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Zero (number)

← −1 0 1 →
−1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cardinal 0, zero, "oh" (/ˈ/), nought, naught, nil
Ordinal Zeroth, noughth
Divisors All other numbers
Binary 02
Ternary 03
Quaternary 04
Quinary 05
Senary 06
Octal 08
Duodecimal 012
Hexadecimal 016
Vigesimal 020
Base 36 036
Arabic & Kurdish ٠
Urdu ۰ (صفر)
Bengali (shunyo)
Devanāgarī (shunya)
Chinese 零, 〇
Japanese 零, 〇
Khmer
Thai

0 (zero; BrE: /ˈzɪərəʊ/ or AmE: /ˈziːroʊ/) is both a number and the numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. The number 0 fulfills a central role in mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, and many other algebraic structures. As a digit, 0 is used as a placeholder in place value systems. Names for the number 0 in English include zero, nought or (US) naught (/ˈnɔːt/), nil, or—in contexts where at least one adjacent digit distinguishes it from the letter "O"—oh or o (/ˈ/). Informal or slang terms for zero include zilch and zip.Ought and aught (/ˈɔːt/), as well as cipher, have also been used historically.

The word zero came into the English language via French zéro from Italian zero, Italian contraction of Venetian zevero form of 'Italian zefiro via ṣafira or ṣifr. In pre-Islamic time the word ṣifr (Arabic صفر) had the meaning 'empty'.Sifr evolved to mean zero when it was used to translate śūnya (Sanskrit: शून्य) from India. The first known English use of zero was in 1598.


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