nul
التعريفات والمعاني
== Translingual ==
=== Etymology ===
Abbreviation of English Nusa Laut.
=== Symbol ===
nul
(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nusa Laut.
=== See also ===
Wiktionary’s coverage of Nusa Laut terms
== Afrikaans ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch nul, from Middle Dutch nul, from Middle French nul or Italian nulla, from Latin nūllus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /nœl/
=== Numeral ===
nul
zero
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin nūllus (“none”). First attested in 1888.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnul]
=== Adjective ===
nul (feminine nul·la, masculine plural nuls, feminine plural nul·les)
null, insignificant, negligible
useless, inept
Synonyms: inútil, inepte
null, void, invalid
null, absent, non-existent
Synonyms: absent, inexistent
==== Related terms ====
anul·lar
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“nul”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“nul” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“nul” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Danish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Italian nullo (“no, not any; null”) or French nul (“no, no one”), from Middle French nul (“nobody; no one”), from Old French nul (“nobody; no one”), both from Latin nūllus (“no one, none, not any”), from Proto-Italic *ne oinolos, from Proto-Italic *oinos (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos, perhaps from *éy (“he, she, it”) + *-nós (creates verbal adjectives).
The interjection, noun and pronoun are all derived from the numeral itself.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnol/, [ˈnɔl]
Rhymes: -ɔl
Hyphenation: nul
=== Numeral ===
nul
zero (the cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0)
nul huller og nul grader ― zero holes and zero degrees
nul komma fem ― very short time; a moment
patient nul ― patient zero
zero (the point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates)
Synonym: nulpunkt
at være, gå eller stå på nul ― to be, go to or stay at zero
==== Derived terms ====
nulte (“zeroth”), nulstille (“reset”)
=== Interjection ===
nul
(colloquial) no way (absolutely not; under no circumstances)
Synonyms: niks, nix, du kan tro nej
nul Putte/putte ― used to reject something or someone
=== Noun ===
nul n (singular definite nullet, plural indefinite nuller)
the numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
zero (the number sign 0 as an expression of an assessment or a result)
holde nullet ― keep the opponents from scoring during a football match
(figuratively) a nobody, a nonentity
Synonym: nullert
(in the plural) 2000s (the first decade of the 21st century)
==== Declension ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Icelandic: núll
=== Pronoun ===
nul (uninflected)
(determiner) no, nothing
Synonyms: ingen, intet
nul og niks ― absolutely nothing; meaningless, worthless
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Dutch nul, from Middle French nul, from Old French nul, nulle (modern French nul) or Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /nʏl/
Hyphenation: nul
Rhymes: -ʏl
=== Numeral ===
nul
zero, nought
==== Derived terms ====
=== Noun ===
nul m (plural nullen, diminutive nulletje n)
(mathematics) a zero, naught, the numerical expression of none, nothing
(figuratively) a score of zero, the worst possible result
(figuratively) a good-for-nothing, worth-/use-less person
==== Related terms ====
annuleren (verb)
nihil
nullificeren
nulliteit
==== Descendants ====
Afrikaans: nul
Javindo: nul
→ Caribbean Javanese: nel
→ Indonesian: nol
→ Tausug: nul
→ Papiamentu: nulo
→ Peranakan Indonesian: nul
=== Adjective ===
nul (used only predicatively, not comparable)
(archaic) nul, void
worthless
==== Synonyms ====
(void) ongeldig
(worthless) waardeloos
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
Back-formation from nulo.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /nul/
Rhymes: -ul
Syllabification: nul
=== Numeral ===
nul
zero
==== Usage notes ====
Can be used with both singular and plural nouns. (E.g. “zero dollars” can be both “nul dolaro” or “nul dolaroj”.) There is no formal standard for grammatical plurality of numbers between −1 and 1.
=== Further reading ===
“nul”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
“nul”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Middle French nul, from Old French nul, from Latin nūllus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /nyl/
=== Determiner ===
nul m (feminine nulle)
(indefinite, singular only) no, none
nil, zero
==== Usage notes ====
The plural forms nuls and nulles as determiners are archaic.
=== Adjective ===
nul (feminine nulle, masculine plural nuls, feminine plural nulles)
of poor quality, lousy, rubbish
lame
=== Noun ===
nul m (plural nuls, feminine nulle)
(colloquial) a completely unskilled person
(sports) a draw
=== Pronoun ===
nul m (feminine nulle)
(literary) no one, nobody
==== Synonyms ====
personne
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“nul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
=== Anagrams ===
l'un
== Middle French ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old French nul, from Latin nūllus.
=== Pronoun ===
nul
nobody; no one
=== Adjective ===
nul m (feminine singular nulle, masculine plural nuls, feminine plural nulles)
none (not any)
==== Descendants ====
French: nul
→ English: null
== Old French ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin nūllus.
=== Pronoun ===
nul (singular, nominative nus or nuls)
nobody; no one
=== Adjective ===
nul m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nule)
none (not any)
==== Descendants ====
Middle French: nulFrench: nul→ English: null
→ Dutch: nulAfrikaans: nulJavindo: nul→ Caribbean Javanese: nel→ Indonesian: nol→ Tausug: nul→ Papiamentu: nulo→ Peranakan Indonesian: nul
== Peranakan Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Dutch nul (“zero, null”).
=== Noun ===
nul
zero, null
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French nul.
=== Adjective ===
nul m or n (feminine singular nulă, masculine plural nuli, feminine/neuter plural nule)
null, insignificant
worthless, incompetent (of people or actions)
Este nul la matematica. ― He/she is a zilch at mathematics.
(mathematics) null, zero
Antonym: nenul
(law) null, void (holding no legal power)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
nenul
== Romansh ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nulla (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
nola, nula (Sutsilvan)
nolla (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
=== Etymology ===
From Latin nūllus.
=== Numeral ===
nul
(Sursilvan) zero
== Tausug ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Indonesian nol, from Malay nol, from Dutch nul, from Latin nullus.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /nul/ [ˈn̪ul]
Rhymes: -ul
Syllabification: nul
=== Numeral ===
nul (Sulat Sūg spelling نُلْ)
(Indonesia) zero
Synonyms: kusung, sipal