numeral

See also: Numeral, numéral, and numeral'

numeral - English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: nyo͞oʹm(ə)rəl, IPA: /ˈnjuːməɹəl/, /ˈnjuːmɹəl/
(General American) enPR: no͞oʹm(ə)rəl, IPA: /ˈnuməɹəl/, /ˈnumɹəl/
Hyphenation: nu‧mer‧al, num‧eral

Noun

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.
A representation of a number composed of such symbols.
(linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.
- Hyponyms: cardinal numeral, ordinal numeral, distributive numeral, multiplicative numeral, multiplier, collective numeral
(card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
- Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see numeral.

Derived terms

Translations

Arabic: عَدَد‎ m (ʕadad), رَقْم‎ (ar) m (raqm)
Belarusian: лі́чба f (líčba), цы́фра f (cýfra)
Bulgarian: ци́фра (bg) f (cífra), число́ (bg) n (čisló)
Catalan: número (ca) m, xifra (ca)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 數字／数字 (zh) (shùzì)
Crimean Tatar: raqam
Czech: číslice (cs) f
Dutch: cijfer (nl) n
Faroese: talstavur m
Finnish: numero (fi)
French: chiffre (fr) m
German: Zahl (de) f, Ziffer (de) f, Zahlzeichen (de) n
Hindi: अंक (hi) m (aṅk)
Hungarian: szám (hu), számjegy (hu)
Irish: figiúr m
Japanese: 数字 (ja) (すうじ, sūji)
Korean: 숫자(數字) (ko) (sutja)
Macedonian: бројка f (brojka)
Maori: tohutau, tūtau
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: tall (no) n
- Nynorsk: tal (no) n
Persian: عدد‎ (fa) ('adad), رقم‎ (fa) (raqam)
Polish: cyfra (pl) f
Russian: ци́фра (ru) f (cífra), число́ (ru) n (čisló), но́мер (ru) m (nómer)
Scottish Gaelic: figear m
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бро̑јка f
- Roman: brȏjka (sh) f
Slovak: číslica (sk) f
Slovene: številka f
Spanish: número (es) m, cifra (es) f
Tagalog: pamilang, pambilang
Tajik: адад (tg) (adad), рақам (tg) (raqam)
Ukrainian: ци́фра (uk) f (cýfra), число́ (uk) n (čysló)
Uzbek: raqam (uz), son (uz)
Vietnamese: số (vi)
Welsh: rhifolyn m
Yiddish: ציפֿער‎ m or f (tsifer)

