This is the 8368th most frequent French word.
zero
The number "0"; nothing; naught.
The word 'zéro' is used here as a numerical value indicating no temperature beyond freezing point.
Le thermomètre affiche zéro degré aujourd'hui.
The thermometer shows zero degrees today.
Here, 'zéro' indicates no units of time—a lack of minutes—expressing hurried arrival.
Je suis arrivé dans ma classe zéro minute avant que la cloche ne sonne.
I arrived in my class zero minutes before the bell rang.
'Zéro' describes the probability of an event, metaphorically indicating its impossibility.