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Webster 1913 Edition

Numeral

Nu′mer-al

,
Adj.
[L.
numeralis
, fr.
numerus
number: cf. F.
numéral
. See
Number
,
Noun.
]
1.
Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.
A long train of
numeral
progressions.
Locke.
2.
Expressing number; representing number;
as,
numeral
letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten
.

Nu′mer-al

,
Noun.
1.
A figure or character used to express a number;
as, the Arabic
numerals
, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman
numerals
, I, V, X, L, etc.
2.
A word expressing a number.

Webster 1828 Edition

Numeral

NU'MERAL

,
Adj.
1.
Pertaining to number; consisting of number.
The dependence of a long train of numeral progressions.
2.
Expressing number; representing number; standing as a substitute for figures; as numeral letters; as X for 10; L for fifty; C for 100; D for 500; M for 1000.
3.
Expressing numbers; as numeral characters. The figures we now use to express numbers are 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 0. They are said to be of Arabian origin; but the Arabians might have received them from India. This is a controverted question.

Definition 2024

Numeral

Numeral

See also: numeral, numéral, and numeral'

German

Noun

Numeral n ‎(genitive Numerals, plural Numerale or Numeralien)

  1. Alternative form of Numerale

numeral

numeral

See also: Numeral, numéral, and numeral'

English

Noun

numeral ‎(plural numerals)

  1. A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
  2. (linguistics) A word representing a number.
    • 2002, Laurie Bauer & Rodney Huddleston, “Lexical word-formation”, in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 1715:
      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".
  3. (card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
    Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.‎

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:numeral.

Synonyms

  • (word representing a number): number

Hyponyms

  • (linguistics): cardinal numeral, ordinal numeral, distributive numeral, multiplicative numeral

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Adjective

numeral ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
    • (Can we date this quote?), John Locke, (Please provide the title of the work):
      A long train of numeral progressions.

Derived terms

Galician

Noun

numeral m ‎(plural numerais)

  1. (grammar) numeral (word representing a number)

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /numeˈral/

Adjective

numeral

  1. numeral

Noun

numeral

  1. numeral

Middle French

Adjective

numeral m ‎(feminine singular numerale, masculine plural numeraux, feminine plural numerales)

  1. numeral; numerical
    • 1474, Mystere de l'Incarnation, author unknown
      Numerales proporcions
      Numerical proportions

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (numeral, supplement)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin numerālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /nu.mɨ.ˈɾaɫ/
  • Hyphenation: nu‧me‧ral

Adjective

numeral m, f ‎(plural numerais, not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) numeral

Spanish

Noun

numeral m ‎(plural numerales)

  1. (linguistics) numeral

Etymology

From Middle French numeral, from Latin numerālis ‎(“pertaining to a number”), from numerus ‎(“a number”).

Pronunciation

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