"zeroth" meaning in English

See zeroth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈzɪəɹəʊθ/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, UK], /ˈzɪɹoʊθ/ [US], /ˈziɹoʊθ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zeroth.wav
enPR: zîrʹōth [US], zēʹrōth [US] Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊθ, -iːɹəʊθ Etymology: From zero + -th. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|zero|th}} zero + -th Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} zeroth (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics) In the initial position in a sequence whose elements are numbered starting at zero; the ordinal number corresponding to zero. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics, English ordinal numbers, Zero Translations (ordinal number corresponding to zero): صِفْرِيّ (ṣifriyy) (Arabic), զրոերորդ (zroerord) (Armenian), нулявы́ (nuljavý) (Belarusian), ну́лев (núlev) (Bulgarian), 第零 (dì-líng) (Chinese Mandarin), nultý (Czech), nulte (Danish), nula (Esperanto), nulaj [plural] (Esperanto), nollas (Finnish), zérotième (French), nullième (French), zéroième (French), ნულოვანი (nulovani) (Georgian), nullter (German), μηδενικός (midenikós) (Greek), શૂન્યમું (śūnyamũ) (Gujarati), nulladik (Hungarian), zeresma (Ido), صِفْرُم (sefrom) (Iranian Persian), zeresimo (Italian), 第零 (dairei) (alt: だいれい) (Japanese), 第ゼロ (dai-zero) (alt: だいゼロ) (Japanese), 零番目 (reiban-me) (alt: れいばんめ) (Japanese), ゼロ番目 (zero-ban-me) (alt: ゼロばんめ) (Japanese), нөлінші (nölınşı) (Kazakh), 영째 (yeongjjae) (Korean), 영번째 (yeongbeonjjae) (Korean), нөлүнчү (nölüncü) (Kyrgyz), нулти (nulti) (Macedonian), kekosong (Malay), nulte (Norwegian Bokmål), zerowy (Polish), zerésimo (Portuguese), нулево́й (nulevój) (Russian), nultý (Slovak), cero (Spanish), ceroésimo [rare] (Spanish), nollte (Swedish), нуленчы (nulençı) (Tatar), sıfırıncı (Turkish), нульо́вий (nulʹóvyj) (Ukrainian), صِفَرْواں (sifarvā̃) (Urdu), serofed (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-zeroth-en-adj-4ek5FWQu Disambiguation of English ordinal numbers: 94 6 Disambiguation of Zero: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -th, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tatar translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -th: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Tatar translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 79 21 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'ordinal number corresponding to zero': 90 10
  2. Corresponding to a position preceding the first. Tags: not-comparable Translations (corresponding to a position preceding the first): nollas (Finnish), ნულოვანი (nulovani) (Georgian), nullte (German), صِفْرُم (sefrom) (Iranian Persian), zeresimo (Italian)
    Sense id: en-zeroth-en-adj-twKlC8WH Disambiguation of 'corresponding to a position preceding the first': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: noughth [rare], zeroeth Derived forms: zeroth grade Related terms: null, 0th

Alternative forms

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        "In the initial position in a sequence whose elements are numbered starting at zero; the ordinal number corresponding to zero."
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṣifriyy",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "صِفْرِيّ"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zroerord",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "զրոերորդ"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "нулявы́"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "núlev",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "ну́лев"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dì-líng",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "第零"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "nultý"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "nulte"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "nula"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "nulaj"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "nollas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "zérotième"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "nullième"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "zéroième"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "nulovani",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "ნულოვანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "nullter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "midenikós",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "μηδενικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "śūnyamũ",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "શૂન્યમું"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "nulladik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "zeresma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "zeresimo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "alt": "だいれい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dairei",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "第零"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "alt": "だいゼロ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dai-zero",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "第ゼロ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "alt": "れいばんめ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "reiban-me",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "零番目"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "alt": "ゼロばんめ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zero-ban-me",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "ゼロ番目"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "nölınşı",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "нөлінші"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeongjjae",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "영째"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeongbeonjjae",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "영번째"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "nölüncü",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "нөлүнчү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nulti",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "нулти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "kekosong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "nulte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "sefrom",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "صِفْرُم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "zerowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "zerésimo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nulevój",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "нулево́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "nultý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "cero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "ceroésimo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
          "word": "nollte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "nulençı",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "code": "fa-ira",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
      "word": "zerésimo"
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      "roman": "nulevój",
      "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
      "word": "нулево́й"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
      "word": "nultý"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
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      "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
      "word": "nollte"
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      "word": "sıfırıncı"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nulʹóvyj",
      "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
      "word": "нульо́вий"
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
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      "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
      "word": "صِفَرْواں"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "ordinal number corresponding to zero",
      "word": "serofed"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "nollas"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "corresponding to a position preceding the first",
      "word": "ნულოვანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "corresponding to a position preceding the first",
      "word": "nullte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "corresponding to a position preceding the first",
      "word": "zeresimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "sefrom",
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    "zeroth"
  ],
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}

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