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How do you say 'zeroth' in spanish? As in primer hora, zero period?

How do you say 'zeroth' in spanish? As in primer hora, zero period?

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How do you say 'zeroth' in spanish? As in primer hora, zero period?

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updated Apr 14, 2010
posted by josemartinez

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updated Apr 14, 2010
posted by Vikingo
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Well, zeroth (that's /zee'-roth/, Q) is a word in English. It's rare, but some series (especially in computer science) begin with 0th place instead of 1st. Also, in math involving powers, you can have some number X to the zeroth power (for example).

I've googled and found zilch. However, I did get the impression that Spanish allows the word cero to double for the the ordinal as well as the usual cardinal sense (i.e., zeroth and zero).

Hopefully, a native will weigh in with a definitive report.

updated Sep 7, 2009
edited by webdunce
posted by webdunce
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I couldn't tell you how to say zeroth in English, let alone Spanish.

primera hora

updated Sep 7, 2009
posted by 0074b507