro” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

From French zéro (“zero”).

• IPA^(key): /zeˈɾo/

zéro

1. zero, nought.