numeraladj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːm(ə)rəl/,

/ˈnjuːm(ə)rl̩/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)um(ə)rəl/

Forms: Middle English–1600s numerall, Middle English– numeral.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin numeralis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin numeralis expressing or denoting a number or numbers (Priscian, 5th–6th cent.), relating to a number or numbers (early 12th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin numerus (see number n.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Italian numerale (1363), Middle French, French numéral (1475), Spanish numeral (1734), Portuguese numeral (1783).With numeral letters (see quots. at sense A. 1) compare post-classical Latin numerales litterae (early 15th cent. in a British source), French lettres numeralles (1690). With numeral adverbs in quot. 1894 at sense A. 1 compare post-classical Latin adverbia numeralia (a804 in a British source). With numerall proporcioun in quot. c1475 at sense A. 2 compare post-classical Latin numeralis proportio (early 13th cent. in a British source), Middle French proporcion numerale (1475). With sense B. 3 compare post-classical Latin numerale a compendium of theology, organized numerically (late 12th or early 13th cent. in a British source as a work title). N.E.D. (1907) gives only the pronunciation (niū·mĕrăl) /ˈnjuːmərəl/.

A. adj.

1. Of letters, figures, words, parts of speech, etc.: expressing or denoting a number or numbers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [adjective] > other spec.

numerala1398

partitivea1398

gentile1542

indefinitive1598

illative1611

integral1668

collective1751

modal1845

parti-generic1939

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective] > written or designated by figures

digit1539

numeral1577

numerical1647

numeric1825

figurate1830

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 329^v Þe nombre of fyue is compowned of foure and of oon in stede of a triangle and so it may be schewed of al oþer numeral figure [L. numeralibus] for alway euerych nombre is y-gendred of a triangle figure.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 73 Adjectyves somtyme be formed..of theyr nownes numeralles.

1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 17^v A verse wherein the numerall letters shewe the yere of the Lorde.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. liv. f. 177 The houres of the night written..in common numerall letters.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 172 Hee which set downe the nine numerall figures.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xviii. §4. 346 By calling to minde the order of those numerall words.

1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus 334 The Digits on the Left Side in Numeral Letters shew the several Roots.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Character Numeral Characters, are those us'd to express Numbers.

1772 Regulations H.M. Service at Sea 24 At the End of the Voyage [the Captain] is to give an Account to the Clerk of the Acts, how many Tickets have been delivered out, with the Numeral Letter and Number by which each is distinguished.

1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 145 One, a numeral adjective.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 366/2 Distinct numeral characters are found to have existed..among the Chinese, Indians, and Arabs.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 358 The small mark after the T is one of the sigla which it was customary in inscriptions..to put..before and after numeral letters.

1894 W. M. Lindsay Lat. Lang. 408 The Numeral Adverbs from 5 upwards end in -iens or -iēs.

1933 C. D. Buck Compar. Gram. Greek & Latin 73 The wau, koppa, and san, which disappeared from the alphabet, were maintained as numeral signs.

1991 C. B. Boyer & U. C. Merzbach Hist. Math. (ed. 2) xiv. 250 In certain manuscripts of Boethius, however, similar numeral forms, or apices, appear as counters for use on a computing board.

2. Belonging or relating to a number or numbers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective]

numeralc1475

numerical1628

numerary1742

c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 1950 (MED) In holy wryt moche thyng ynombred ys..And in thys world eche creature ywys Ys made by numerall proporcioun; Foure elementes, the seuen planettis abouen, These byn dystinct in trew nombre certayn.

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 29 The first difference (forsooth) in our new Crosse is Numerall... It is not the same in number.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 377 Surely the conceit is numerall, and..relateth unto the number of ten.

1685 H. More Illustr. Daniel & Revelation 293 Those letters, in their numeral value, make just 666.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Numeral Algebra, is that which makes use of Numbers instead of Letters of the Alphabet.

1827 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) I. 182 Algebraic Fractions have the same names and rules of operation, as numeral fractions in common arithmetic.

