numeral
Syllables: nu·mer·alUK/ˈnjuːməɹəl//ˈnuməɹəl/
numeral noun: a symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
Noun
numeral (plural numerals)
- A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
- A representation of a number composed of such symbols.
- Compare the numeral for the product with the original decimal numeral.1966, Robert Lee Morton, Modern Mathematics Through Discovery, page 97
- A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.
- We use the term numeral for linguistic expressions and number for meanings. For example, five is a numeral expressing the number "5" - and fifteen hundred and one thousand five hundred are different numerals expressing the same number, "1,500".2002, Laurie Bauer, Rodney Huddleston, “Lexical word-formation”, in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 1715
- A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
- Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.
Adjective
numeral (not comparable)
numeral meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
numeral in Hindi
- non-word symbol that represents a number
- अंक aṅk, संख्या saṅkhyā, नंबर nambar
- word or symbol representing a number — see also noun numeral
- अंक aṅk, संख्या saṅkhyā
numeral in Tamil
- இலக்க எண்கள், எண் சார்ந்த, எண் வகை, எண்குறி, எண்ணுரு, எண்ணைக்குறிக்கின்ற
numeral in Marathi
- numeral
- अंक aṅka
numeral in Urdu
- non-word symbol that represents a number
- عَدَد 'adad, رَقَم raqam, نَمْبَر nambar
- word or symbol representing a number — see also noun numeral
- عَدَد 'adad, رَقَم raqam
More languagesFewer languages
- numeral in Bengali
- সংখ্যা śoṅkha, অঙ্ক oṅko
- numeral in Telugu
- సంఖ్యావాచకము saṅkhyāvācakamu
- numeral in Malayalam
- സംഖ്യ
- numeral in Kannada
- ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ, ಅಂಕಿ, ಸಂಖ್ಯಾವಾಚಕ, ಎಣಿಕೆ
- numeral in Sanskrit
- संख्या saṃkhyā
- numeral in Pashto
- رقم raqam, عدد 'adad
- numeral in Tagalog
- pamilang, pambilang
- numeral in Arabic
- عَدَد ʕadad, رَقْم raqm
- numeral in Malay
- angka
- numeral in Indonesian
- angka
- numeral in Thai
- ตัวเลข dtuua-lêek, เลข lêek
- numeral in Vietnamese
- số, chữ số, số từ
- numeral in Myanmar
- ဂဏန်း ga.nan:
Examples of numeral in a sentence
- The Italian mathematician Leonardo Bonacci, who was called Fibonacci, introduced the Hindu–Arabic numeral system to Europe.
- Roman numerals is the system used on some clocks.
- As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
Synonyms of numeral
Forms of numeral
| plural | numerals |
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Origin of numeral
As an adjective, from Middle English numeral, numerall, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”). As a noun, via Middle French numeral.
Words formed from numeral
- numeral system
- Arabic numeral
- binary numeral system
- Chinese numeral
- Church numeral
- collective numeral
- Cyrillic numeral
- denumeral
- Devanagari numeral
- financial numeral
- Greek numeral
- Hangzhou numeral
- Hindu-Arabic numeral
- Hindu numeral
- Indo-Arabic numeral
- innumeral
- nonnumeral
- numeraled
- numerally
- numeral prefix
- pronumeral
- rod numeral
- Roman numeral
- supernumerary
- Suzhou numeral
- tesseral
- transnumeral
Phrases with numeral
Questions about numeral
- What does numeral mean?
- Numeral means a symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
- What is numeral in Hindi?
- Numeral in Hindi is अंक (aṅk), संख्या (saṅkhyā), नंबर (nambar). See Numeral meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is numeral?
- Numeral can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce numeral?
- Numeral is pronounced /ˈnjuːməɹəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of numeral?
- The plural of numeral is numerals.
Words near numeral in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: numeral (page history and authors); numeral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अंक (Marathi) (page history and authors); సంఖ్యావాచకము (Telugu) (page history and authors); numeral (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); numeral (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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