absolute zero

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈzi.ɹoʊ/, /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈzi.ɹoʊ/

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Noun

absolute zero (plural absolute zeros)

2. (physics) The coldest possible temperature, equivalent to zero on the Kelvin scale, or approximately −273.15 °C, −459.67 °F; a total absence of heat; the temperature at which the motion of all molecules would cease. [First attested in the early 19^th century.]
3. (slang, derogatory) A person or thing of absolutely no consequence.

Translations

coldest possible temperature

• Afrikaans: absolute nulpunt
• Albanian: zero absolute
• Arabic: صِفْر مُطَلِّق m (ṣifr muṭalliq), دَرَجَة الصُّغَر الْمُطْلَق f (daraja(t) aṣ-ṣuḡar al-muṭlaq)
• Armenian: բացարձակ զրո (hy) (bacʻarjak zro)
• Asturian: cero absolutu m
• Basque: zero absolutu
• Belarusian: абсалю́тны нуль m (absaljútny nulʹ)
• Breton: zero klok
• Bulgarian: абсолю́тна ну́ла f (absoljútna núla)
• Burmese: ပကတိသုည (pa.ka.ti.su.nya.)
• Catalan: zero absolut m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 絕對零度 / 绝对零度 (jyut⁶ deoi³ ling⁴ dou⁶)

  Mandarin: 絕對零度 / 绝对零度 (zh) (juéduì língdù)

• Czech: absolutní nula (cs)
• Danish: absolut nulpunkt n
• Dutch: absoluut nulpunt n
• Esperanto: absoluta nulo
• Estonian: absoluutne nulltemperatuur (et), absoluutne nullpunkt (et), absoluutne null (et)
• Finnish: absoluuttinen nollapiste (fi)
• French: zéro absolu (fr) m
• Galician: cero absoluto (gl) m
• Georgian: აბსოლუტური ნული (absoluṭuri nuli)
• German: absoluter Nullpunkt (de) m
• Greek: απόλυτο μηδέν (el) n (apólyto midén)
• Hebrew: אפס מוחלט (he) m (efes muhlat)
• Hindi: परम शून्य (param śūnya)
• Hungarian: abszolút nulla fok
• Icelandic: alkul n
• Ido: absoluta zero, zero absoluta
• Indonesian: nol mutlak (id)
• Irish: dearbhnialas m
• Italian: zero assoluto (it) m
• Japanese: 絶対零度 (ja) (ぜったいれいど, zettai reido)
• Kannada: ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಶೂನ್ಯ (sampūrṇa śūnya)
• Khmer: សូន្យដាច់ខាត (sounyɔɔdackhaat)
• Korean: 절대 영도 (jeoldae yeongdo)
• Latvian: absolūtā nulle f
• Lithuanian: absoliutusis nulis m
• Macedonian: апсолутна нула f (apsolutna nula)
• Malay: sifar mutlak (ms), kosong mutlak
• Malayalam: കേവലപൂജ്യം (kēvalapūjyaṁ)
• Maltese: żero assolut
• Māori: kore tino (literally “very zero”)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absolutt nullpunkt n

• Persian: صفر مطلق (fa) (sefr-e motlaq)
• Polish: zero bezwzględne n, zero absolutne n
• Portuguese: zero absoluto (pt) m
• Romanian: zero absolut (ro) n
• Russian: абсолю́тный нуль (ru) m (absoljútnyj nulʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: neoni iomlan
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: апсолутна нула f

  Latin: apsolutna nula f

• Slovak: absolútna nula f
• Slovene: absolútna níčla f
• Spanish: cero absoluto (es) m
• Swedish: absoluta nollpunkten (sv) (def. sing. only)
• Tagalog: wagas na awan
• Tibetan: ཀླད་ཀོར་ཆ་ཚང (klad kor cha tshang)
• Turkish: mutlak sıfır (tr)
• Turkmen: absolýut nol
• Ukrainian: абсолю́тний нуль (uk) m (absoljútnyj nulʹ)
• Urdu: مطلق صفر
• Vietnamese: nhiệt độ không tuyệt đối, độ không tuyệt đối, không độ tuyệt đối, 0 tuyệt đối
• Welsh: sero absoliwt m
• Zulu: iqanda ngokuphelele

person

• Finnish: täysi nolla
• Spanish: cero a la izquierda (es) m

Further reading

• absolute zero on Wikipedia.Wikipedia