zéro

A. adj

• zéro heure = midnight, twenty-four hundred (hours) il sera exactement zéro heure vingt minutes dix secondes = the time will be twelve twenty and ten seconds precisely j'ai eu zéro faute dans ma dictée = I didn't make a single mistake in my dictation niveau/croissance zéro = zero level/growth

B. nm

• 1 zero, nought (GB) avoir un zéro en latin = to get zero or nought in Latin remettre un compteur à zéro = to reset a counter to zero avoir le moral à zéro (figurative) = to be down in the dumps (colloq) c'est beau à regarder mais question goût c'est zéro (fam) = it's nice to look at, but no marks for flavour (GB) Definition of zero in the British & World English dictionary Definition of zero in the US English dictionary Translate zero | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 (in sport) (gen) nil (GB), zero; (in tennis) love trois (buts) à zéro = three nil Definition of nil in the British & World English dictionary Definition of nil in the US English dictionary Translate nil | into German | into Italian | into Spanish