CilmeFrom Latin nullus, perhaps via French or German.
- zero (cardinal number that precedes one)
- declension-5, femininezero (the cipher 0)
“funkcijas nulle” — the zero of a function
“binārajā skaitīšanas sistēmā ir tikai cipari nulle un viens” — in the binary counting system there are only the cyphers zero and one
- declension-5, femininezero (initial value or point in some reference system, or in some measuring device)
“nulles punkts, nullpunkts” — zero, zero point
“absolūta nulle” — absolute zero (- 273,16 °C)
“nulles meridiāns” — zero (= Greenwich) meridian
- declension-5, femininezero hour (moment of time when one day becomes another)
“pulkstenis ir nulle divdesmit minūtes” — it is zero hours and twenty minutes
- declension-5, femininezero, nothing, nobody (person, thing that is unimportant or insignificant)
“cilvēks bez profesijas ir nulle” — a person without a profession is nobody
“tas, ko viņš runā, man ir nulle” — what he is saying is nothing to me
Formasnulle(nominative, singular) · nulles(nominative, plural) · nulles(genitive, singular) · nuļļu(genitive, plural) · nullei(dative, singular) · nullēm(dative, plural) · nulli(accusative, singular) · nulles(accusative, plural) · nulli(instrumental, singular) · nullēm(instrumental, plural) · nullē(locative, singular) · nullēs(locative, plural) · nulle(singular, vocative) · nulles(plural, vocative)