numeral

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Etymology [edit]

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

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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. (linguistics) 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.
    • 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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Adjective [edit]

numeral (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
    • John Locke
      A long train of numeral progressions.

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Galician [edit]

Noun [edit]

numeral m (plural numerais)

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

Interlingua [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /numeˈral/

Adjective [edit]

numeral

  1. numeral

Noun [edit]

numeral

  1. numeral

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numeral m and f (plural numerais; uncomparable)

  1. (linguistics) numeral