nought
/nɔːt/
noun
- Nothing; something which does not exist.
- A thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
- Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
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Cambridge Dictionary
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NOUGHT | Pronunciation in English
NOUGHT pronunciation. How to say NOUGHT. Listen to the audio pronunciation in English. Learn more.
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Sound it Out: Break down the word 'nought' into its individual sounds "nawt". Say these sounds out loud, exaggerating them at first.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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How to pronounce nought in English - Definition of nought in English
How to pronounce nought in English. The definition of nought is: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same...
Collins Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster
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NOUGHT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of NOUGHT is nothing. How to use nought in a sentence.
Wikipedia
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Names for the number 0 in English - Wikipedia
September 28, 2025 - Shot pellet diameters 0, 00, and 000 are pronounced "single aught", "double aught", and "triple aught". Decade names with a leading zero (e.g., 1900 to 1909) were pronounced as "aught" or "nought". This leads to the year 1904 ('04) being spoken as "[nineteen] aught four" or "[nineteen] nought four".
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Wiktionary
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From Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ā-wiht, which was a phrase used as an emphatic "no", meaning "not anything". [1] Equivalent to ne + ought or ne + a + wight.
Oxford English Dictionary
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The earliest known use of the word nought is in the Old English period (pre-1150). ... Etymons: ne adv.1, aught pron., adj., & adv. ... To continue reading, please sign in below or purchase a subscription.
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Answer (1 of 2): Not an answer but another question. Why do so many of this type of question confuse spellings and pronunciation? it’s perfectly clear looking at the question that it is about two words spelt differently but pronounced the same, but the questioner reverses these facts. in so far...
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NOUGHT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
The informal term noughties for the decade of 2000–2009 comes from this sense.Nought is an alternate spelling of naught, which has the exact same meaning.Example: I had nought to do with breaking the lamp, but my mother still thought I was involved.
Grammar.com
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Naught vs. Nought
American English and British English vary a lot in pronunciation and, therefore, spelling of the same words often differs through only one or two letters. A great example to illustrate the differences created this way is the pair of words "naught" and "nought".
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If you were reading it out to somebody, eg. to write down in a lecture, I would say N-sub-zero. But if this is a particular mathematical term then it's probably N-nought, or N-null. Sometimes the term has a particular usage from history or convention (eg the original paper or a famous textbook) whatever the rules of regular English grammar might say.
eg. the set of cardinal numbers is normally Aleph-nought or Aleph-null
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From a native US English speaker:
As there don't seem to be any readily available pronunciation guidance resources on this subject, I am forced to be subjective. I believe "zero" is the most common, in the US, at least. Since I do not prefer to call "0" anything other than "zero" in any situation, I would say:
N-zero for nₒ
N-two for n₂
Etc.
As to your last question, I confess I wouldn't understand someone who said "N-nor", without further enlightenment.