nulla

English

Noun

nulla (plural nullas)

1. Alternative form of nullah (“stream-bed, ravine”)
2. Alternative form of nulla-nulla (“Australian war club”)
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XX,

     I gave a loud cry and was in the act of running towards the centre of the camp when I caught a glimpse of several black figures around me, and the next moment I was knocked senseless by a blow from a nulla or waddy.

See also

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin nūlla, feminine of nūllus.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: nul‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Numeral

nulla

1. zero

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

nulla (plural nullák)

1. zero

   A kvadrilliót huszonnégy nullával írják. ― A septillion has twenty-four zeros.

2. someone or something of no importance; cipher

   Egy nagy nulla vagy! ― You are a mere cipher.

Declension

Adjective

nulla (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) zero, none whatsoever, none at all

   Nulla tehetségem van a zenéhez. ― I have zero talent for music.

Declension

Further reading

• nulla in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nūlla, feminine singular and neuter plural (collective) of nūllus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnul.la/
• Rhymes: -ulla
• Hyphenation: nùl‧la

Determiner

nulla

1. feminine singular of nullo

Adverb

nulla

1. nothing, anything

Noun

nulla m (invariable)

1. nothing

Pronoun

nulla

1. nothing, anything

Latin

Pronunciation

• nūlla: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːl.la/,
• nūlla: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnul.la/,
• nūllā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːl.laː/,
• nūllā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnul.la/,

Adjective

nūlla

1. inflection of nūllus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

nūllā

1. ablative feminine singular of nūllus

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• nullene

Noun

nulla m or n

1. definite neuter plural of null

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nullane

Noun

nulla m or n

1. definite neuter plural of null

Romansch

Alternative forms

• nul (Sursilvan)
• nola, nula (Sutsilvan)
• nolla (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin nullus.

Numeral

nulla

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) zero