1845 B. Thorpe tr. J. M. Lappenberg Hist. Eng. I. 82 Of greater importance..would be the knowledge of the numeral system in use among the Saxons. I am inclined to the belief that the octonary..was the one followed.

1943 C. S. Lewis Abolition of Man iii. 39 Such a reply springs from the fatal serialism of the modern imagination—the image of infinite unilinear progression which so haunts our minds... We tend to think of every process as if it must be like the numeral series.

1986 Christie's Sale Catal.: Bks. from Libr. of M. Boulton 12 Dec. 12 Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt (a few joints with short split, numeral labels worn).

1998 Coin News May 49/2 The numeral value on the front contains microtext LB.

†3. Measured, rhythmic. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > having rhythm or proportion

mensuralc1570

numerous1589

numeral1610

measurable1614

rhythmica1631

numerose1714

mensurable1776

measured1782

lilting1800

rhythmic-melodic1854

rhythmized1880

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ii. iv. 57 In the feastes of Cybele, was much of this numerall musicke.

B. n.

a. A word denoting or expressing a number.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > other spec.

numeral1530

partitive1530

inclusive1533

gentile1569

illative1591

note1607

collective1751

ordinativea1831

resumptive1832

similative1903

applicative1925

particle1925

adposition1972

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 367 Annotacyons to knowe all maner sortes of numeralles in the Frenche tonge.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. B3 Of Primitiues the numerals are especially worth the noting.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Cardinal numerals, are those which express the number of things.

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2234/2 Numerals, in grammar, those words which express numbers.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxii. 406 The kings of England in their order..and then the Kanaka numerals.

1872 R. Morris Hist. Outl. Eng. Accidence 110 Numbers may be considered under their divisions—Cardinal, Ordinal, and Indefinite Numerals.

1964 E. Bach Introd. Transformational Gram. vi. 141 The following Japanese forms (numerals and classifiers).

1977 C. Wagley Welcome of Tears iii. 81 The Tapirapé language only has numerals up to five.

1993 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 38 96 The stranded numeral wisi ‘two’ is a modifier.

b. A figure or character (or a group of these) denoting a number. Also used reductively of a person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [noun] > figure

rimeeOE

figure?c1225

numberc1300

digit?a1400

digitalc1450

cipher1530

term1552

terminus?a1560

significant figure1614

small figuresa1652

numeral1654

monasa1690

binary digit1796

nomial1828

supplement1868

1654 S. Ward Vindiciæ Academiarum 19 The use of this way with all Symbolicall writers old or new, (Numeralls, Literalls, Algebraicalls..is to discourse..freely without the trouble of words.

1686 R. H. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 68 Marks Methodically disposed like Letters in a Literal, or like Numbers in a Numeral.

1741 J. Wilford Memorials & Characters App. 43 The Figures direct to the Pages of the Book. The Numerals to those of the Appendix.

1758 Gentleman's Mag. 28 56 The Roman numerals..are yet retained in use in some cases.

1811 T. Jefferson Let. 10 Nov. in Writings (1984) 1254 The metrology of the ordinance of Congress of 1786, which for their series below unit adopted the Roman numerals.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 116 These boys are divided into four classes, each denoted by a numeral, worn on a badge upon the arm.

1874 G. J. Whyte-Melville Uncle John xxi It is hardly possible..to conceive how a man loses his own identity [in prison] when he becomes a numeral.

1919 Outing Mar. 315/2 From an old spelling-book he took the English alphabet and numerals, without the least idea of their sound or significance.

1935 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (U.K. ed.) vii. 197 The little clock had no numerals but only squares of metal where the numerals were supposed to be.

1976 M. Gibson Butterfly Ward in R. Sullivan More Stories by Canad. Women (1987) 38 I would simply be a numeral at university, perhaps a clever numeral but a numeral all the same.

1987 Lancaster Guardian 2 Oct. 5/6 New hydrant signs with stick-on numerals are being put up, but they're not a patch on the old ones with their relief figures.

