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Roman numerals

Roman numerals is the plural of Roman numeral.

Meaning of Roman numeral

Noun

Roman numeral (plural Roman numerals)

  1. A numeral represented using a Roman system involving the letters I, V, X, L, C, D, and M.
  2. (in plural) The system using such letters.

Noun

Roman numerals (uncountable)

  1. The system of numerals using Roman numerals.
    • Roman numerals is the system used on some clocks.

Forms of Roman numerals

alternative formroman numerals

Questions about Roman numerals

What does Roman numerals mean?
Roman numerals means the system of numerals using Roman numerals.
What is Roman numerals the plural of?
Roman numerals is the plural of Roman numeral.
What part of speech is Roman numerals?
Roman numerals is a noun.

Words near Roman numerals in the dictionary

  1. Roman months
  2. Roman nose
  3. Roman noses
  4. roman numeral
  5. Roman numeraled
  6. Roman numerals
  7. Roman peace
  8. Roman punch
  9. Roman Question
  10. Roman Republic
  11. Roman riding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Roman numerals (page history and authors); Roman numeral (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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