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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

zero.

zero

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

num/ˈzɛ.ɾu/Brazil/ˈzɛ.ɾu/Portugal

  1. zero

    feminine · masculine
    Vieram zero pessoas.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”). Doublet of cifra.

noun/ˈzɛ.ɾu/Brazil/ˈzɛ.ɾu/Portugal

  1. zero (name of the digit 0)

    masculine

  2. zero (worthless person)

    masculine

  3. nothing

    masculine

  4. zero (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”). Doublet of cifra.

verb/ˈzɛ.ɾu/Brazil/ˈzɛ.ɾu/Portugal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zerar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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