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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)

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. (linguistics) A word representing a number.
3. (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)

1. 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)

1. (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

1. numeral

Noun

numeral

1. numeral

Middle French

Adjective

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

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

     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): /nyme?ral/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

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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)

1. (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)

1. numeral

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nume??al/, [nu.me??al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: nu?me?ral

Noun

numeral m (plural numerales)

1. (linguistics) numeral

Derived terms

• nombre numeral

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digit?lis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of digitalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?d???t??/

Adjective

digital (not comparable)

1. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
2. Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.

3. Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

   Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.

Antonyms

• nondigital
• undigital
• (representing discrete values): analog, analogue, continuous

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Thai: ??????? (dí-jì-tâl)

Translations

Noun

digital (countable and uncountable, plural digitals)

1. (finance) A digital option.
2. (uncountable) Digital equipment or technology.

   He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.

3. (informal, uncountable) Short for digital art.

   Coordinate term: traditional

4. (music) Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
   • c.1920?, Annie Jessy Gregg Curwen, The Teacher's Guide to Mrs. Curwen's Pianoforte Method (The Child Pianist)

     Beginning with the keyboard, direct attention to the grouping of the black digitals, and show that though at the outer edge of the keyboard the white digitals look as if they were all equally close neighbours, yet, […]

5. (colloquial, humorous) A finger.
   • 1853, Yankee Notions (volume 2, page 137)

     […] turning round as he reached the door, he placed his digitals in close proximity to his proboscis, saying—“I guess there an't anything green about this child!' and left the Professor in utter astonishment […]

   • 1855, North Carolina University Magazine (volume 3, page 23)

     […] with grave complacency wiggles his digitals, and turns away with a scornful smile playing upon his countenance.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digit?lis. Doublet of didal, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /di.?i?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /di.d??i?tal/

Adjective

digital (masculine and feminine plural digitals)

1. digital

Derived terms

• digitalitzar
• digitalització
• digitalment

Further reading

• “digital” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “digital” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “digital” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “digital” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digit?lis. Doublet of dé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.?i.tal/
• Homophones: digitale, digitales

Adjective

digital (feminine singular digitale, masculine plural digitaux, feminine plural digitales)

1. of or pertaining to fingers or toes
2. digital

Usage notes

digital is occasionally used in French to describe display devices such as TV screens. Its use for other purposes is often criticised, because this use derives from English, and because digital more commonly has the first meaning above. See also numérique

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?i?ta?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

digital (not comparable)

1. (computing) digital
2. (medicine) digital

Declension

Further reading

• “digital” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch digitaal, from Latin digit?lis or Middle French digital, itself from Latin.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [di??ital]
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): [di?d??ital]
• Hyphenation: di?gi?tal

Adjective

digital (first-person possessive digitalku, second-person possessive digitalmu, third-person possessive digitalnya)

1. digital: of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

   Antonym: analog

Derived terms

Further reading

• “digital” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digit?lis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -?lis (“-al”).

Adjective

digital m

1. (Jersey) digital

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin digitalis, via English digital.

Adjective

digital (neuter singular digitalt, definite singular and plural digitale)

1. digital

Derived terms

• digitalisere
• digitalkamera

References

• “digital” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin digitalis, via English digital

Adjective

digital (neuter singular digitalt, definite singular and plural digitale)

1. digital

Derived terms

• digitalisere
• digitalkamera

References

• “digital” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digit?lis. Doublet of dedal, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di?gi?tal

Adjective

digital m or f (plural digitais, comparable)

1. digital; having to do with the fingers or toes
2. dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values
3. dealing with the display of numerical values

Derived terms

• digitalizar
• digitalização

Noun

digital f (plural digitais)

1. Short for impressão digital.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French digital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.d??i?tal/

Adjective

digital m or n (feminine singular digital?, masculine plural digitali, feminine and neuter plural digitale)

1. digital (having to do with fingers or toes)
2. digital (dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values)

Declension

Related terms

• digitaliza

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digit?lis. Doublet of dedal, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dixi?tal/, [d?i.xi?t?al]
• Hyphenation: di?gi?tal

Adjective

digital (plural digitales)

1. digital; having to do with the fingers or toes
2. digital; dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values
3. digital; dealing with the display of numerical values

Derived terms

Noun

digital f (plural digitales)

1. foxglove (plant, flower)

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin digit?lis, via English digital.

Adjective

digital (not comparable)

1. digital; in (or using) digital (and electronic) form

Usage notes

• Circa 2010, the word took on a wider definition, meaning electronic, modern, or binary (having only two values); digitalisering (“digitization”) started to being used not only of signals, information and documents (e.g. digitizing books or patient's journals), but also about enterprises, as a synonym to automation, computerization (e.g. digitizing libraries and hospitals).

Declension

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