zilch

• n. ゼロ、何もない；価値のないもの；小人物
• n. （ドイツ語で）Zilch.

語源は不明、またはグラフィック?ノベルのどうでもいい登場人物Mr Zilchから、あるいはどもり声を真似て作られた人名かもしれない、派生語源little person（小さな人）、zero（ゼロ）など。

zilch (n.)

"nothing," 1957; "insignificant person," 1933, from use of Zilch as a generic comical-sounding surname for an insignificant person (especially Joe Zilch). There was a Mr. Zilch (1931), comic character in the magazine "Ballyhoo," and the use perhaps originated c. 1922 in U.S. college or theater slang. Probably a nonsense syllable, suggestive of the end of the alphabet, but Zilch is an actual German surname of Slavic origin.

The [Cadence] agency aims to have each album cover actually promote the record, on the theory that "the day of pretty, boffy, zoomy and zingy covers for the sake of zilch is no more." ["Billboard," Oct. 28, 1957]

1. At the moment these shares are worth zilch .

現在、これらの株式は一文の値打ちもない。

2.Nothing 's happened Connie. Zilch .

何も起きていない、コニー。何のこともありません。

3.I arrived in this country with zilch .

私はこの国に来たとき、何も持っていませんでした。

4.The team 's morale fell to zilch owing to the unexpected defeat.

今回の予想外の敗北で、チームの士気は極度に下がった。

5.I didn 't hear zilch about it.

私は少しも聞いたことがありません。