"naught" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /nɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nɔt/ [US], /nɑt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-naught.ogg [US] Forms: naughts [plural]
enPR: nôt, nät Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|naught}} Middle English naught, {{m|enm|nought}} nought, {{m|enm|naht}} naht, {{m|enm|nawiht}} nawiht, {{inh|en|ang|nawiht}} Old English nawiht, {{cog|fy|neat|t=nothing, naught}} West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”), {{doublet|en|nought}} Doublet of nought, {{compound|en|ne|aught}} ne + aught Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} naught (countable and uncountable, plural naughts)
  1. (archaic) Nothingness. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Translations (nothingness): nicota [feminine] (Czech), Nichts [neuter] (German), () (Mandarin), nought (Middle English), nada [masculine] (Portuguese), ничто́ (ništó) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-naught-en-noun-HzBtzG6~ Categories (other): English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 11 34 41 14 Disambiguation of 'nothingness': 99 1
  2. (chiefly US, old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, dated, uncountable Alternative form of: nought
    Sense id: en-naught-en-noun-zP951jws Categories (other): American English, English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 11 34 41 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nought Derived forms: naughty

Numeral [English]

IPA: /nɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nɔt/ [US], /nɑt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-naught.ogg [US]
enPR: nôt, nät Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|naught}} Middle English naught, {{m|enm|nought}} nought, {{m|enm|naht}} naht, {{m|enm|nawiht}} nawiht, {{inh|en|ang|nawiht}} Old English nawiht, {{cog|fy|neat|t=nothing, naught}} West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”), {{doublet|en|nought}} Doublet of nought, {{compound|en|ne|aught}} ne + aught Head templates: {{head|en|numeral}} naught
  1. (chiefly US, old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, dated Alternative form of: nought Categories (topical): Zero Related terms: aught, naw, negative, no, noot, not, nought, nowt, ought, zip
    Sense id: en-naught-en-num-zP951jws Disambiguation of Zero: 4 33 42 20 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pronouns, English third person pronouns, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 42 32 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 25 51 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 23 54 20 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 11 25 49 15 Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 11 34 41 14 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 53 14 4 4 5 5 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 2 13 55 11 5 4 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nought

Pronoun [English]

IPA: /nɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nɔt/ [US], /nɑt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-naught.ogg [US]
enPR: nôt, nät Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|naught}} Middle English naught, {{m|enm|nought}} nought, {{m|enm|naht}} naht, {{m|enm|nawiht}} nawiht, {{inh|en|ang|nawiht}} Old English nawiht, {{cog|fy|neat|t=nothing, naught}} West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”), {{doublet|en|nought}} Doublet of nought, {{compound|en|ne|aught}} ne + aught Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} naught, {{en-pron}} naught
  1. Nothing. Derived forms: aleph-naught, bring to naught, come to naught, do-naught, good-for-naught, more often than naught, set at naught Translations (nothing): нищо (ništo) (Bulgarian), einki [neuter] (Faroese), nichts (German), nought (Middle English), null [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nuscht (Plautdietsch), nimic (Romanian), nada (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-naught-en-pron-nMPiT-nQ Categories (other): English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 11 34 41 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nought

Adjective [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} naught
  1. Alternative form of nought Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nought
    Sense id: en-naught-enm-adj-qZuPjpab

Adverb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb}} naught
  1. Alternative form of nought Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nought
    Sense id: en-naught-enm-adv-qZuPjpab

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} naught
  1. Alternative form of nought Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nought
    Sense id: en-naught-enm-noun-qZuPjpab

Pronoun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun}} naught
  1. Alternative form of nought Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nought
    Sense id: en-naught-enm-pron-qZuPjpab

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for naught meaning in All languages combined (12.2kB)

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