numeral
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L338824 on Wikidata ↗noun
- word class (part of speech) designating numbers
- group of figures or symbols denoting a number
- single symbol used alone or in combinations to represent numbers
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːməɹəl/ / /ˈnjuːmɹəl/ / /ˈnuməɹəl/
adj
Etymology: 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.
- Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
“A long train of numeral progressions.”
noun
Etymology: 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.
- 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.”
- 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".”
- A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
“Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.”