"ゼロ" meaning in All languages combined

See ゼロ on Wiktionary

Numeral [Japanese]

IPA: [d͡ze̞ɾo̞] Forms: zero [romanization], 零 [alternative, kanji], 〇 [alternative, kanji]
Etymology: Borrowed from English zero, or French zéro. The kanji spelling is ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|en|zero}} Borrowed from English zero, {{bor|ja|fr|zéro}} French zéro, {{ja-r|当て字|あてじ|rom=-}} 当(あ)て字(じ), {{sortkey|ja|ゼロ}} せろ', {{ateji}} ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)) Head templates: {{ja-pos|numeral}} ゼロ • (zero)
  1. zero (number) Synonyms: 零
    Sense id: en-ゼロ-ja-num-7fZyIjut Categories (other): Japanese numbers Disambiguation of Japanese numbers: 48 52
  2. (informal) used to refer to something measurable being absent or missing Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-ゼロ-ja-num-AxytMZPc Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese numbers, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese numbers: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: v • d • , <empty>, en.wiktionary.org, wiki, Template:ja-cardinals?action=editeJapanese numbersNumberKanjiKanaRomaji0零れい, ゼロrei, zero1一いちichi2二にni3三さんsan4四よん, しyon, shi5五ごgo6六ろくroku7七なな, しちnana, shichi8八はちhachi9九きゅう, くkyū, ku10十じゅうjū100百ひゃくhyaku1, 000千, 一千せん, いっせんsen, issen10, 000一万, 万いちまん, まんichiman, man100, 000, 000一億, 億いちおく, おくichioku, oku夊06

Alternative forms

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          "text": "ライフがゼロ",
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