EuroHiT/Zero
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Catalan
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1 | zero | ... | ... | Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness' | |
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Croatian
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Czech
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Danish
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editNo. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
1 | nul | ... | ... | Lat. nullum 'nothing' | |
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Dutch
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1 | nul | ... | general | Lat. nullum 'nothing' | ... |
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English
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editNo. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
1 | zero | since 1604 | general | < Fr. < It. < Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness' (cf. type cipher) | OED |
2 | nil | since 1550 | general | < Lat. | OED |
3 | OE nāwiht, ModE nought/naught (since 1821 also ought with misinterpretation of the n- as part of the indef. art. an) | since OE | general | OE ne + a + wiht, lit. 'not a person' | OED |
4 | null | since 17th c | mathematicians' jargon | < Lat. nullum 'nothing' | OED |
5 | o | since 1425 | general | < O, the letter | OED |
6 | cipher | since 1399 | the word is now rather used in the sense of 'figure symbol in general' | < Lat. < Arabic ṣifr 'emptiness' (cf. type zero) | OED |
7 | nullo | 1598-1824 | typographers' jargon | It. | OED |
8 | ni(c)hil | . | high register | < Lat. nihil 'nothing' | OED |
9 | niks, nix | . | low register | < G.coll. nix | OED |
10 | nit | 1902 and 1910 | - | < adv. nit 'not, no' | OED |
11 | theta | only once in 1450 | - | < the name of the Greek letter | OED |
12 | duck's egg | since 19th c. | Cricket jargon | metaphorical use of duck's egg | OED |
13 | goose-egg | since 19th c | sports jargon | metaphorical use of goose-egg | OED |
14 | zilch | since 1966 | coll. | Mr. Zilch 'nickname for an indefinite person; sb unimportant' (1931) > zilch 'gibberish, meaningless speech' (1960) > 'sth unimportant, nothing important' > 'nothing' | Barnhart |
15 | zip | since 1900 | coll., US | of expressive origin (like pip 'short high-pitched electronic tone', tip 'stroke, hit, noiseless tap' | OED |
16 | blank | since 19th c | sports jargon | figurative use | OED |
17 | love | 1742 | sports jargon | acc. to the etymological dictionaries from the phrase for love 'for fun, for nothing materialistic'; a popular view sees Fr. l'oeuf 'the egg' as the starting-point of 'love' | OED |
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Estonian
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Finnish
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1 | nolla | ... | ... | Lat. nullum 'nothing', nulla 'no, none' | wiktionary |
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French
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1 | zéro | ... | ... | It. < Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness' | |
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Frisian
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German
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1 | null | ... | ... | Lat. nullum 'nothing' | |
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Hungarian
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editNo. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
1 | nulla | ... | ... | Lat. nulla 'no, none' | |
2 | zéró | ... | ... | Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness' | wiktionary |
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Irish
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1 | nialas | ... | ... | ... | wiktionary |
2 | náid | ... | ... | ... | wiktionary |
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Italian
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1 | zero | ... | ... | Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness' | |
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Ladin
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Latvian
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Lithuanian
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Maltese
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Norwegian
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1 | null | ... | ... | Lat. nullum 'nothing' | |
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Occitan
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Polish
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1 | zero | ... | ... | Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness' | |
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Portuguese
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Rumantsch
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Slovak
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Slovenian
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Spanish
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editNo. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
1 | cero | ... | ... | Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness' | |
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Swedish
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1 | noll | ... | ... | Lat. nullum 'nothing' | |
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