num
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[edit] English
[edit] Abbreviation
num
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Anglo-Norman
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
Latin nōmen
[edit] Noun
num m. (oblique plural nums, nominative singular nums, nominative plural num)
[edit] Descendants
- English: noun
[edit] Latin
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adverb
num
- (in a direct question) a particle expecting a negation
- Num Sparta insula est? — Sparta non est insula!
- Is Sparta an island? — Sparta is not an island.
- Num Sparta insula est? — Sparta non est insula!
- (in an indirect question) whether
[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Contraction
num (f: numa)
- Contraction of em um (“in a”).
- 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 400:
- Não devia estar num quarto particular?
- Shouldn't he be in a private room?
- Não devia estar num quarto particular?
- 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 400:
[edit] Romansch
[edit] Etymology
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nḗh₃mn̥ (“name”).
[edit] Noun
num m. (plural nums)