numeral

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle French numéral.

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Singular
numeral

Plural
numerals

numeral (plural numerals)

  1. A word or symbol representing a number.
    The word “fifteen”, the Arabic numeral “15”, and the Roman numeral “XV” are all numerals representing the number fifteen.

[edit] Quotations

  • 2002 — Laurie Bauer & Rodney Huddleston, "Lexical word-formation", p1621-1722 in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, p1715
    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".

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  • (word or symbol representing a number): number

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numeral m. (plural numerais)

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

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /numeˈral/

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numeral

  1. numeral

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numeral

  1. numeral
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