numeral adj : of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective"; "numerical analysis" [syn: numerical, numeric] n : a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" [syn: number]

English

Etymology

From numéral.

Pronunciation

• a RP , /ˈnjuːmərəl/, /'nju:m@r@l/
• a US , /ˈnumɜrəl/, /'num3r@l/

Noun

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

• number

Derived terms

• cardinal numeral
• ordinal numeral
• Arabic numeral
• Roman numeral

Related terms

• digit

Translations

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• /numeˈral/, /nume'ral/

Adjective

numeral

1. numeral

Noun

numeral

1. numeral

The term numeral can refer to:

• Numeral system, a system of mathematical notations for writing numbers
• Number names, the words or symbols used to represent numbers