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Names for the number 0 in English — Wiktionary, the free dictionary, has entries for: aught cipher duck love naught … Wikipedia
nought — /nawt/, n., adj., adv. naught. [bef. 900; ME; OE noht, contr. of nowiht, equiv. to ne not + owiht AUGHT1] * * * … Universalium
nicht — Ptkl std. (8. Jh.), mhd. niht, ahd. niowiht, niwiht u.ä., as. neowiht u.ä. Stammwort Zusammengerückt aus * ne aiwin wihtes (Negationspartikel + je + Wicht), also nicht eines Wesens , auch in ae. nāwiht, nōwiht u.ä. Einfacher gt. ni waihts. Die… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
nought — (n.) O.E. nowiht nothing, variant of nawiht (see NAUGHT (Cf. naught)). Meaning zero, cipher is from early 15c. Expression for nought in vain is late 13c. To come to nought is from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
out — {{11}}out (adv.) O.E. ut, common Germanic (Cf. O.N., O.Fris., Goth. ut, Du. uit, Ger. aus), from PIE root *ud up, up away (Cf. Skt. ut up, out, uttarah higher, upper, later, northern; Avestan uz up, out, O.Ir. ud out … Etymology dictionary
nought — [[t]nɔt[/t]] n. adj. adv. naught • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE nōht, contr. of nōwiht=ne not +ōwiht aught I … From formal English to slang
nought — /nɔt / (say nawt) noun 1. a cipher (0); zero. –adjective, adverb 2. Archaic → naught. {Middle English noht, nouht, Old English nōht, syncopated variant of nōwiht} …
nought — [nôt] pron. [ME < OE nowiht < ne, not (see NO1) + owiht, awiht, AUGHT] nothing; naught n. 1. Arith. the figure zero (0) 2. alt. sp. of NAUGHT adj. Obs. NAUGHT … English World dictionary
nought — n. 1 the digit 0; a cipher. 2 poet. or archaic (in certain phrases) nothing (cf. NAUGHT). Phrases and idioms: noughts and crosses a paper and pencil game with a square grid of nine squares, in which players seek to complete a row of three noughts … Useful english dictionary
