numeral

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

As an adjective, from Middle English numeral, numerall, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”).

As a noun, via Middle French numeral.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nyo͞oʹm(ə)rəl, IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːməɹəl/, /ˈnjuːmɹəl/
• (General American) enPR: no͞oʹm(ə)rəl, IPA^(key): /ˈnuməɹəl/, /ˈnumɹəl/

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• Hyphenation: nu‧mer‧al, num‧eral

Noun

numeral (plural numerals)

1. 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.
2. A representation of a number composed of such symbols.
   • 1966, Robert Lee Morton, Modern Mathematics Through Discovery, page 97:

     Compare the numeral for the product with the original decimal numeral.

3. (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

   • 2002, Laurie Bauer, Rodney Huddleston, “Lexical word-formation”, in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 1715:

     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".

4. (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 Citations:numeral.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• digit

Adjective

numeral (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
   • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. , London: Eliz Holt, for Thomas Basset, , →OCLC:

     A long train of numeral progressions.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• noun numeral

References

Further reading

• “numeral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “numeral”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “numeral”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /numeˈɾal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: nu‧me‧ral

Noun

numeral m (plural numerais)

1. (grammar) numeral (word representing a number)

Further reading

• “numeral” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /numeˈral/

Adjective

numeral

1. numeral

Noun

numeral

1. numeral

Middle French

Adjective

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

1. numeral; numerical
   • 1474, author unknown, Mystere de l'Incarnation:

     Numerales proporcions

     Numerical proportions

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (numeral, supplement)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. numeral

   Synonym: tallord

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. numeral

   Synonym: talord

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nymeˈral/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

numeral

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin numerālis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: nu‧me‧ral

Adjective

numeral m or f (plural numerais, not comparable)

1. numeral, numeric

Noun

numeral m (plural numerais)

1. (linguistics) numeral

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French numeral, from Latin numeralis. By surface analysis, număr +‎ -al.

Adjective

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

1. numeral

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /numeˈɾal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: nu‧me‧ral

Noun

numeral m (plural numerales)

1. (linguistics) numeral

Derived terms

Further reading

• “numeral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014