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numbers
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?mb?z/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?mb?z/
- Hyphenation: num?bers
Noun
numbers
- plural of number
Noun
numbers pl (plural only)
- Many individuals as a group.
- Numbers of people have visited the fair.
Quotations
- 2001 — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 50
- Unlike fairies who could produce only a single child every twenty years, Mud People bred like rodents. Numbers would subdue even magic.
Verb
numbers
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of number
Anagrams
- numbres, renumbs
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numeral
English
Etymology
From Middle French numeral, from Latin numer?lis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nyo?o?m(?)r?l, IPA(key): /?nju?m???l/, /?nju?m??l/
- (General American) enPR: no?o?m(?)r?l, IPA(key): /?num???l/, /?num??l/
- 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.
- (linguistics) A word representing a number.
- (card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:numeral.
Synonyms
- (word representing a number): number
Hypernyms
- (linguistics): part of speech (sometimes)
Hyponyms
- (linguistics): cardinal numeral, ordinal numeral, distributive numeral, multiplicative numeral
Derived terms
- Arabic numeral
- Roman numeral
Translations
See also
- digit
Adjective
numeral (not comparable)
- Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
Synonyms
- (of or relating to numbers): numeric; see also Thesaurus:numerical
Derived terms
- noun numeral
Further reading
- numeral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- numeral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- numeral at OneLook Dictionary Search
Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
numeral m (plural numerais)
- (grammar) numeral (word representing a number)
Further reading
- “numeral” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nume?ral/
Adjective
numeral
- numeral
Noun
numeral
- numeral
Middle French
Adjective
numeral m (feminine singular numerale, masculine plural numeraux, feminine plural numerales)
- numeral; numerical
- 1474, Mystere de l'Incarnation, author unknown
- Numerales proporcions
- Numerical proportions
- Numerales proporcions
- 1474, Mystere de l'Incarnation, author unknown
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (numeral, supplement)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
numeral n (definite singular numeralet, indefinite plural numeral or numeraler, definite plural numerala or numeralene)
- numeral
- Synonym: tallord
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
numeral n (definite singular numeralet, indefinite plural numeral, definite plural numerala)
- numeral
- Synonym: talord
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nyme?ral/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
numeral
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin numer?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nu.m?.??a?/
- Hyphenation: nu?me?ral
Adjective
numeral m or f (plural numerais, not comparable)
- (linguistics) numeral
Romanian
Etymology
From French numeral, from Latin numeralis.
Adjective
numeral m or n (feminine singular numeral?, masculine plural numerali, feminine and neuter plural numerale)
- numeral
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nume??al/, [nu.me??al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: nu?me?ral
Noun
numeral m (plural numerales)
- (linguistics) numeral
Derived terms
- nombre numeral
Further reading
- “numeral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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