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m zeronel tennis lovenel calcio nilfig partire da zero start from scratch2 gradi sotto zero 2 degrees below zero* * *zero s.m.1 zero*, nought: lo zero assoluto, absolute zero; zero virgola cinque, nought (o zero) point five; una fila di zeri, a row of noughts (o of zeroes); 10 gradi sopra, sotto zero, 10 degrees above, below zero; vincere due a zero, to win two-nil; meritare uno zero in qlco., to be hopeless at sthg.; l'ago è tornato a zero, the needle has returned to zero // ora zero, zero hour // gravità zero, zero gravity; energia di punto zero, zero point energy // crescita zero, zero growth // numero zero, ( di periodico) trial issue; ( di programma tv) trial broadcast (o programme) // tolleranza zero, zero tolerance // a tasso zero, interest-free3 (fig.) ( niente) nought, nothing: vale uno zero, it is not worth a brass farthing (o it is worthless); come medico vale zero, as a doctor he is useless; quell'uomo è uno zero, that man is a nobody; ridurre a zero, to bring to naught; ridursi a zero, to have nothing left; ridurre le spese a zero, to cut down expenditure to nil; taglio ( di capelli) a zero, skinhead haircut; tagliarsi i capelli a zero, to shave off one's hair, to have a skinhead haircut.* * *['dzɛro]1. sm1) (gen) Scol, Mat zero, nought Brit, (in un numero di telefono) Ozero virgola cinque — (zero o nought) point five
2 gradi sopra zero — 2 degrees above freezing point o above zero
zero in condotta Scol — bad marks for behaviour Brit
ridursi a zero fig — to have nothing left, be at rock-bottom
sparare a zero su qn/qc fig — to lay into sb/sth
2) Calcio nil Brit, Tennis love2. agg invzero attr* * *['dzɛro] 1.sostantivo maschile1) zero*, nought, cypher inform.2) (in una scala di valori) zero*10° sotto, sopra zero — 10° below, above zero
3) scol.prendere zero in latino — to get a zero o a nought in Latin
4) sport nil; (nel tennis) love5) tel.il mio numero di telefono è 02340500 — my telephone number is o two three four o five double o BE o zero two three four zero five zero zero AE
6) fig. (niente)2.quell'uomo è uno zero — that man is a nobody o a nonentity o a cypher
i bambini da zero a sei anni — children from nought to six years old; (posposto)
numero zero — (di giornale) trial issue of a newspaper
••cominciare o partire da zero to start from scratch; ricominciare o ripartire da zero to start afresh, to start again from square one; raparsi a zero — to shave one's head
* * *zero/'dzεro/ ⇒ 26I sostantivo m.1 zero*, nought, cypher inform.; una cifra con tre -i a figure with three zeros2 (in una scala di valori) zero*; 10° sotto, sopra zero 10° below, above zero; temperature sotto lo zero sub-zero temperatures4 sport nil; (nel tennis) love; zero (a) 15 15 love; vincere per due set a zero to win by two sets to love; vincere tre a zero to win three nil; pareggiare zero a zero to draw nil nil5 tel. il mio numero di telefono è 02340500 my telephone number is o two three four o five double o BE o zero two three four zero five zero zero AE6 fig. (niente) non valere uno zero to be worth nothing; contare meno di zero to count for nothing; quell'uomo è uno zero that man is a nobody o a nonentity o a cypherII aggettivo(preposto) sono le ore zero venti minuti dieci secondi it's twenty-four twenty and ten seconds; i bambini da zero a sei anni children from nought to six years old; (posposto) tolleranza zero zero tolerance; prestito a tasso zero interest-free loan; numero zero (di giornale) trial issue of a newspapercominciare o partire da zero to start from scratch; ricominciare o ripartire da zero to start afresh, to start again from square one; raparsi a zero to shave one's head\zero assoluto absolute zero. -
2 assoluto
absolute* * *assoluto agg. absolute: maggioranza assoluta, absolute (o clear) majority; padrone assoluto, absolute (o despotic) master; potere assoluto, absolute (o unrestricted) power; la più assoluta tranquillità, absolute quiet; c'è l'assoluta necessità di ritrovare i documenti, it's absolutely necessary to find the documents // (gramm.) ablativo assoluto, ablative absolute // (fil.) ente assoluto, the absolute // (fis.): temperatura assoluta, absolute temperature; vuoto assoluto, absolute vacuum; zero assoluto, absolute zero; scala assoluta, absolute scale // (astr.) grandezza, magnitudine assoluta, absolute magnitude // (geol.) età assoluta, absolute age // (meteor.) umidità assoluta, absolute humidity // (mus.) orecchio assoluto, perfect (o absolute) pitch◆ s.m. (fil.) the Absolute.* * *[asso'luto] assoluto (-a)1. agg(gen, Pol, Gramm) absoluteè in assoluto il più bravo — he is without doubt o altogether the best
2. sm* * *[asso'luto]1) (completo, senza riserve) [certezza, potere, sovrano] absolute; [maggioranza, superiorità] absolute, overall; [controllo, vincitore] outright, overall; [obbedienza, fiducia] absolute, complete; [ riposo] complete; [ record] all-time; [ calma] dead; [ silenzio] strict, utterno, nel modo più assoluto — absolutely not
2) (urgente)3) fis. mat. filos. [verità, valore, temperatura] absolute4) ling. [ablativo, superlativo] absolute5) in assoluto by far, undeniablyè il migliore in assoluto — it's by far the best, it's the very best (of all)
* * *assoluto/asso'luto/1 (completo, senza riserve) [ certezza, potere, sovrano] absolute; [ maggioranza, superiorità] absolute, overall; [ controllo, vincitore] outright, overall; [ obbedienza, fiducia] absolute, complete; [ riposo] complete; [ record] all-time; [ calma] dead; [ silenzio] strict, utter; salvo in caso di -a necessità only if absolutely necessary; no, nel modo più assoluto absolutely not2 (urgente) ho assoluto bisogno di parlarti I'm in urgent need of talking to you3 fis. mat. filos. [ verità, valore, temperatura] absolute4 ling. [ ablativo, superlativo] absolute5 in assoluto by far, undeniably; è il migliore in assoluto it's by far the best, it's the very best (of all); il primo in assoluto the first ever.
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