OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 381

numeral

/ˈnjuːməɹəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cifra • número
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.
letra numeral
A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.
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 hun…
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