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Swedish
Etymology
According to SAOB online: via Middle Low German sīfer, sīfere from Old French cifre,[1] from...
According to Svensk etymologisk ordbok: via late Old High German cifre from Old French cifre,[2] from...
... Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر (“zero, empty, nothing”), calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya), formed from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH-. NEO and SO claim direct derivation from Latin.[3][4] Related with chiffer, see cognates at صفر.
Pronunciation
Noun
siffra c
- a single digit
Den ursprungliga modellen med 10 siffrors kapacitet.- The original model with 10-digit capacity.
- a figure, a numeral, a number, an estimate
I Sverige skulle en förläggare ansett siffran acceptabel.- In Sweden a publisher would have considered that number acceptable.
Nedanstående siffror ger ett begrepp om granatkastarnas viktigaste egenskaper.- The numbers below give an indication of the most important properties of the grenade-throwers.
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