Word forms: plural noughtslanguage note: The spelling naught is also used for meaning [sense 2].
1. number
Nought is the number 0.
[mainly British]
Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.
Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency.
When you write down in figures the number one million, how many noughts are there?
regional note: in AM, use zero
2.
See come to nought
More Synonyms of nought
nought in British English
(nɔːt)
noun also: naught, ought, aught
1.
the digit 0; zero: used esp in counting or numbering
noun, adjective, adverb
2. a variant spelling of naught
Word origin
Old English nōwiht, from ne not, no + ōwiht something; see whit
nought in American English
(nɔt)
pronoun
1.
nothing; naught
noun
2. Arithmetic
the figure zero (0)
3. alt. sp. of
naught
adjective
4. Obsolete
naught
adverb
5. Archaic
naught
Word origin
ME < OE nowiht < ne, not (see no1) + owiht, awiht, aught
Examples of 'nought' in a sentence
nought
It's a nought out of ten from me.
The Sun (2009)
The rest I had borrowed on a nought per cent interest credit card.
The Sun (2008)
In other languages
nought
British English: nought /nɔːt/ NOUN
Nought is the number 0.
American English: zero
Arabic: صِفْرٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: zero
Chinese: 零
Croatian: ništica
Czech: nula
Danish: nul
Dutch: nul
European Spanish: nonada
Finnish: nolla
French: zéro
German: Null
Greek: μηδέν
Italian: zero
Japanese: 零
Korean: 영
Norwegian: null
Polish: nic
European Portuguese: zero
Romanian: zero
Russian: ничто
Latin American Spanish: insignificancia
Swedish: nolla
Thai: ศูนย์
Turkish: sıfır
Ukrainian: нуль
Vietnamese: số không
Chinese translation of 'nought'
nought
(nɔːt) (esp Brit)
num
零 (líng)
美 = zero
在英式英语的口语中，nought 比 zero 常用得多。 ... from nought to 60 miles per hour ... 在科技性内容中，zero 通常作为数字使用。当你想显得精确时，通常也使用 zero。在美式英语中，一般使用 zero，而不用 nought。在报电话号码时，用 o ( (əu))。在体育评论中，尤其是表示足球比分时，多用 nil。 England beat Poland two-nil at Wembley. 网球运动中，通常用 love 表示零的含义。 ... a two-games-to-love lead ...
1 (noun)
Definition
the figure 0
Properties are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency.