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Meaning of Numeral | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈnjuːməɹəl

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الرقم رقم عدد
Azərbaycanca ədəd nömrə rəqəm say
Български числи́телно число
བོད་སྐད ཨང་ཀི
Català número xifra
Cymraeg rhifolyn
Esperanto cifero numeralo
Eesti arvsõna
Gaeilge figiúr
Gàidhlig figear
עברית ספרה שם מספר
Հայերեն թվական
Bahasa Indonesia angka
Íslenska töluorð
Italiano cifra numero
日本語 数字 数詞
Қазақша нөмір сан
한국어 수사 숫자
Kurdî adet say so tal tal
Кыргызча сан
Latina numerale numerus
ລາວ ເລກ
Lietuvių skaitvardis
Македонски број бројка
Монгол тооны нэр
Bahasa Melayu angka
Malti numru
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဂဏန်း
Nederlands cijfer telwoord
Polski cyfra liczebnik
Português numeral numeral número
Română număr
Slovenčina číslovka
Slovenščina številka števnik
Shqip numër
Svenska räkneord siffra tal
Тоҷикӣ адад рақам
Tagalog pamilang
Türkçe adet rakam sayı
ئۇيغۇرچە سان
اردو عدد
Oʻzbekcha raqam son
Tiếng Việt so số từ

Examples

“Compare the numeral for the product with the original decimal numeral.”
“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".”
“Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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