zero
Portuguese
/ˈzɛ.ɾu/
adjective
Definitions
- zero
Etymology
Borrowed from French zéro derived from Italian zero derived from Latin zephirum derived from Arabic صِفْر (nothing, zero, cipher, empty, void).
Origin
Arabic
صِفْر
Gloss
nothing, zero, cipher, empty, void
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Number
Kanji
零
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- zero English
- cifra Latin
- zephirum Latin
- zerum Latin
- azzerare Italian
- zero Italian
- zéro French
- zéroième French
- зеро Russian
- cero Spanish, Castilian
- cifra Spanish, Castilian
- sifrino Spanish, Castilian
- zerar Portuguese
- ゼロ Japanese
- zero Polish
- शून्य Sanskrit
- صفر Arabic
- صِفْر Arabic
- صِفْر Arabic
- cyfre Old French
- cifra Serbo-Croatian
- xifra Catalan, Valencian
- zero Catalan, Valencian
- զրո Armenian
- zero Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- صفر Persian
- sıfır Turkish
- dê-rô Vietnamese
- sero Tagalog
- sıfır Azerbaijani
- صفر Ottoman Turkish
- ციფრი Georgian
- sifuri Swahili
- żero Maltese
- sifir Northern Kurdish
- sero Papiamentu
- zero Basque
- zêro Ligurian
- ਸਿਫ਼ਰ Panjabi, Punjabi
- zéru Kabuverdianu
- sifiri Hausa
- سفر Central Kurdish