siffra

siffra

Swedish

Etymology

According to SAOB online: via Middle Low German sīfer, sīfere from Old French cifre,[1] from...

According to Svensk etymologisk ordbok: via late Old High German cifre from Old French cifre,[2] from...

... Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر (“zero, empty, nothing”), calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya), formed from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH-. NEO and SO claim direct derivation from Latin.[3][4] Related with chiffer, see cognates at صفر.

Pronunciation

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Noun

siffra c

1. a single digit

   Den ursprungliga modellen med 10 siffrors kapacitet.

   The original model with 10-digit capacity.

2. a figure, a numeral, a number, an estimate

   I Sverige skulle en förläggare ansett siffran acceptabel.

   In Sweden a publisher would have considered that number acceptable.

   Nedanstående siffror ge ett begrepp om granatkastarnas viktigaste egenskaper.

   The numbers below give an indication of the most important properties of the grenade-throwers.

Declension

Declension of siffra
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	siffra	siffran	siffror	siffrorna
Genitive	siffras	siffrans	siffrors	siffrornas

Derived terms

• sifferbetyg
• sifferlås
• sifferminne

References

1. siffra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
2. siffra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
3. siffra in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
4. siffra in Svensk ordbok.