English-Italian translations for nought

• zero
  Signor Presidente, probabilmente dovrei cominciare da zero. on behalf of the EFD Group. - Mr President, perhaps I could start at nought.
  In base ad un semplice esame grafologico, dal quale emerse che egli scrive lo zero un po’ più piccolo degli altri numeri, è stato immediatamente rinchiuso in carcere. On the basis of a simple handwriting analysis that revealed that his noughts were slightly smaller than the other numbers, he was immediately remanded in custody.
  A mio avviso, le risoluzioni adottate a Colonia, Helsinki e Feira sono state completamente stravolte e, se fossimo a scuola, vi darei zero per essere andati fuori tema. As I see it, the resolutions adopted at Cologne, Helsinki and Feira have been turned on their heads, and, if I were a schoolteacher, I would give you nought out of ten for missing the point.

Definition of nought

• Nothing; something which does not exist
• Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game
• The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero
• Good for nothing; worthless
• Wicked, immoral
• To abase, to set at nought
• To no extent; in no way; not at all
• Nothing; zero

Examples

• 0.4 — nought point four / zero point four

Related words

• dreadnought
• noughties
• pre-dreadnought
• fearnought
• noughth
• noughts and crosses