English

Alternative spellings
roman numeral (US)

Noun
Roman numeral (plural Roman numerals)

1. arithmetic Any of the letters I, V, X, L, C, D, M (or their lower-case equivalents) used to represent numbers.

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Usage notes

1. The numerals composing a number are written in decreasing order from left to right (but see note 3).
2. The values of the numerals making up a number are summed to determine the value of the number (but see note 3).
3. When a smaller numeral immediately precedes a larger one (which is usually the next largest numeral), the smaller is subtracted from the larger (eg, IX stands for 10 − 1, or 9).
4. A numeral with a macron over it stands for 1000 times the numeral without the macron.
5. The lower-case numerals are often used to number the pages of introductory chapters of books.

Translations

Catalan: xifra romana f, número romano m
Chinese: �马��
Dutch: Romeins cijfer n
Finnish: roomalainen numero
French: chiffre romain m
German: römische Ziffer f
Italian: numero romano m
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Swedish: romersk siffra c

See also
w:Roman numeral|Wikipedia article on Roman numerals
Arabic numeral

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