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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛː.dén/ → /miˈðen/ → /miˈðen/
Pronoun
μηδέν • (mēdén)
- neuter nominative/accusative singular of μηδείς (mēdeís)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μηδέν (mēdén, “nothing”).
Numeral
μηδέν • (midén) n
- zero
- nothing, nought, nil
- cipher
Declension
μηδέν
| case \ number
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singular
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| nominative
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μηδέν •
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| genitive
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μηδενός •
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| accusative
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μηδέν •
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| vocative
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Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- μηδενίζω (midenízo, “to zero, to cancel out”)
- μηδενικό n (midenikó, “nought, zero”)
- μηδένιση f (midénisi, “cancelling out, setting to zero”)
- μηδενισμός m (midenismós, “nihilism; cancelling out”)
- μηδενιστής m (midenistís, “nihilist”)
- μηδενιστικός (midenistikós, “nihilistic”, adjective)
- μηδενίστρια f (midenístria, “nihilist”)