numeral

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 See also 2 Galician 2.1 Noun 3 Interlingua 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle French numéral.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: nyo͞o'mərəl, IPA: /ˈnjuːməɹəl/, SAMPA: /'nju:m@r@l/
• (US) enPR: no͞o'mərəl, IPA: /ˈnumɝəl/, SAMPA: /'num3r@l/
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[edit] Noun

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".

[edit] Synonyms

• (word or symbol representing a number): number

[edit] Derived terms

• cardinal numeral
• ordinal numeral
• Arabic numeral
• Roman numeral

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• digit

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Noun

numeral m. (plural numerais)

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

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /numeˈral/

[edit] Adjective

numeral

1. numeral

[edit] Noun

numeral

1. numeral