naught

English

Alternative forms

nought

Etymology

From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht, equivalent to "no wight".

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation): enPR: nôt, IPA^(key): /nɔːt/
(US): enPR: nôt, IPA^(key): /nɔt/
(cot–caught merger): enPR: nät, IPA^(key): /nɑt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔːt
Homophone: not (in accents with the cot-caught merger), knot (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Pronoun

naught

(archaic) Nothing.
Naught can come of this, you mark my words.

Translations

nothing

German: nichts (de)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: null (no) m

Spanish: nada (es)

Noun

naught (countable and uncountable, plural naughts)

(archaic) Nothingness.
(chiefly US, old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought

Derived terms

naughty

Translations

nothingness

Czech: nicota f
German: Nichts (de) n
Mandarin: 无 (zh) (wú)

Portuguese: nada (pt) m
Russian: ничто́ (ru) n (ništó)

Numeral

naught

(chiefly US, old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought

See also

References

naught in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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