dénominateur

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dēnōminātor, which acquired the mathematical sense in the fifteenth century.

Noun

dénominateur m (plural dénominateurs)

1. (mathematics) denominator (the number or expression written below the line in a fraction)

See also

• numérateur

Further reading

• “dénominateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.