What does zero in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word zero in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use zero in Italian.

The word zero in Italian means zero, zero, zero, fail, zero, zero, zero, zilch, no, flour type 0, nobody, zero, zilch, nothing, zero miles, zero food miles, year zero, local, zero growth, from scratch, double zero flour, zero flour, zero impact, zero kilometres, the facts are incontrovertible, prime meridian, Numero Zero, zero hour, nil draw, nil all, 0-0 tie, patient zero, shave bald, start from scratch, below zero, launch an invective, show no pity, shooting point blank, to shave one's head, interest free. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word zero

zero

sostantivo maschile (numero cardinale: 0)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
In una scala da zero a dieci dimmi quanto ti fa male la schiena.
From zero to ten, how much does your back hurt?

zero

sostantivo maschile (simbolo del numero 0)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il risultato di questa equazione è zero.
The answer to this equation is zero.

zero, fail

sostantivo maschile (voto scolastico: insufficiente)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se non studi dovrò metterti zero in pagella.
If you don't study I'll have to give you a fail in your report.

zero

aggettivo (0 in cifre)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Chi arriva oltre la decima posizione in ogni gara di questo torneo prende zero punti.
Anyone who comes in above tenth place in this race gets zero points.

zero

pronome (cose, persone: 0)

(pronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday.")
Dieci sono stati i promossi al prossimo anno e zero i bocciati.
Ten passed to the next year and zero failed.

zero, zilch, no

aggettivo (figurato (nessuno)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Il management ha investito un sacco di soldi ma ha ottenuto zero risultati.
Management invested a lot of money in the project but obtained zero results.

flour type 0

aggettivo (farina: di tipo 0)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Devo ricordarmi di prendere la farina zero per le pizze di stasera.
I need to remember to get some flour type 0 for this evening's pizzas.

nobody

sostantivo maschile (figurato, offensivo (individuo insignificante)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
È un autentico zero e non conta niente.
He's a real nobody and doesn't count for anything.

zero, zilch, nothing

sostantivo maschile (figurato (niente, nulla)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Gli altri invitati si erano già mangiati tutto il buffet e a me è rimasto zero.
All the other guests had already eaten everything and I was left zero.

zero miles

(economics/local production)

zero food miles

locuzione aggettivale (commercio locale) (local produce)

year zero

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

local

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

zero growth

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

from scratch

(figurato (da capo, dall'inizio)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

double zero flour

zero flour

zero impact

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

zero kilometres

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

the facts are incontrovertible

(formal)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

prime meridian

Numero Zero

(Italian, novel)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

zero hour

nil draw, nil all, 0-0 tie

(sport)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

patient zero

sostantivo maschile

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

shave bald

start from scratch

below zero

launch an invective, show no pity

shooting point blank

to shave one's head

interest free

(finance)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

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