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Etymology 1

Anglo-Norman noumbre, from Old French nombre, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“‘to divide’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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Singular number

Plural numbers

number (plural numbers)

  1. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
    Zero, one, -1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers.
  2. (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer
    The number 8 is usually made with a single stroke.
  3. (countable, mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers,integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions.
    The equation eiπ + 1 = 0 includes the most important numbers: 1, 0, π, i, and e.
  4. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
    Horse number 5 won the race.
  5. Quantity.
    Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time
    His army is vast in number.
  6. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
    Adjectives and nouns should agree in gender, number, and case.
  7. (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
    For his second number, he sang "The Moon Shines Bright".

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Derived terms
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Translations
abstract entity
  • Arabic: رقم (ráqam) m.
  • Armenian: թիվ (t'iv)
  • Basque: lehen?
  • Belarusian: лік (lik) m.
  • Breton: niver m.
  • Bulgarian: число bg(bg) (čisló) n.
  • Chinese: 數, 数 (shù), 數目, 数目 (shùmù)
  • Croatian: broj hr(hr) m.
  • Czech: číslo cs(cs) n.
  • Danish: tal da(da)
  • Dutch: aantal nl(nl) n., hoeveelheid nl(nl) f.
  • Esperanto: numero eo(eo)
  • Estonian: arv et(et)
  • Finnish: luku fi(fi), numero fi(fi)
  • French: nombre fr(fr) m., numéro fr(fr) m.
  • Galician: número m.
  • Georgian: რიცხვი (ritsχvi)
  • German: Anzahl de(de) f., Zahl de(de) f.
  • Greek: αριθμός el(el) (arithmós) m., πλήθος el(el) (plíthos) n.
  • Hebrew: מספר he(he) (mispar) m.
  • Hungarian: szám hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: tala is(is) f.
  • Ido: numbro
  • Indonesian: angka, bilangan
  • Interlingua: numero
  • Irish: uimhir
  • Italian: numero it(it)
numeral
  • Arabic: عدد (ʻádad) m.
  • Armenian: թիվ (t'iv)
  • Chinese: 數, 数 (shù)
  • Croatian: broj hr(hr) m.
  • Czech: číslice cs(cs) f.
  • Danish: tal da(da)
  • Finnish: numeraali fi(fi)
  • French: chiffre fr(fr) m.
  • Greek: αριθμός el(el) (arithmós) m., ψηφίο el(el) (psifío) n.
  • Icelandic: tölustafur is(is) m.
  • Indonesian: nomor
  • Lao: ເລກ lo(lo) (leek)
  • Macedonian: бројка mk(mk) (bròjka) f., цифра mk(mk) (cífra) f.
  • Norwegian: tall no(no)
  • Polish: cyfra pl(pl) f.
  • Portuguese: número pt(pt) m.
  • Russian: число ru(ru) (čisló) n., цифра ru(ru) (cífra) f.
  • Scottish Gaelic: àireamh gd(gd) f.
  • Swahili: nambari sw(sw)
mathematical number
  • Armenian: թիվ (t'iv)
  • Croatian: broj hr(hr) m.
  • Czech: číslo cs(cs) n.
  • Dutch: getal nl(nl) n.
  • Finnish: luku fi(fi)
  • French: nombre entier m., entier m.
  • German: Zahl de(de) f.
  • Greek: αριθμός el(el) (arithmós) m.
  • Hungarian: szám hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: tala is(is) f.
  • Kurdish:
    Sorani: ژماره‌ ku(ku) (jimare)
used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence
  • Arabic: رقم (ráqam) m.
  • Armenian: համար (hamar)
  • Breton: niverenn f.
  • Chinese: 號碼, 号码 (hàomǎ)
  • Croatian: broj hr(hr) m.
  • Czech: číslo cs(cs) n.
  • Dutch: nummer nl(nl) f.
  • French: numéro fr(fr) m.
  • Georgian: ნომერი (nomeri)
  • German: Nummer de(de) f.
  • Greek: νούμερο el(el) (noúmero) n.
  • Icelandic: númer is(is) f.
  • Ido: numero
quantity
  • Armenian: քանակ (k'anak)
  • Croatian: mnoštvo hr(hr) n.
  • Czech: množství cs(cs) n.
  • Dutch: aantal nl(nl) n.
  • French: nombre fr(fr) m.
  • Georgian: რაოდენობა (raodenoba)
  • Greek: αριθμός el(el) (arithmós) m.
  • Icelandic: fjöldi is(is) m.
  • Kurdish:
    Sorani: ژماره‌ ku(ku) (jimare)
  • Macedonian: број mk(mk) (bròj) m., количество mk(mk) (kolíčestvo) n., количина mk(mk) (količína)
  • Nahuatl: tlapoalli
  • Polish: liczba pl(pl) f., ilość pl(pl) f.
  • Portuguese: quantidade pt(pt) f.
  • Russian: число ru(ru) (čisló) n., количество ru(ru) (kolíčestvo) n.
  • Scottish Gaelic: àireamh gd(gd) f.
grammar: state of being singular, dual or plural
  • Armenian: թիվ (t'iv)
  • Croatian: broj hr(hr) m.
  • Czech: číslo cs(cs) n.
  • Finnish: luku fi(fi)
  • French: nombre fr(fr) m.
  • Greek: αριθμός el(el) (arithmós) m.
  • Hungarian: szám hu(hu)

Verb

Infinitive to number

Third person singular numbers

Simple past numbered

Past participle numbered

Present participle numbering

to number (third-person singular simple present numbers, present participle numbering, simple past and past participle numbered)

  1. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
    Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
  2. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
    I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.

Translations
label with numbers; assign numbers to
to total; to amount to
  • Czech: počítat cs(cs) se
  • German: zählen de(de)
  • Hungarian: kitesz egy mennyiséget, valamennyit számlál
  • Macedonian: избројува mk(mk) (izbròjuva), набројува mk(mk) (nabròjuva)
  • Russian: насчитывать (nasčítyvat'), исчисляться (isčislját’s’a)

See also

Etymology 2

From numb + -er.

Pronunciation

Adjective

number

  1. Comparative form of numb: more numb.

 

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