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Names for the number 0 in English — Wiktionary, the free dictionary, has entries for: aught cipher duck love naught … Wikipedia
aught — aught1 /awt/, n. 1. anything whatever; any part: for aught I know. adv. 2. Archaic. in any degree; at all; in any respect. Also, ought. [bef. 1000; ME aught, ought, OE aht, awiht, owiht, equiv. to a, o ever + wiht thing, WIGHT1] aught … Universalium
nought — /nawt/, n., adj., adv. naught. [bef. 900; ME; OE noht, contr. of nowiht, equiv. to ne not + owiht AUGHT1] * * * … Universalium
not — [14] In Old English and early Middle English the simple particle ne was used for making negative sentences. But it was evidently often felt to be in need of some reinforcement, for purposes of emphasis, and to do this job noht was brought in.… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
aught — I or ought II [[t]ɔt[/t]] n. 1) anything whatever; any part: for aught I know[/ex] 2) archaic in any degree; at all; in any respect • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE āht, āwiht, ōwiht=ā, ō ever +wiht thing, wight I II aught or ought III [[t]ɔt[/t]]… … From formal English to slang
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
aught — I. /ɔt / (say awt) noun 1. anything whatever; any part: for aught I know. –adverb 2. Archaic in any degree; at all; in any respect. Also, ought. {Middle English aught, ought, Old English āwiht, ōwiht at all, anything, from ā, ō ever + w …
not — [14] In Old English and early Middle English the simple particle ne was used for making negative sentences. But it was evidently often felt to be in need of some reinforcement, for purposes of emphasis, and to do this job noht was brought in.… … Word origins
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
