numeral

numeral

See also: Numeral, numéral, and numeral'

English

Etymology

From Middle French numeral, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nyo͞oʹm(ə)rəl, IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːməɹəl/, /ˈnjuːmɹəl/
• (General American) enPR: no͞oʹm(ə)rəl, IPA^(key): /ˈnuməɹəl/, /ˈnumɹəl/

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• Hyphenation: nu‧mer‧al, num‧eral

Noun

numeral (plural numerals)

1. A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
2. A representation of a number composed of such symbols.
   • 1966, Robert Lee Morton, Modern Mathematics Through Discovery, page 97:

     Compare the numeral for the product with the original decimal numeral.

3. (linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.

   Hyponyms: cardinal numeral, ordinal numeral, distributive numeral, multiplicative numeral, multiplier, collective numeral

   • 2002, Laurie Bauer & Rodney Huddleston, “Lexical word-formation”, in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 1715:

     We use the term numeral for linguistic expressions and number for meanings. For example, five is a numeral expressing the number "5" - and fifteen hundred and one thousand five hundred are different numerals expressing the same number, "1,500".

4. (card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).

   Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:numeral.

Derived terms

• Arabic numeral
• Roman numeral

Translations

non-word symbol that represents a number

Arabic: عَدَد‎‎ m (ʕadad), رَقْم‎ (ar) m (raqm) Belarusian: лі́чба f (líčba), цы́фра f (cýfra) Bulgarian: ци́фра (bg) f (cífra), число́ (bg) n (čisló) Catalan: número (ca) m, xifra (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 數字／数字 (zh) (shùzì) Crimean Tatar: raqam Czech: číslice (cs) f Dutch: cijfer (nl) n Finnish: numero (fi) French: chiffre (fr) m German: Zahl (de) f, Ziffer (de) f, Zahlzeichen (de) n Hindi: अंक (hi) m (aṅk) Hungarian: szám (hu), számjegy (hu) Irish: figiúr m Japanese: 数字 (ja) (すうじ, sūji) Korean: 숫자(數字) (ko) (sutja) Macedonian: бројка f (brojka) Maori: tohutau, tūtau Norwegian: Bokmål: tall (no) n Nynorsk: tal (no) n Persian: عدد‎ (fa) ('adad), رقم‎ (fa) (raqam) Polish: cyfra (pl) f Russian: ци́фра (ru) f (cífra), число́ (ru) n (čisló), но́мер (ru) m (nómer) Scottish Gaelic: figear m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бро̑јка f Roman: brȏjka (sh) f Slovak: číslica (sk) f Slovene: številka f Spanish: número (es) m, cifra (es) f Tagalog: pamilang, pambilang Tajik: адад (tg) (adad), рақам (tg) (raqam) Ukrainian: ци́фра (uk) f (cýfra), число́ (uk) n (čysló) Uzbek: raqam (uz), son (uz) Vietnamese: số (vi) Welsh: rhifolyn m Yiddish: ציפֿער‎ m or f (tsifer)

