different between denominator vs numerator

English

Etymology

From Late Latin d?n?min?tor (“that which names”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??n?m?ne?t?(?)/

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

Anagrams

• minodronate, nonmediator

Latin

Etymology

From d?n?min? +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de?.no?.mi?na?.tor/, [d?e?no?m??nä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.no.mi?na.tor/, [d??n?mi?n??t??r]

Noun

d?n?min?tor m (genitive d?n?min?t?ris); third declension

1. one who names or designates

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• d?n?min?ti?
• d?n?min?tiv?
• d?n?min?tivus
• d?n?min?

Descendants

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

English

Etymology

From Late Latin numerator.

Noun

numerator (plural numerators)

1. (arithmetic) The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (such as 1 in ½).

   Synonym: (obsolete) nominator

   Coordinate term: denominator

2. An enumerator; someone who counts things.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From numer? (“count, reckon”), from numerus (“number”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nu.me?ra?.tor/, [n?m???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.me?ra.tor/, [num?????t??r]

Noun

numer?tor m (genitive numer?t?ris); third declension

1. counter, numerator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• ? English: numerator
• ? Middle French: numerateur
  • French: numérateur
• Italian: numeratore
• Spanish: numerador

References

• numerator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• numerator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette