Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nullary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nullary
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Taking no entries; having trivial domain; having the arity of zero.

adj

Taking no arguments.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinosder. Proto-Italic *noinolos Latin nūllusder. Old French nul Middle French nulbor. English null Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English nullary From null + -ary.

Phrases

nullary sum

Synonyms

niladic zeroary

Questions

What does nullary mean?: Taking no entries; having trivial domain; having the arity of zero.
Where does nullary come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinosder. Proto-Italic *noinolos Latin nūllusder. Old French nul Middle French nulbor. English null Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English nullary From null + -ary.

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