Albanian: numër (sq) m, shifër (sq) m
Arabic: عَدَد‎ (ar) m (ʕadad), رَقْم‎ (ar) m (raqm)
Armenian: թվական (hy) (tʿvakan)
Asturian: numberal
Azerbaijani: say (az), rəqəm (az), ədəd (az)
Bashkir: һан (han)
Belarusian: лічэ́бнік m (ličébnik)
Bengali: অঙ্ক (bn) (oṅko), সংখ্যা (bn) (śoṅkha)
Breton: niver (br) m
Bulgarian: числи́телно и́ме n (čislítelno íme), числи́телно (bg) n (čislítelno)
Burmese: ဂဏန်း (my) (ga.nan:)
Catalan: número (ca) m, xifra (ca) f, numeral (ca) m
Chinese:
- Dungan: фур (fur)
- Mandarin: 數詞／数词 (zh) (shùcí), 數字／数字 (zh) (shùzì)
Crimean Tatar: sayı
Czech: číslovka (cs) f
Danish: talord (da) n, numerale (da) n
Dutch: telwoord (nl) n
Esperanto: numeralo (eo), nombrovorto (eo)
Estonian: arvsõna
Finnish: numero (fi) (symbol), numeraali (fi) (word)
French: chiffre (fr) m
German: Numerale (de) n (only referring to words), Zahlwort (de) n
Greek: αριθμός (el) m (arithmós), νούμερο (el) n (noúmero), ψηφίο (el) n (psifío)
Hebrew: סִפְרָה‎ (he) f (sifrá)
Hindi: अंक (hi) m (aṅk), संख्या (hi) f (saṅkhyā)
Hungarian: számnév (hu)
Icelandic: töluorð (is) n
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} angka (id), ^{(please verify)} bilangan (id) , (used to differentiate) ^{(please verify)} nomer (id)
Interlingua: numero (ia), numeral
Italian: numero (it) m, cifra (it) f
Japanese: 数字 (ja) (すうじ, sūji), 数詞 (ja) (すうし, sūshi)
Kazakh: сан (kk) (san)
Korean: 숫자(數字) (ko) (sutja), 수사(數詞) (ko) (susa)
Kyrgyz: сан (ky) (san)
Lao: ເລກ (lēk), ຕົວເລກ (tūa lēk)
Latvian: skaitļa vārds, numerālis m
Lithuanian: skaitvardis (lt) m
Macedonian: број (mk) m (broj)
Malay: angka (ms)
Maltese: numru (mt), ċifra
Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: тооны нэр (toony ner)
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: tall (no) n, tallord n, numerale n
- Nynorsk: tal (no) n, talord n, numerale n
Pashto: رقم‎ (ps) m (raqám), عدد‎ (ps) m (adád)
Persian: رقم‎ (fa) (raqam), عدد‎ (fa) ('adad)
Polish: liczebnik (pl) m inan
Portuguese: número (pt), numeral (pt)
Romanian: număr (ro) n, numeral (ro) n
Russian: числи́тельное (ru) n (čislítelʹnoje), и́мя числи́тельное (ru) n (ímja čislítelʹnoje), ци́фра (ru) f (cífra), число́ (ru) n (čisló)
Rusyn: чісло́вник m (čislóvnyk)
Sanskrit: संख्या (sa) f (saṃkhyā)
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: brȏj (sh) m
- Roman: brȏj (sh) m
Slovak: číslovka (sk) f
Slovene: števnik (sl) m
Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: licbnik m
- Upper Sorbian: numeral m, ličbnik m
Southern Altai: тооломо (toolomo)
Spanish: letra numeral m
Swedish: siffra (sv) c, räkneord (sv) n
Tajik: рақам (tg) (raqam), адад (tg) (adad)
Tatar: сан (tt) (san)
Thai: เลข (th) (lêek), ตัวเลข (th) (dtuua-lêek)
Turkish: rakam (tr), adet (tr), sayı (tr)
Turkmen: san (tk)
Udmurt: лыдним (lydňim)
Ukrainian: числі́вник (uk) m (čyslívnyk)
Urdu: عدد‎ ('adad), رقم‎ (raqam)
Uyghur: رەقەم‎ (reqem), سان‎ (san)
Uzbek: raqam (uz), son (uz)
Vietnamese: số từ (vi)
Volapük: numavöd (vo)
Welsh: rhifolyn m

Adjective

numeral (not comparable)

Of or relating to numbers; numerical.

Synonyms

(of or relating to numbers): numeric; see also numerical

Derived terms

noun numeral

numeral - Galician

Noun

numeral m (plural numerais)

(grammar) numeral (word representing a number)

numeral - Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA: /numeˈral/

Adjective

numeral

numeral

Noun

numeral

numeral

numeral - Middle French

Adjective

numeral m (feminine singular numerale, masculine plural numeraux, feminine plural numerales)

numeral; numerical

numeral - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

numeral n (definite singular numeralet, indefinite plural numeral or numeraler, definite plural numerala or numeralene)

numeral
- Synonym: tallord

numeral - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

numeral n (definite singular numeralet, indefinite plural numeral, definite plural numerala)

numeral
- Synonym: talord

numeral - Piedmontese

Pronunciation

IPA: /nymeˈral/

Adjective

numeral

numeral - Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA: /nu.meˈɾaw/ [nu.meˈɾaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA: /nu.mɨˈɾal/ [nu.mɨˈɾaɫ]

Hyphenation: nu‧me‧ral

Adjective

numeral m or f (plural numerais, not comparable)

numeral, numeric

Noun

numeral m (plural numerais)

(linguistics) numeral

numeral - Romanian

Adjective

numeral m or n (feminine singular numerală, masculine plural numerali, feminine and neuter plural numerale)

numeral

Declension

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	numeral		numerală	numerali	numerale
nominative/ accusative	definite	numeralul		numerala	numeralii	numeralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	numeral		numerale	numerali	numerale
genitive/ dative	definite	numeralului		numeralei	numeralilor	numeralelor

numeral - Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /numeˈɾal/ [nu.meˈɾal]
Syllabification: nu‧me‧ral

Noun

numeral m (plural numerales)

(linguistics) numeral

Derived terms

nombre numeral