Meaning

4 senses
  1. 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.

    Zahl, Ziffer, Zahlzeichen

    ци́фраcífra, число́čisló, но́мерnómer

    ци́фраcýfra, число́čysló

    a word expressing a number.

  2. A representation of a number composed of such symbols.

  3. A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.

    Numerale, Zahlwort

    числи́тельноеčislítelʹnoje, и́мя числи́тельноеímja čislítelʹnoje, ци́фраcífra

    числі́вникčyslívnyk

  4. A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).

    Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. "One" and "two" are small numerals.

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  2. He could already write numerals before he started school.

    deEr konnte schon Zahlen schreiben, bevor er in die Schule kam. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Numbers are to numerals what letters are to words.

    ruЦифры для чисел то же, что буквы для слов. — Bernie75

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  4. He learned to write numerals before he went to school.

    ruОн научился писать цифры ещё до того, как пошёл в школу. — Ooneykcall

    deEr konnte schon Zahlen schreiben, bevor er in die Schule kam. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Indicate the applicable numeral, by holding up the corresponding number of fingers.

    deZeige so viele Finger, dass sie die richtige Zahl anzeigen. — Esperantostern

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
non-word symbol that represents a number:
word or symbol representing a number — see also noun numeral:
Русский
By meaning 2
non-word symbol that represents a number:
word or symbol representing a number — see also noun numeral:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
non-word symbol that represents a number:
word or symbol representing a number — see also noun numeral:

Origin

As an adjective, from Middle English numeral, numerall, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining

As an adjective, from Middle English numeral, numerall, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”).

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