Finnish

Numeral

nolla

1. (cardinal) zero

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

nolla

1. digit zero
2. good-for-nothing (person of little worth or usefulness)
3. (electricity) neutral (electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground)

Declension

Derived terms

• nollajohdin
• nollata

Northern Sami

Numeral

nolla

1. (cardinal) zero

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) nulla
• (Sursilvan) nul
• (Sutsilvan) nola, nula

Etymology

From Latin nullus.

Numeral

nolla

1. (cardinal, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) zero

Swedish

Etymology

From the digit noll ‎(“zero”)

Noun

nolla c

1. a zero; the symbol, or digit, "0".
2. a zero (of a scale)
3. a loser, nobody
4. a person who recently started university or gymnasium, and has not yet been "introduced" to the school by the older students; person taking part, as a new student, in an orientation week

Declension

Verb

nolla ‎(present nollar, preterite nollade, supine nollat, imperative nolla)

1. to reset, to calibrate to zero
2. to haze (initiate a new student, called nolla, noun)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (reset): nollställa
• (haze): inkila
• (haze): insparka
• (haze): inviga

See also

• etta, tvåa, trea, fyra, femma, sexa, sjua, åtta, nia, tia, elva, tolva
• nollning