Plural of numeral
regular plural
The plural of numeral is numerals.
Forms of numeral
| Singular | numeral /ˈnjuːməɹəl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | numerals |
| Countable | countable |
Numerals in a sentence
- 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
- Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.
- Roman numerals is the system used on some clocks.From the entry Roman numerals
- Cmavo are connective, syncategorematic words. They are roughly comparable to English conjunctions, prepositions, articles, numerals, and some adverbs.From the entry cmavo
- About the vigesimals, intermediate numerals are generated using tens and fives.2010, Helen Verran, “Yorub and English Number Systems”, in Science and an African Logic, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press…. From the entry vigesimal
Meaning of 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 A representation of a number composed of such symbols.
- noun A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.
Questions about the plural of numeral
- What is the plural of numeral?
- The plural of numeral is numerals.
- Is numeral countable?
- Numeral is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: numeral (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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