aught

Etymology 1
From, , from , , from +. More at wight.

Pronoun

 * 1)  Anything whatsoever, any part.

Adverb

 * 1)  At all, in any degree, in any respect.

Etymology 2
Meaning of "zero" by confusion with. Used amongst those who were once called "non-U" speakers of English.

Noun

 * 1) Whit, the smallest part, iota.
 * 2)  Zero.
 * 3) The digit zero.
 * 4) * as the decade in years (for example, aught-nine for 1909 or 2009)
 * 5) * in gun calibers (for example, thirty-aught-six for .30-06)

Usage notes
The use of aught and to mean "zero" is very much proscribed as the word aught originally meant the opposite of naught: "anything". This may be due to misanalysis, or may simply be the result of speakers confusing the meanings of aught and naught due to similar-sounding phonemes.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,

Etymology 3
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Also see ettle.

Noun

 * 1)  Estimation.
 * 2)  Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught").
 * 3)  Esteem, respect.
 * 1)  Esteem, respect.
 * 1)  Esteem, respect.

Usage notes
In the first sense, generally found in the phrase "in one's aught" as inː "In my aught, this play ain't worth the candle". In the second sense, generally found in the phrase "of aught" as inː "nothing of aught has happened since you've been away, Sir". In the third sense, generally found in the phrase "a man of aught", or rarely in the more archaic phrase "to show somebody or something (some) aught" as inː "show your mother some aught, son".

Etymology 4
Originally the past tense of.

Etymology 5
From, from. More at.

Etymology 1
From, from , , shortening of ,.

Pronoun

 * 1) any, anything

Numeral

 * Numbers: oan, twye, dhree, vowre, veeve, zeese, zeven, aught, ween, dhen.
 * Numbers: oan, twye, dhree, vowre, veeve, zeese, zeven, aught, ween, dhen.