nought | - | in general (British English) |
zero | - | in general (American English) |
- | in measurements of temperature (British and American English) | |
- | in count-downs (British and American English) | |
- | score in team games, e.g. football (American English) | |
oh | - | when each figure is said separately (e.g. in phone numbers, account numbers etc.) |
nil | - | score in team games, e.g. football (British English) |
love | - | in tennis and similar gamesderived from the French word l'oeuf (the egg) as the figure 0 is egg-shaped |