"nulo" meaning in Esperanto

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnulo/ Forms: nulon [accusative, singular], nuloj [plural], nulojn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -ulo Etymology: From German null (“zero”), Russian нуль (nulʹ, “zero”), Italian nullo, French nul, all ultimately from Latin nullus (“none, not any”). Etymology templates: {{der|eo|de|null||zero}} German null (“zero”), {{der|eo|ru|нуль||zero}} Russian нуль (nulʹ, “zero”), {{der|eo|it|nullo}} Italian nullo, {{der|eo|fr|nul}} French nul, {{der|eo|la|nullus|t=none, not any}} Latin nullus (“none, not any”) Head templates: {{eo-head}} nulo (accusative singular nulon, plural nuloj, accusative plural nulojn)
  1. zero (name of the numeric symbol or digit)
    Sense id: en-nulo-eo-noun-lc2q4nQ-
  2. (figurative) someone or something of no importance or capabilities Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-nulo-eo-noun-tk2-~LeD Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 5 28 25 2 4 7 2 4 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 10 39 1 1 2 0 1 45 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 6 19 23 2 5 10 0 7 28 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 5 22 28 2 5 8 0 4 26 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nul (english: the numeral zero), nula (english: equal to zero, void, without value)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the numeral zero",
      "translation": "the numeral zero",
      "word": "nul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "equal to zero, void, without value",
      "translation": "equal to zero, void, without value",
      "word": "nula"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "null",
        "4": "",
        "5": "zero"
      },
      "expansion": "German null (“zero”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "нуль",
        "4": "",
        "5": "zero"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian нуль (nulʹ, “zero”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "nullo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian nullo",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "nul"
      },
      "expansion": "French nul",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nullus",
        "t": "none, not any"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nullus (“none, not any”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German null (“zero”), Russian нуль (nulʹ, “zero”), Italian nullo, French nul, all ultimately from Latin nullus (“none, not any”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nulon",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuloj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nulojn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nulo (accusative singular nulon, plural nuloj, accusative plural nulojn)",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "nu‧lo"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "nu‧lo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "One million has six zeroes.",
          "text": "Unu miliono havas ses nulojn.",
          "translation": "One million has six zeroes.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "zero (name of the numeric symbol or digit)"
      ],
      "id": "en-nulo-eo-noun-lc2q4nQ-",
      "links": [
        [
          "zero",
          "zero"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "5 28 25 2 4 7 2 4 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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        },
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          "_dis": "6 19 23 2 5 10 0 7 28",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone or something of no importance or capabilities"
      ],
      "id": "en-nulo-eo-noun-tk2-~LeD",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) someone or something of no importance or capabilities"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnulo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ulo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nulo"
}
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    "Esperanto lemmas",
    "Esperanto nouns",
    "Esperanto terms derived from French",
    "Esperanto terms derived from German",
    "Esperanto terms derived from Italian",
    "Esperanto terms derived from Latin",
    "Esperanto terms derived from Russian",
    "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon",
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    "Rhymes:Esperanto/ulo/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "the numeral zero",
      "translation": "the numeral zero",
      "word": "nul"
    },
    {
      "english": "equal to zero, void, without value",
      "translation": "equal to zero, void, without value",
      "word": "nula"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "null",
        "4": "",
        "5": "zero"
      },
      "expansion": "German null (“zero”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "нуль",
        "4": "",
        "5": "zero"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian нуль (nulʹ, “zero”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "nullo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian nullo",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "nul"
      },
      "expansion": "French nul",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nullus",
        "t": "none, not any"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nullus (“none, not any”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German null (“zero”), Russian нуль (nulʹ, “zero”), Italian nullo, French nul, all ultimately from Latin nullus (“none, not any”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nulon",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuloj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nulojn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nulo (accusative singular nulon, plural nuloj, accusative plural nulojn)",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "nu‧lo"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "nu‧lo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              22,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "One million has six zeroes.",
          "text": "Unu miliono havas ses nulojn.",
          "translation": "One million has six zeroes.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "zero (name of the numeric symbol or digit)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zero",
          "zero"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "someone or something of no importance or capabilities"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) someone or something of no importance or capabilities"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnulo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ulo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nulo"
}

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