numeral
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See also numéral
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French numeral, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (RP) enPR: nyo͞o'mərəl, IPA: /ˈnjuːməɹəl/, X-SAMPA: /'nju:m@r@l/
- (US) enPR: no͞o'mərəl, IPA: /ˈnumɝəl/, X-SAMPA: /'num3r@l/
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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.
- (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".
Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
Synonyms [edit]
- (word or symbol representing a number): number
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
non-word symbol that represents a number
word or symbol representing a number
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See also [edit]
Adjective [edit]
numeral (not comparable)
- Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
- John Locke
- A long train of numeral progressions.
- John Locke
External links [edit]
- numeral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- numeral in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- numeral at OneLook Dictionary Search
Galician [edit]
Noun [edit]
numeral m (plural numerais)
Interlingua [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /numeˈral/
Adjective [edit]
numeral
- numeral
Noun [edit]
numeral
- numeral
Portuguese [edit]
Adjective [edit]
numeral m and f (plural numerais; uncomparable)
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- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Linguistics
- English adjectives
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- en:Parts of speech
- Galician nouns
- gl:Grammar
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- Interlingua adjectives
- Interlingua nouns
- Portuguese adjectives
- Portuguese uncomparable adjectives
- pt:Linguistics