nulo

Äiwoo

Noun

nulo (third person minimal nulä) (inalienable)

1. (anatomy) neck

   Nulo kia.

   I feel sad.

   (literally, “My neck is bad.”)

   Singedâ nulä itâlulâ mo ingäjowâ.

   The woman cut his/her throat and ate him/her.

References

• Næss, Åshild (2017), “nulo”, in A short dictionary of Äiwoo (Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia; A-PL 35)‎^[1], Canberra, ACT: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, page 83
• Ross, Malcolm; Næss, Åshild (December 2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎^[2], volume 46, number 2, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, →DOI, pages 456–98

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnulo]

Noun

nulo f

1. vocative singular of nula

Esperanto

Etymology

From German null (“zero”), Russian нуль (nulʹ, “zero”), Italian nullo, French nul, all ultimately from Latin nullus (“none, not any”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnulo/

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: nu‧lo

Noun

nulo (accusative singular nulon, plural nuloj, accusative plural nulojn)

1. zero (name of the numeric symbol or digit)

   Unu miliono havas ses nulojn.

   One million has six zeroes.

2. (figurative) someone or something of no importance or capabilities

Derived terms

• nul (the numeral zero)
• nula (“equal to zero, void, without value”)

Ido

Etymology

From nula (“no, not any; nope”) +‎ -o (“thing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnulo/

Pronoun

nulo

1. nothing, nought

Related terms

• nula (“no, not any; nope”)
• nulaloke (“nowhere”)
• nulatempe (“never (again / more)”)
• nuli
• nulu (“nobody, no one, nope”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinosder.

Proto-Italic *noinolos

Latin nullus

Portuguese nulo

From Latin nullus (“none”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.lu/

• Rhymes: -ulu
• Hyphenation: nu‧lo

Adjective

nulo (feminine nula, masculine plural nulos, feminine plural nulas)

1. null; insignificant
2. void (having lost all legal validity)

Further reading

• “nulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinosder.

Proto-Italic *noinolos

Latin nulluslbor.

Spanish nulo

Learned borrowing from Latin nullus (“none”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnulo/ [ˈnu.lo]
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: nu‧lo

Adjective

nulo (feminine nula, masculine plural nulos, feminine plural nulas)

1. null, void, invalid

   Synonym: inválido

2. useless, good-for-nothing

   Synonym: inútil

3. (obsolete) none

   Synonyms: nadie, ninguno

Derived terms

• hipótesis nula

Further reading

• “nulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026