Naught

Pronunciation

• RP: enPR: nôt, IPA: /nɔːt/
• US: enPR: nôt, IPA: /nÉ”t/
• cot-caught: enPR: nät, IPA: /nÉ‘t/
• Rhymes: -ɔːt
• Homophones: not in accents with the cot-caught merger, knot in accents with the cot-caught merger

Alternative forms

• nought

Origin

From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht, "no whit".

Full definition of naught

Noun

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada) Zero.Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.
2. (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada) Nothing; nothingness. Naught can come of this, you mark my words. ''

Pronoun

1. nothing