Number

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 Related terms

English

Pronunciation

num·ber

• British English: nŭm'bə(r), /'nʌmbə(r)/, /'nVmb@(r)/
• Standard American English: nŭm'bər, /'nʌmbɚ/, /'nVmb3`/

NUHM-bhur or NUHM-bahr

Noun

number (numbers)

1. A dimensionless quantity.
2. A symbol for a number; a numeral.
3. An integer, especially one that is positive.
4. Followed by a numeral, used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No. , no or no.
5. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.

Translations

a dimensionless quantity

Anglo-Saxon: rím n, gerím n, tæl Basque: lehen ? Belarussian: лік (lik) Breton: niver m Bulgarian: число (shislo) Chinese: 数 () Czech: lo Danish: tal Dutch: aantal n, hoeveelheid f Estonian: arv Finnish: luku French: nombre m German: Zahl f, Anzahl f, Greek: αριθμός m (arithmós), πλήθος n (plethós) Hebrew: מספר m (??r?) Hungarian: zám Icelandic: tölur Ido: numbro Indonesian: angka / bilangan Interlingua: numero Irish: uimhir Italian: numero

Japanese: 数 (かず, kazu) / 数字 (すうじ, sūji) Korean: 수 (su)? Latin: numero, numerus Lithuanian: skaičiai Norwegian: tall Polish: liczba m, liczby Portuguese: número Romanian: număr n Sicilian: nummuru m Slovak: prvočíslo n Slovenian: plo Spanish: número Swedish: tal n Turkish: sayılar ?

numeral See numeral

integer

French: nombre entier m, entier m German: ganze Zahl f

heltal n

used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence

Breton: niverenn f French: numéro m German: Nummer f Greek: νούμερο (numero) n Ido: numero Italian: numero m

Latin: numero Portuguese: número m Spanish: número m Swedish: nummer n

grammar: state of being singular, dual or plural

Transitive verb

to number (numbers, numbered, numbering )

1. To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

Translations

label with numbers; assign numbers to

Breton: niverenniñ Dutch: nummeren Finnish: numeroida French: numéroter German: nummerieren Greek: αριθμώ (arithmó) Interlingua: numerar Italian: numerare

Latin numerare Portuguese: numerar Romanian: număra Spanish: numerar Swedish: numrera

Derived terms

• algebraic number
• cardinal number
• complex number
• hyperreal number
• imaginary number
• irrational number
• natural number
• number theory
• ordinal number
• phone number
• prime number
• rational number
• real number
• round number
• serial number
• surreal number
• telephone number
• transcendental number
• transfinite number
• whole number

Related terms

• numeral
• numeric
• numerical