Le résultat est zéro.

In French, nouns usually need an article much more often than in English. So where English can say Result: zero, standard French normally says Le résultat est zéro.

Here, le is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.

• le résultat = the result
• not usually just résultat in a full sentence like this

You might see article-less forms in titles, labels, tables, or notes, but in normal sentences, le is expected.

You usually learn the gender together with the noun, so it is best to memorize it as le résultat, not just résultat.

Because it is masculine singular, it uses:

• le in the singular
• un for a/an
• les in the plural

Examples:

• Le résultat est bon.
• Un résultat intéressant.
• Les résultats sont clairs.

Est is the third-person singular form of être (to be).

So:

• je suis = I am
• tu es = you are
• il/elle/on est = he/she/one is

Since le résultat is a singular thing, French uses est:

• Le résultat est zéro.

It works just like English The result is zero.

Because the subject is already stated explicitly: le résultat.

French does not need an extra pronoun when the noun itself is the subject.

So:

• Le résultat est zéro. = The result is zero.

You would only use a pronoun if you were replacing the noun:

• Il est zéro.

But that sentence would usually be unclear by itself, because il could refer to many things. Using le résultat is much more natural here.

Résultat is pronounced approximately like ray-zewl-tah.

A few helpful points:

• The é in ré- sounds like a clear ay sound, not like the e in bed
• The final t is pronounced here
• The last syllable -tat is stressed only lightly, because French stress is much more even than English

A rough pronunciation of the whole sentence is:

luh ray-zewl-tah ay zay-ro

That is only an approximation for English speakers, but it helps.

The accent in é tells you that the vowel is pronounced as a closed ay sound.

So:

• é ≈ ay
• not a silent letter
• not the same as English short e

In résultat, the first syllable is ré-, not ruh- or reh-.

The accent is part of the correct spelling, so it should be written:

• résultat
• not resultat

Zéro is pronounced approximately zay-ro.

Useful details:

• zé- has the same kind of é sound as in résultat
• the French r is not the English r; it is made farther back in the throat
• the final o is clearly pronounced

Approximation:

• zéro → zay-ro

Yes. In normal speech, le often sounds very light, almost like luh.

So:

• Le résultat is often heard as something close to luh ray-zewl-tah

There is no liaison between le and résultat, because le ends in a vowel sound and résultat begins with a consonant.

So you do not connect them with a z or t sound.

No. French est in this sentence is usually pronounced simply ay.

So:

• est = ay
• not like English best without the b

That is why:

• Le résultat est zéro sounds approximately like
• luh ray-zewl-tah ay zay-ro

This is very important, because learners often try to pronounce the written s and t, but in this form they are silent.

Yes, you can.

• Le résultat est zéro. is straightforward and neutral.
• Le résultat, c’est zéro. is also very natural, especially in speech, where it can sound a little more explanatory or emphatic.

Both are correct, but the version with just est is simpler and more direct.

If you were talking about multiple results, you would say:

• Les résultats sont zéro.

However, in real usage, that exact sentence may sound a bit unusual depending on context. Often people would say something more specific, such as:

• Les résultats sont tous à zéro.
• Les résultats sont nuls.

The main grammar changes are:

• le → les
• résultat → résultats
• est → sont

So the pattern is:

• singular: Le résultat est zéro.
• plural: Les résultats sont zéro.

Here, zéro functions like a predicate after être. In practical learning terms, you can think of it as the value or identity assigned to le résultat.

French often uses numbers directly after être like this:

• Le total est dix.
• La réponse est trois.
• Le résultat est zéro.

So even though zéro is a number, it works very naturally after est.