As an adjective, fromMiddle English numeral numerall Latin numerālis ( “ pertaining to a number ” ) ,[ 1] [ 2] numerus ( “ a number ” ) .
As a noun, viaMiddle French numeral [ 3]
numeral (plural numerals
Asymbol that is not aword and represents anumber , such as theArabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or theRoman numerals I, V, X, L. Arepresentation of anumber composed of such symbols.1966 Modern Mathematics Through Discovery , page97 :Compare thenumeral for the product with the original decimalnumeral .
( linguistics ) word for anumber often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.Hyponyms: cardinal numeral ordinal numeral distributive numeral multiplicative numeral multiplier collective numeral 2002 The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language , page1715 :We use the termnumeral for linguistic expressions andnumber for meanings. For example,five is anumeral expressing the number "5" - andfifteen hundred andone thousand five hundred are differentnumerals expressing the same number, "1,500".
( card games ) rank is anumber (usually including theace as 1).Jacks, queens, and kings are notnumerals .
non-word symbol that represents a number
Albanian:numër (sq) m Arabic:عَدَد (ar) m ( ʕadad ) ,رَقْم (ar) m ( raqm ) Azerbaijani:nömrə (az) Belarusian:лі́чба f ( líčba ) ,цы́фра f ( cýfra ) Bulgarian:ци́фра (bg) f ( cífra ) ,число́ (bg) n ( čisló ) Catalan:número (ca) m xifra (ca) Chinese:Cantonese:數字 / 数字 ( sou3 zi6 ) Hokkien:數字 / 数字 (zh-min-nan) ( sò͘-lī / sò͘-jī ) Mandarin:數字 / 数字 (zh) ( shùzì ) Wu:數字 / 数字 ( 5 su-zy) Crimean Tatar:raqam Czech:číslice (cs) f Danish:tal (da) n Dutch:cijfer (nl) n Faroese:talstavur m Finnish:numero (fi) French:chiffre (fr) m German:Zahl (de) f Ziffer (de) f Zahlzeichen (de) n Hebrew:סִפְרָה (he) f ( sifrá ) Hindi:अंक (hi) m ( aṅk ) ,संख्या (hi) f ( saṅkhyā ) ,नंबर (hi) m ( nambar ) Hungarian:szám (hu) ,számjegy (hu) Ingrian:numerali cislasana Irish:figiúr m Japanese:数字 (ja) ( すうじ, sūji ) Kazakh:сан ( san ) ,нөмір ( nömır ) Korean:숫자(數字) (ko) ( sutja ) Kyrgyz:сан (ky) ( san ) Macedonian:бројка f ( brojka ) Maori:tohutau tūtau Norwegian:Bokmål:tall (no) n Nynorsk:tal (no) n Persian:Classical Persian:عَدَد ( adad ) ,رَقَم ( raqam ) Iranian Persian:عَدَد ( adad ) ,رَقَم ( rağam ) Polish:cyfra (pl) f Romanian:număr (ro) n 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 Swedish:tal (sv) n siffra (sv) c Tagalog:pamilang pambilang Tajik:адад (tg) ( adad ) ,рақам (tg) ( raqam ) Tibetan:ཨང་ཀི ( ang ki ) Ukrainian:ци́фра (uk) f ( cýfra ) ,число́ (uk) n ( čysló ) Urdu:عَدَد m ( 'adad ) ,رَقَم f ( raqam ) ,نَمْبَر m ( nambar ) Uyghur:سان ( san ) Uzbek:raqam (uz) ,son (uz) Vietnamese:số (vi) Welsh:rhifolyn m Yiddish:ציפֿער m or f ( tsifer )
Albanian:numër (sq) m shifër (sq) m numëror (sq) m Arabic:عَدَد (ar) m ( ʕadad ) ,رَقْم (ar) m ( raqm ) Armenian:թվական (hy) ( tʻvakan ) Asturian:numberal Azerbaijani:say (az) ,rəqəm (az) ,ədəd (az) Bashkir:һан ( han ) Belarusian:лічэ́бнік m ( ličébnik ) Bengali:অঙ্ক (bn) ( oṅko ) ,সংখ্যা (bn) ( śoṅkha ) Breton:niver (br) m Bulgarian:числи́телно и́ме n ( čislítelno íme ) ,числи́телно (bg) n ( čislítelno ) Burmese:ဂဏန်း (my) ( ga.nan: ) Carpathian Rusyn:чісло́вник m ( čislóvnyk ) Catalan:número (ca) m xifra (ca) f numeral (ca) m Chinese:Cantonese:數詞 / 数词 ( sou3 ci4 ) ,數字 / 数字 ( sou3 zi6 ) 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:(pleaseverify ) angka (id) (pleaseverify ) bilangan (id) ( used to differentiate ) (pleaseverify ) 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 ( 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 ( raqam ) ,عدد (ps) m ( 'adad ) Persian:Classical Persian:عَدَد ( adad ) ,رَقَم ( raqam ) Iranian Persian:عَدَد ( adad ) ,رَقَم ( rağam ) 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 ) 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 ) Tibetan:གྲངས་ཚིག ( grangs tshig ) Turkish:rakam (tr) ,adet (tr) ,sayı (tr) Turkmen:san (tk) Udmurt:лыдним ( lydńim ) Ukrainian:числі́вник (uk) m ( čyslívnyk ) Urdu:عَدَد m ( 'adad ) ,رَقَم f ( raqam ) Uyghur:رەقەم ( reqem ) ,سان ( san ) Uzbek:raqam (uz) ,son (uz) Vietnamese:số từ (vi) Volapük:numavöd (vo) Welsh:rhifolyn m
numeral (notcomparable )
Of or relating tonumbers ;numerical . ^ “numerāl,adj. ”, inMED Online University of Michigan ,2007 ^ “numeral,adj . andn. ”, inOED Online Oxford University Press , launched 2000. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025 ) “numeral (n.) ”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary “numeral ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “numeral ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC “numeral ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . IPA (key ) : /numeˈɾal/ [nũ.meˈɾɑɫ] Rhymes:-al Hyphenation:nu‧me‧ral numeral m plural numerais
( grammar ) numeral ( word representing a number ) numeral
numeral numeral
numeral numeral m feminine singular numerale masculine plural numeraux feminine plural numerales
numeral numerical 1474 Mystere de l'Incarnation :Numerales proporcionsNumerical proportions Godefroy, Frédéric ,Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIX e auXV e siècle (1881)numeral , supplement)numeral n definite singular numeralet indefinite plural numeral or numeraler definite plural numerala or numeralene
numeral Synonym: tallord numeral n definite singular numeralet indefinite plural numeral definite plural numerala
numeral Synonym: talord numeral
numeral Learned borrowing fromLatin numerālis
Rhymes:( Portugal ) -al ( Brazil ) -aw Hyphenation:nu‧me‧ral numeral m or f plural numerais notcomparable )
numeral numeric numeral m plural numerais
( linguistics ) numeral Borrowed fromFrench numeral Latin numeralis surface analysis ,număr -al
numeral m or n feminine singular numerală masculine plural numerali feminine and neuter plural numerale
numeral IPA (key ) : /numeˈɾal/ [nu.meˈɾal] Rhymes:-al Syllabification:nu‧me‧ral numeral m plural numerales
( linguistics ) numeral 
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