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English

Etymology

From Latin index (“a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription”), from indic? (“point out, show”); see indicate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd?ks/

Noun

index (plural indexes or indices or (obsolete, in use in the 17th century) index's)

1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

2. The index finger; the forefinger.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:index finger

3. A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
4. (typography) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.

   Synonym: manicule

5. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
   • 1730, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments

     Tastes are the Indexes of the different Qualities of Plants.

6. A sign; an indication; a token.
   • 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Misadventures of John Nicholson

     His son's empty guffaws […] struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.

7. (linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context. E.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
8. (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
9. (sciences) A number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient.
10. (mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
11. (computing, especially programming and databases) An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
12. (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
13. (obsolete) A prologue indicating what follows.
    • c. 1599-1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, III, 4

      Ay me, what act, that roars so loud and thunders in the index?

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• (alphabetical listing): table of contents

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “index”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Verb

index (third-person singular simple present indexes, present participle indexing, simple past and past participle indexed)

1. (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
2. To inventory, to take stock.
3. (chiefly economics) To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
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5. (linguistics, transitive) To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
6. (computing) To access a value in a data container by an index.

Derived terms

• indexer

Translations

Further reading

• index in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• index in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• nixed, xenid

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??nd?ks]

Noun

index m

1. index (alphabetical listing of items and their location)
2. (economics) index

   index spot?ebitelských cen — consumer price index

3. (computing, databases) index (a data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table)

Synonyms

• (alphabetical listing): rejst?ík

Related terms

• See dikce
• indexace
• indexový
• indexovat
• indexování
• indicie
• indikace
• indikátor
• indikovat

Further reading

• index in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• index in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch index, from Latin index.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.d?ks/
• Hyphenation: in?dex

Noun

index m (plural indexen or indices, diminutive indexje n)

1. index (list)
2. index (number or coefficient representing various relations)
3. (medicine, anatomy) index finger

   Synonym: wijsvinger

Derived terms

• brekingsindex
• prijsindex

Related terms

• indexatie
• indexeren
• indicator
• indiceren

French

Etymology

From Latin index (“pointer, indicator”), from indic? (“point out, show”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.d?ks/

Noun

index m (plural index)

1. index
2. forefinger
3. The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php

Derived terms

• mettre à l'index

Further reading

• “index” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin index.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ind?ks]
• Hyphenation: in?dex
• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

index (plural indexek)

1. (automotive) turn signal (US), indicator (UK) (each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change)

   Synonym: irányjelz?

2. pointer, hand, indicator (a needle or dial on a device)

   Synonyms: mutató, kar

3. (higher education) transcript, report card, course report (in higher education)

   Synonym: leckekönyv

   Coordinate term: (in lower education) ellen?rz?

4. index (an alphabetical listing of items and their location, usually at the end of publications)

   Synonyms: névmutató, tárgymutató, szómutató

5. ban, blacklist (a list of books that was banned)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• index in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From indic? (“point out, indicate, show”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dic? (“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?in.deks/, [??n?d??ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?in.deks/, [?in?d??ks]

Noun

index m or f (genitive indicis); third declension

1. A pointer, indicator.
2. The index finger, forefinger.

   Synonym: digitus sal?t?ris

3. (of books) An index, list, catalogue, table, summary, digest.
4. (of books) A title, superscription.
5. A sign, indication, proof, mark, token, index.
6. An informer, discoverer, director, talebearer, guide, witness, betrayer, spy.
7. (of paintings or statues) An inscription.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• index in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• index in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• index in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• index in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• index in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• index in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• index in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin index

Noun

index n (plural indexuri)

1. index

Declension

Swedish

Noun

index n

1. an index

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• nummer (dialectal)
• numbre (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, Old French nombre, from Latin numerus (“number”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to divide”). Compare Saterland Frisian Nummer, Nuumer, West Frisian nûmer, Dutch nummer (“number”), German Nummer (“number”), Danish nummer (“number”), Swedish nummer (“number”), Icelandic númer (“number”). Replaced Middle English ?etæl and rime, more at tell, tale and rhyme.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?m?b?r, IPA^(key): /?n?mb?/
• (General American) enPR: n?m?b?r, IPA^(key): /?n?mb?/
• Rhymes: -?mb?(?)
• Hyphenation: num?ber

Noun

number (plural numbers)

1. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.

2. (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.

   Synonyms: scalar, (obsolete) rime

3. (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.

4. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or ?). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.

5. Quantity.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates

     Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage.

6. A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.

7. (countable, informal) A telephone number.
   • 2001, E. Forrest Hein, The Ruach Project, Xulon Press, page 86:

     “[...] I wonder if you could get hold of him and have him call me here at Interior. I’m in my office, do you have my number?”

   • 2007, Lindsey Nicole Isham, No Sex in the City: One Virgin's Confessions on Love, Lust, Dating, and Waiting, Kregel Publications, page 111:

     When I agreed to go surfing with him he said, “Great, can I have your number?” Well, I don’t give my number to guys I don’t know.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Marsha's work number is 555-8986.

8. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.

   Synonym: numeral

9. (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
10. (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.

11. (countable, informal) A person.
    • 1968, Janet Burroway, The dancer from the dance: a novel, Little, Brown, page 40:

      I laughed. "Don't doubt that. She's a saucy little number."

    • 1988, Erica Jong, Serenissima, Dell, page 214:

      "Signorina Jessica," says the maid, a saucy little number, "your father has gone to his prayers and demands that you come to the synagogue at once [...]"

    • 2005, Denise A. Agnew, Kate Hill & Arianna Hart, By Honor Bound, Ellora's Cave Publishing, page 207:

      He had to focus on the mission, staying alive and getting out, not on the sexy number rubbing up against him.

12. (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
    • 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel: So You Think You've Got Problems..., Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 134:

      The trouble was I was wearing my backless glittering number from the night before underneath, so unless I could persuade the office it was National Fancy Dress Day I was doomed to sweat profusely in bottle blue.

    • 2007, Lorelei James, Running with the Devil, Samhain Publishing, Ltd, page 46:

      "I doubt the sexy number you wore earlier tonight fell from the sky."

13. (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
    • 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, page 12:

      Back at his place again, Doc rolled a number, put on a late movie, found an old T-shirt, and sat tearing it up into short strips […]

14. (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.

    the latest number of a magazine

15. A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
    • 1980, May 10, Al King "Braves travel to New England with reputation", The Indiana Gazette

      Despite last week's woes, the Braves still sport numbers that would make Christie Brinkley blush.

16. (informal, always indefinite) A large amount of damage

    • (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Translations

Verb

number (third-person singular simple present numbers, present participle numbering, simple past and past participle numbered)

1. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

   Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.

2. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.

   I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.

See also

• (grammatical numbers): singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural

References

• number on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• number among

Translations

See also

• Wiktionary’s Appendix of numbers

Etymology 2

From numb + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?m'?, IPA^(key): /?n?m?/
• (US): enPR: n?m'?r, IPA^(key): /?n?m?/
• Hyphenation: num?ber

Adjective

number

1. comparative form of numb: more numb

Anagrams

• numbre, renumb

Estonian

Etymology

From German Nummer. The added -b- is analoguous to kamber and klamber.

Noun

number (genitive numbri, partitive numbrit)

1. number

Declension

Middle English

Noun

number

1. Alternative form of nombre

Papiamentu

Etymology

From English number.

An analogy of the Papiamentu word nòmber "name".

Noun

number

1. number