Etymology
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From Middle English digit Latin digitus ( “ a fingerbreadth ; a number ” ) . Doublet of digitus toe
Pronunciation
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The Egyptian hieroglyph for "digit" (ḏbꜥ digit (plural digits
( mathematics ) position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system .
Synonyms: place figure ( informal, usually in discussion of money ) The base-10 number 123.4 has four digits : the hundreds digit is 1, the tens digit is 2, the units digit is 3, and the tenths digit is 4.
( mathematics ) symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system .
Hexadecimal numeration (Base sixteen) includes the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 but also A (=10 decimal), B, C, D, E, and F. Sixteen itself is written as the two-digit number 10.
( units of measure, astronomy ) 1 ⁄ 12 apparent diameter of the sun or moon , ( chiefly ) measure of the totality of an eclipse .
Synonym: finger ( obsolete ) A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface.
( historical units of measure) unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger , standardized differently in various places and times , ( especially ) English digit of 1 ⁄ 16 foot , now equivalent to about 1.9 cm .
Synonyms: finger fingerbreadth fingersbreadth ( units of measure, obsolete ) Synonym of inch . ( anatomy ) narrow extremity of the human hand or foot : a finger , thumb , or toe .
Hyponyms: finger thumb toe 2018 The Switch , United States: Wonder, →ISBN 144 :Jai grabbed Andrew’s shoulders with the same three digits he had used to grab the ancient doubter’s skull and spun him around.
( zoology ) Similar or similar -looking structures in other animals .
1866 Richard Owen , Anatomy of Vertebrates :The ruminants have the cloven foot, i.e. two hoofed digits on each foot.
( geometry , rare , obsolete ) Synonym of degree : 1 ⁄ 360 circle .Coordinate terms
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Translations
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place in a positional number system
numeral
Arabic: رَقْم (ar) m ( raqm )
Armenian: թվանշան (hy) ( tʻvanšan )
Azerbaijani: rəqəm (az)
Belarusian: цы́фра f ( cýfra ) , лі́чба f ( líčba )
Bulgarian: ци́фра (bg) f ( cífra )
Burmese: ဂဏန်း (my) ( ga.nan: )
Catalan: xifra (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 數字 ／ 数字 (zh) ( shùzì )
Czech: číslice (cs) f
Danish: ciffer (da) n
Dutch: cijfer (nl) n
Esperanto: cifero
Finnish: numero (fi)
French: chiffre (fr) m
German: Ziffer (de) f Stelle (de)
Greek: ψηφίο (el) n ( psifío ) , αριθμός (el) m ( arithmós )
Hebrew: סִפְרָה (he) f ( sifrá )
Hungarian: számjegy (hu)
Icelandic: tala (is) , tölustafur (is)
Ido: cifro (io)
Ingrian: tsifra
Interlingua: digito cifra
Irish: figiúr m
Italian: cifra (it)
Japanese: 数字 (ja) ( すうじ, sūji )
Khmer: លេខ (km) ( leek ) , ខ្ទង់ (km) ( khtŭəng )
Korean: 숫자(數字) (ko) ( sutja )
Kyrgyz: санарип ( sanarip )
Lao: ເລກ ( lēk )
Macedonian: цифра f ( cifra )
Malayalam: അക്കം (ml) ( akkaṁ )
Manx: bun-earroo m
Maori: mati
Middle English: digit
Norwegian:
Bokmål: siffer (no) n
Nynorsk: siffer n
