numeral

See also: Numeral, numéral, and numeral'

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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

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num‧eral

NounEdit

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.

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numeral (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to numbers; numerical.

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GalicianEdit

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NounEdit

numeral m (plural numerais)

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

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numeral

  1. numeral

NounEdit

numeral

  1. numeral

Middle FrenchEdit

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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

ReferencesEdit

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (numeral, supplement)

Norwegian BokmålEdit

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

  1. numeral
    Synonym: tallord

Norwegian NynorskEdit

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

  1. numeral
    Synonym: talord

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numeral

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin numerālis.

PronunciationEdit

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

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numeral m or f (plural numerais, not comparable)

  1. numeral, numeric

NounEdit

numeral m (plural numerais)

  1. (linguistics) numeral

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French numeral, from Latin numeralis.

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. numeral

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PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

numeral m (plural numerales)

  1. (linguistics) numeral

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