numeral
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle French numeral, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”).
Pronunciation Edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nyo͞oʹm(ə)rəl, IPA(key): /ˈnjuːməɹəl/, /ˈnjuːmɹəl/
- (General American) enPR: no͞oʹm(ə)rəl, IPA(key): /ˈnuməɹəl/, /ˈnumɹəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: nu‧mer‧al, num‧eral
Noun Edit
numeral (plural numerals)
- 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.
- 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.
- (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".
- (card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
- Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.
Quotations Edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:numeral.
Derived terms Edit
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Adjective Edit
numeral (not comparable)
- 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:
- A long train of numeral progressions.
Synonyms Edit
- (of or relating to numbers): numeric; see also Thesaurus:numerical
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “numeral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “numeral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “numeral”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Galician Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
numeral m (plural numerais)
Further reading Edit
- “numeral” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
numeral
- numeral
Noun Edit
numeral
- numeral
Middle French Edit
Adjective Edit
numeral m (feminine singular numerale, masculine plural numeraux, feminine plural numerales)
- numeral; numerical
- 1474, author unknown, Mystere de l'Incarnation:
- Numerales proporcions
- Numerical proportions
References Edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (numeral, supplement)
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Noun Edit
numeral n (definite singular numeralet, indefinite plural numeral or numeraler, definite plural numerala or numeralene)
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Noun Edit
numeral n (definite singular numeralet, indefinite plural numeral, definite plural numerala)
Piedmontese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
numeral
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Portuguese Edit
Etymology Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin numerālis.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
numeral m or f (plural numerais, not comparable)
Noun Edit
numeral m (plural numerais)
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from French numeral, from Latin numeralis. By surface analysis, număr + -al.
Adjective Edit
numeral m or n (feminine singular numerală, masculine plural numerali, feminine and neuter plural numerale)
Declension Edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
Spanish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
numeral m (plural numerales)
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “numeral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014