French dictionary

zéro/ze.ʁo/

noun · A1 · Frequency 1815

nounmasculine

number zero
Used in mathematics and reading numbers
a zero, a person of no value or worth
Used in informal contexts to describe someone as worthless or useless

Le résultat affiché sur l'écran est zéro.
The result displayed on the screen is zero.
Après cette erreur, il a obtenu zéro à l'exercice.
After that mistake, he got zero on the exercise.
Ce collègue se croit indispensable, mais c'est un zéro en organisation.
That colleague thinks he is indispensable, but he is a complete zero when it comes to organization.

Il y a zéro pommes.
Il n’y a aucune pomme.
In French, 'zero + noun' is generally avoided for existential negation; instead, use negative constructions like 'il n’y a aucune...' or 'il n’y a pas de...'. 'Zéro' is used only when it functions as subject or standalone quantity (e.g., 'Zéro est un nombre pair.')
J’ai zéro points.
J’ai zéro point.
After 'zéro', the following noun remains singular (no plural -s), because 'zéro' expresses absence and governs singular agreement.

number zero
Used in mathematics and reading numbers
a zero, a person of no value or worth
Used in informal contexts to describe someone as worthless or useless

Les zéros placés à gauche ne changent pas la valeur du nombre.
Zeros placed on the left do not change the value of the number.
Le professeur refuse de traiter ses élèves de zéros après un mauvais contrôle.
The teacher refuses to call his students zeros after a poor test.
Dans ce code, les zéros indiquent les cases encore vides.
In this code, zeros indicate the spaces that are still empty.