Persian: رقم (fa) ( raqam )
Polish: cyfra (pl)
Portuguese: dígito (pt) m algarismo (pt) m
Romanian: cifră (ro) f
Russian: ци́фра (ru) f ( cífra )
Scottish Gaelic: figear m
Serbo-Croatian: znamenka (sh)
Cyrillic: цифра f
Latin: cifra (sh) f
Slovak: číslica (sk) f
Slovene: številka f števka f
Spanish: dígito (es) m cifra (es) f
Swedish: siffra (sv)
Tagalog: tambilang
Tajik: рақам (tg) ( raqam )
Telugu: అంకె (te) ( aṅke )
Thai: เลข (th) ( lêek )
Tibetan: ཨང་ཀི ( ang ki )
Turkish: rakam (tr)
Ukrainian: ци́фра (uk) f ( cýfra )
Vietnamese: chữ số (vi)
finger or toe
Arabic: إِصْبَع (ar) m ( ʔiṣbaʕ )
Armenian: մատ (hy) ( mat )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܸܒܥܬܵܐ f ( ṣibʿta )
Belarusian: па́лец m ( páljec )
Bengali: আঙুল (bn) ( aṅul ) , ( finger ) হাতের আঙুল ( hater aṅul ) , ( toe ) পায়ের আঙুল ( paẏer aṅul )
Bulgarian: пръст (bg) m ( prǎst )
Burmese: လက်ချောင်း (my) ( lakhkyaung: )
Catalan: dit (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手指 (zh) ( shǒuzhǐ ) ( finger ) , 腳趾 ／ 脚趾 (zh) ( jiǎozhǐ ) ( toe )
Czech: prst (cs) m
Danish: finger (da) c ( finger ) , tå (da) c ( toe )
Dolgan: чөмүйэ ( çömüye )
Dutch: vinger (nl) m ( finger ) , teen (nl) m ( toe )
Egyptian: (ḏbꜥ ( finger, also toe by late period )
Esperanto: fingro (eo)
Finnish: sormi (fi) ( finger ) , varvas (fi) ( toe )
French: doigt (fr) m ( finger ) , orteil (fr) m ( toe )
Galician: dedo (gl) m
German: Finger (de) ( finger ) , Zeh (de) ( toe )
Greek: δάκτυλο (el) n ( dáktylo )
Ancient: δάκτυλος m ( dáktulos )
Hungarian: ujj (hu)
Indonesian: jari (id)
Interlingua: digito
Japanese: 指 (ja) ( ゆび, yubi )
Khmer: ម្រាម (km) ( mriəm )
Korean: 손가락 (ko) ( son'garak ) ( finger ) , 발가락 (ko) ( balgarak ) ( toe )
Lao: ນີ້ວ ( nīu )
Latin: digitus (la) m
Macedonian: прст m ( prst )
Malay: jari (ms)
Manchu: ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ ( simhun ) , ᡧᡠᠮᡥᡠᠨ ( šumhun )
Norwegian: finger (no) ( finger ) , tå (no) ( toe )
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: прьстъ m ( prĭstŭ )
Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⱐⱄⱅⱏ m ( prĭstŭ )
Old East Slavic: пальць m ( palĭcĭ ) , пьрстъ m ( pĭrstŭ )
Persian: انگشت (fa) ( angošt )
Polish: palec (pl) m
Portuguese: dígito (pt) , dedo (pt)
Romanian: deget (ro) n
Russian: па́лец (ru) m ( pálec ) , перст (ru) m ( perst ) ( dated or poetic )
Sanskrit: अङ्गुली (sa) f ( aṅgulī ) , अङ्गुरि (sa) f ( aṅguri )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пр̏ст m
Roman: pȑst (sh) m
Slovak: prst (sk) m
Slovene: prst (sl) m
Spanish: dedo (es) m
Swedish: finger (sv) ( finger ) , tå (sv) ( toe )
Thai: นิ้ว (th) ( níu )
Turkish: parmak (tr)
Ukrainian: па́лець (uk) m ( pálecʹ )
Vietnamese: ngón (vi)
Walloon: doet (wa) m ( finger ) , årtea (wa) m ( toe ) , doye f ( toe )
Yakut: тарбах ( tarbaq )
digit (third-person singular simple present digits present participle digiting simple past and past participle digited
( transitive ) point at or point out with the finger .References
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"digit, n. and adj. ", in the Oxford English Dictionary , Oxford: Oxford University Press. Middle English
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