denominator

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  dēnōminātor (“that which names”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

denominator (plural denominators)

1. (arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).
2. One who gives a name to something.

Antonyms

• numerator

Derived terms

• common denominator
• lowest common denominator

Translations

The number or expression written below the line in a fraction

• Arabic: قَاسِم m (qāsim)
• Armenian: հայտարար (hy) (haytarar)
• Belarusian: назо́ўнік (be) m (nazóŭnik)
• Bulgarian: знамена́тел (bg) m (znamenátel)
• Catalan: denominador
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分母 (zh) (fēnmǔ)

• Czech: jmenovatel (cs) m
• Danish: nævner (da) c
• Dutch: noemer (nl) m
• Esperanto: denominatoro, nomanto
• Finnish: nimittäjä (fi)
• French: dénominateur (fr) m
• Galician: denominador m
• Georgian: მნიშვნელი (ka) (mnišvneli)
• German: Nenner (de) m
• Greek: παρονομαστής (el) m (paronomastís)
• Hebrew: מְכַנֶה m (mekhalék)
• Hungarian: nevező (hu)
• Icelandic: nefnari m
• Irish: ainmneoir m
• Japanese: 分母 (ja) (ぶんぼ, bunbo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 분모 (ko) (bunmo)
• Macedonian: име́нител m (iménitel)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nevner (no) m

  Nynorsk: nemnar m

• Persian: مخرج (fa) (maxraj)
• Polish: mianownik (pl) m
• Portuguese: denominador (pt) m
• Romanian: numitor (ro) m
• Russian: знамена́тель (ru) m (znamenátelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: именилац m

  Roman: imenilac m, nazivnik (sh) m

• Slovak: menovateľ m
• Slovene: imenovalec m
• Spanish: denominador (es) m
• Swedish: nämnare (sv) c
• Tagalog: pamahagi
• Turkish: payda (tr)
• Ukrainian: знаме́нник m (znaménnyk)
• Vietnamese: mẫu số (vi)

Anagrams

• minodronate, nonmediator

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Latin

Etymology

From dēnōminō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.noː.miˈnaː.tor/, [d̪eːnoːmɪˈnäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.no.miˈna.tor/, [d̪enomiˈnäːt̪or]

Noun

dēnōminātor m (genitive dēnōminātōris); third declension

1. one who names or designates

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēnōminātor	dēnōminātōrēs
Genitive	dēnōminātōris	dēnōminātōrum
Dative	dēnōminātōrī	dēnōminātōribus
Accusative	dēnōminātōrem	dēnōminātōrēs
Ablative	dēnōminātōre	dēnōminātōribus
Vocative	dēnōminātor	dēnōminātōrēs

Related terms

• dēnōminātiō
• dēnōminātivē
• dēnōminātivus
• dēnōminō

Descendants

• English: denominator
• French: dénominateur
• Italian: denominatore
• Portuguese: denominador
• Spanish: denominador