Nought — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˈɔːt/

🇬🇧British English

/nˈɔːt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˈɔːt/

1 syllable Say it as /nˈɔːt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cypher zero cipher

Word Forms

zero	verb	adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
cipher	verb	make a mathematical calculation or computation
cypher	verb	make a mathematical calculation or computation

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nichts

ein mathematisches Element, das, wenn es zu einer anderen Zahl addiert wird, dieselbe Zahl ergibt

🇫🇷French

néant

un élément mathématique qui, lorsqu'il est ajouté à un autre nombre, donne le même nombre

🇪🇸Spanish

nada

un elemento matemático que cuando se suma a otro número da el mismo número

🇮🇹Italian

nulla

un elemento matematico che se aggiunto a un altro numero produce lo stesso numero

🇳🇱Dutch

niets

een wiskundig element dat, wanneer het aan een ander getal wordt toegevoegd, hetzelfde getal oplevert

🇵🇹Portuguese

nada

um elemento matemático que quando adicionado a outro número produz o mesmo número

🇷🇺Russian

ничего

математический элемент, который при добавлении к другому числу дает то же число

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शून्य

एक गणितीय तत्व जिसे किसी अन्य संख्या में जोड़ने पर वही संख्या प्राप्त होती है

🇧🇩Bengali

কিছুই না

একটি গাণিতিক উপাদান যা অন্য সংখ্যার সাথে যোগ করলে একই সংখ্যা পাওয়া যায়

🇮🇳Tamil

ஒன்றுமில்லை

ஒரு கணித உறுப்பு மற்றொரு எண்ணுடன் சேர்க்கப்படும் போது அதே எண்ணைக் கொடுக்கும்

🇮🇳Telugu

శూన్యం

మరొక సంఖ్యకు జోడించినప్పుడు అదే సంఖ్యను అందించే గణిత మూలకం

🇮🇳Marathi

शून्य

एक गणितीय घटक जो दुसऱ्या संख्येत जोडल्यास समान संख्या मिळते

🇮🇳Gujarati

કંઈપણ

એક ગાણિતિક તત્વ કે જ્યારે બીજી સંખ્યામાં ઉમેરવામાં આવે ત્યારે સમાન સંખ્યા પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶೂನ್ಯ

ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಗೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿದಾಗ ಅದೇ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ನೀಡುವ ಗಣಿತದ ಅಂಶ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഒന്നുമില്ല

മറ്റൊരു സംഖ്യയുമായി ചേർക്കുമ്പോൾ അതേ സംഖ്യ ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഗണിത ഘടകം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੁਝ ਨਹੀਂ

ਇੱਕ ਗਣਿਤਿਕ ਤੱਤ ਜੋ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਸੰਖਿਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੋੜਨ 'ਤੇ ਉਹੀ ਸੰਖਿਆ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

کچھ نہیں

ایک ریاضیاتی عنصر جسے دوسرے نمبر میں شامل کرنے پر وہی نمبر حاصل ہوتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无

与另一个数字相加时产生相同数字的数学元素

🇯🇵Japanese

何もない

別の数値に加算すると同じ数値が得られる数学的要素

🇰🇷Korean

제로

다른 수에 더하면 같은 수를 산출하는 수학적 요소

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hư không

một yếu tố toán học khi thêm vào một số khác sẽ cho ra cùng một số

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีอะไร

องค์ประกอบทางคณิตศาสตร์ที่เมื่อบวกเข้ากับตัวเลขอื่นแล้วจะได้ตัวเลขเท่ากัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

nol

elemen matematika yang jika dijumlahkan dengan bilangan lain akan menghasilkan bilangan yang sama

🇵🇭Filipino

wala

isang mathematical element na kapag idinagdag sa isa pang numero ay nagbubunga ng parehong numero

🇲🇾Malay

tiada

unsur matematik yang apabila ditambah kepada nombor lain menghasilkan nombor yang sama

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لا شيء

عنصر رياضي عند إضافته إلى رقم آخر ينتج نفس الرقم

🇮🇷Persian

هیچ

یک عنصر ریاضی که وقتی به عدد دیگری اضافه شود همان عدد را بدست می دهد

🇹🇷Turkish

hiçbir şey

başka bir sayıya eklendiğinde aynı sayıyı veren matematiksel bir öğe

🇮🇱Hebrew

אֶפֶס

אלמנט מתמטי שהוספתו למספר אחר מניב את אותו מספר

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