word or symbol representing a number — See also translations at noun numeral

Albanian: numër (sq) m, shifër (sq) m Arabic: عَدَد‎ (ar) m (ʕadad), رَقْم‎ (ar) m (raqm) Armenian: թվական (hy) (tʿvakan) Asturian: numberal Azerbaijani: say (az), rəqəm (az), ədəd (az) Bashkir: һан (han) Belarusian: лічэ́бнік m (ličébnik) Bengali: অঙ্ক (bn) (ôṅkô), সংখ্যা (bn) (sôṅkhẏa) Breton: niver (br) m Bulgarian: числи́телно и́ме n (čislítelno íme), числи́телно (bg) n (čislítelno) Burmese: ဂဏန်း (my) (ga.nan:) Catalan: número (ca) m, xifra (ca) f, numeral (ca) m Chinese: Dungan: фур (fur) Mandarin: 數詞／数词 (zh) (shùcí), 數字／数字 (zh) (shùzì) Crimean Tatar: sayı Czech: číslovka (cs) f Danish: talord (da) n, numerale (da) n Dutch: telwoord (nl) n Esperanto: numeralo (eo), nombrovorto (eo) Estonian: arvsõna Finnish: numero (fi) (symbol), numeraali (fi) (word) French: chiffre (fr) m German: Numerale (de) n (only referring to words), Zahlwort (de) n Greek: αριθμός (el) m (arithmós), νούμερο (el) n (noúmero), ψηφίο (el) n (psifío) Hebrew: סִפְרָה‎ (he) f (sifrá) Hindi: अंक (hi) m (aṅk), संख्या (hi) f (saṅkhyā) Hungarian: számnév (hu) Icelandic: töluorð (is) n Indonesian: (please verify) angka (id), (please verify) bilangan (id) , (used to differentiate) (please verify) nomer (id) Interlingua: numero (ia), numeral Italian: numero (it) m, cifra (it) f Japanese: 数字 (ja) (すうじ, sūji), 数詞 (ja) (すうし, sūshi) Kazakh: сан (kk) (san) Korean: 숫자(數字) (ko) (sutja), 수사(數詞) (ko) (susa) Kyrgyz: сан (ky) (san) Lao: ເລກ (lēk), ຕົວເລກ (tūa lēk) Latvian: skaitļa vārds, numerālis m Lithuanian: skaitvardis (lt) m Macedonian: број (mk) m (broj) Malay: angka (ms) Maltese: numru (mt), ċifra Mongolian: Cyrillic: тооны нэр (toony ner) Norwegian: Bokmål: tall (no) n, tallord n, numerale n Nynorsk: tal (no) n, talord n, numerale n Pashto: رقم‎ (ps) m (raqám), عدد‎ (ps) m (adád) Persian: رقم‎ (fa) (raqam), عدد‎ (fa) ('adad) Polish: liczebnik (pl) m inan Portuguese: número (pt), numeral (pt) Romanian: număr (ro) n, numeral (ro) n Russian: числи́тельное (ru) n (čislítelʹnoje), и́мя числи́тельное (ru) n (ímja čislítelʹnoje), ци́фра (ru) f (cífra), число́ (ru) n (čisló) Rusyn: чісло́вник m (čislóvnyk) Sanskrit: संख्या (sa) f (saṃkhyā) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: brȏj (sh) m Roman: brȏj (sh) m Slovak: číslovka (sk) f Slovene: števnik (sl) m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: licbnik m Upper Sorbian: numeral m, ličbnik m Southern Altai: тооломо (toolomo) Spanish: letra numeral m Swedish: siffra (sv) c, räkneord (sv) n Tajik: рақам (tg) (raqam), адад (tg) (adad) Tatar: сан (tt) (san) Thai: เลข (th) (lêek), ตัวเลข (th) (dtuua-lêek) Turkish: rakam (tr), adet (tr), sayı (tr) Turkmen: san (tk) Udmurt: лыдним (lydnim) Ukrainian: числі́вник (uk) m (čyslívnyk) Urdu: عدد‎ ('adad), رقم‎ (raqam) Uyghur: رەقەم‎ (reqem), سان‎ (san) Uzbek: raqam (uz), son (uz) Vietnamese: số từ (vi) Volapük: numavöd (vo) Welsh: rhifolyn m

See also

• digit

Adjective

numeral (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
   • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242:

     A long train of numeral progressions.

Synonyms

• (of or relating to numbers): numeric; see also Thesaurus:numerical

Derived terms

• noun numeral

Further reading

• numeral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• numeral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• numeral at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Galician

Noun

numeral m (plural numerais)

1. (grammar) numeral (word representing a number)

Further reading

• “numeral” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /numeˈral/

Adjective

numeral

1. numeral

Noun

numeral

1. numeral

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Middle French

Adjective

numeral m (feminine singular numerale, masculine plural numeraux, feminine plural numerales)

1. numeral; numerical
   • 1474, Mystere de l'Incarnation, author unknown

     Numerales proporcions

     Numerical proportions

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (numeral, supplement)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

numeral n (definite singular numeralet, indefinite plural numeral or numeraler, definite plural numerala or numeralene)

1. numeral

   Synonym: tallord

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

numeral n (definite singular numeralet, indefinite plural numeral, definite plural numerala)

1. numeral

   Synonym: talord

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nymeˈral/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

numeral

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin numerālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nu.meˈɾaw/ [nu.meˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.mɨˈɾal/ [nu.mɨˈɾaɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: nu‧me‧ral

Adjective

numeral m or f (plural numerais, not comparable)

1. numeral, numeric

Noun

numeral m (plural numerais)

1. (linguistics) numeral

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Romanian

Etymology

From French numeral, from Latin numeralis.

Adjective

numeral m or n (feminine singular numerală, masculine plural numerali, feminine and neuter plural numerale)

1. numeral

Declension

Declension of numeral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	numeral		numerală	numerali	numerale
	definite	numeralul		numerala	numeralii	numeralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	numeral		numerale	numerali	numerale
	definite	numeralului		numeralei	numeralilor	numeralelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /numeˈɾal/ [nu.meˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: nu‧me‧ral

Noun

numeral m (plural numerales)

1. (linguistics) numeral

Derived terms

• nombre numeral

Further reading

• “numeral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014