naught
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naught
- /nɔːt/ UK
- /noːt/ Australia, British, New Zealand, Southern, Standard
- /nɔt/
- /nɑt/ cot caught merger
- /nɒt/ Canada
- /nɔt/ Scotland
Sounds like nought, not, knot (both cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɔːt
Where it comes from
From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught.
pronoun nought
- Nothing. Naught can come of this, you mark my words.
noun naughts · nought
- Nothingness.
- Alternative spelling of nought.nought
number nought
- Alternative spelling of nought (“zero”).nought
