see|numéral
English
Etymology
From MF. numéral.

Pronunciation
a|RP AHD|nyo�o'm�r�l, IPA|/�nju�m�r�l/, SAMPA|/'nju:m@r@l/
a|US AHD|no�o'm�r�l, IPA|/�num�r�l/, SAMPA|/'num3r@l/
audio|en-us-numeral.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. A word or symbol representing a number.

#:The word �fifteen�, the Arabic numeral �15�, and the Roman numeral �XV� are all numerals representing the number fifteen.

Quotations
2002 � Laurie Bauer & Rodney Huddleston, "Lexical word-formation", p1621-1722 in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, p1715
: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".

Synonyms
sense|word or symbol representing a number number

Derived terms
cardinal numeral
ordinal numeral

Translations
trans-top|word or symbol representing a number
Arabic: ر�� (rakam)
Breton: niver m
Dutch: t+|nl|nummer|n, t+|nl|getal|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|numeralo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|numero
French: t+|fr|chiffre|m
German: t+|de|Zahl|f, t+|de|Ziffer|f
Greek: t-|el|α�ιθμ��|m|trarithmós|scGrek, t-|el|νο�με�ο|n|trnúmero|scGrek, t-|el|�η�ίο|n|trpsephío|scGrek
Icelandic: t+|is|töluorð|n
Indonesian: angka / bilang|bilangan, nomer (used to differentiate)
Interlingua: numero#Interlingua|numero, numeral#Interlingua|numeral
Italian: t+|it|numero|m, t+|it|cifra|f
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Japanese: �� (sūji), �� (sūshi)
Latin: nomen numerale
Maltese: t-|mt|numru|xsMaltese, t-|mt|�ifra|xsMaltese
Polish: t-|pl|liczebnik|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|número, t+|pt|numeral
Romanian: t+|ro|num�r|n, t+|ro|numeral|n
Russian: t+|ru|�и�ли�ел�ное|tr�islitjel�noje|scCyrl
Slovak: t-|sk|�íslovka|f
Spanish: t-|es|numeral|m
Swedish: t+|sv|siffra|c
Slovenian: Å¡tevilka
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See also
w:Numeral|Wikipedia article on numerals
digit

Interlingua

Pronunciation
/nume�ral/, /nume'ral/

Adjective
numeral

1. numeral

Noun
numeral

1. numeral

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