algarismo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin algorismus, a transliteration of the Arabic form of the name of the Persian mathematician al-Khwārizmī. Doublet of algoritmo. Cognate with Spanish guarismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ɡaˈɾiz.mu/ [aʊ̯.ɡaˈɾiz.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ɡaˈɾiz.mu/ [aʊ̯.ɡaˈɾiz.mu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.ɡaˈɾiʒ.mu/ [aʊ̯.ɡaˈɾiʒ.mu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ɡaˈɾiz.mo/ [aʊ̯.ɡaˈɾiz.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.ɡɐˈɾiʒ.mu/ [aɫ.ɣɐˈɾiʒ.mu]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: al‧ga‧ris‧mo

Noun

algarismo m (plural algarismos)

1. place (numeric: the column counting a certain quantity)

   Synonym: casa

2. digit (numeral)

   Synonym: dígito

   O mundo globalizado utiliza predominantemente os dez algarismos indo-arábicos.

   The globalized world uses predominantly the ten Hindu-Arabic numerals.

Further reading

• “algarismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “algarismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026