†2. A metrical line, a line of verse. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line

versec900

staffc1450

line?1566

numeral1605

stich1723

stike-

1605 W. Camden Remaines sig. d1^v Our Poets hath their knacks as young Schollers call them, as Ecchos, Achrostiches, Serpentine verses, Recurrents, Numeralls, &c.

†3. Christian Church. A calendar of canonical hours and times of mass. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > specific calendars

Gregorian Calendarc1275

Julian Calendarc1275

fastia1387

almanacc1392

prognostication1486

shepherd's calendar1506

ephemeris1559

perpetual almanac?1566

perpetual calendar1577

ephemeris1647

primstaff1662

rim-stock1662

parapegma1671

Poor Robin1708

menologium1709

menologion1727

rune-staff1753

Liberian Calendar1754

parapegm1755

timetable1758

prognosticator1779

Hindu calendar1795

Moore's Almanac1806

Moorea1821

numeral1853

Advent calendar1867

paddywhack almanac1875

paddy1876

Islamic calendar1912

1853 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. ii. ii. 19 The ‘numeral’ was a calendar or directory which told the variations in the canonical hours and in the mass, caused by saints'-days and festivals.

Compounds

numeral card n. [compare French carte numérale playing card without pictures (1868)] = numerical card n. at numerical adj. and n. Compounds; (also) a card displaying an arabic numeral rather than a letter or other image.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card

numerical card1816

numeral card1876

pip card1892

1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 100/1 A pack of tarots consists of seventy-eight cards, four suits of numeral cards and twenty-two emblematic cards.

1996 Canad. Jrnl. Behavioural Sci. (Nexis) 28 If the box contained 8 fish, then the numeral card would have the numeral 8, the analogue card would have 8 coloured dots, and the global card would have a picture of a single fish.

2001 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 7 June 91 Islamic versions of playing cards clearly consisted of 52 cards arranged in four suits, each with 10 numeral cards and three court cards.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	numeral
释义	numeraladj.n. Brit. /ˈnjuːm(ə)rəl/, /ˈnjuːm(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˈn(j)um(ə)rəl/ Forms: Middle English–1600s numerall, Middle English– numeral. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin numeralis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin numeralis expressing or denoting a number or numbers (Priscian, 5th–6th cent.), relating to a number or numbers (early 12th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin numerus (see number n.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Italian numerale (1363), Middle French, French numéral (1475), Spanish numeral (1734), Portuguese numeral (1783).With numeral letters (see quots. at sense A. 1) compare post-classical Latin numerales litterae (early 15th cent. in a British source), French lettres numeralles (1690). With numeral adverbs in quot. 1894 at sense A. 1 compare post-classical Latin adverbia numeralia (a804 in a British source). With numerall proporcioun in quot. c1475 at sense A. 2 compare post-classical Latin numeralis proportio (early 13th cent. in a British source), Middle French proporcion numerale (1475). With sense B. 3 compare post-classical Latin numerale a compendium of theology, organized numerically (late 12th or early 13th cent. in a British source as a work title). N.E.D. (1907) gives only the pronunciation (niū·mĕrăl) /ˈnjuːmərəl/. A. adj. 1. Of letters, figures, words, parts of speech, etc.: expressing or denoting a number or numbers. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [adjective] > other spec. numerala1398 partitivea1398 gentile1542 indefinitive1598 illative1611 integral1668 collective1751 modal1845 parti-generic1939 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective] > written or designated by figures digit1539 numeral1577 numerical1647 numeric1825 figurate1830 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 329^v Þe nombre of fyue is compowned of foure and of oon in stede of a triangle and so it may be schewed of al oþer numeral figure [L. numeralibus] for alway euerych nombre is y-gendred of a triangle figure. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 73 Adjectyves somtyme be formed..of theyr nownes numeralles. 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 17^v A verse wherein the numerall letters shewe the yere of the Lorde. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. liv. f. 177 The houres of the night written..in common numerall letters. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 172 Hee which set downe the nine numerall figures. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xviii. §4. 346 By calling to minde the order of those numerall words. 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus 334 The Digits on the Left Side in Numeral Letters shew the several Roots. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Character Numeral Characters, are those us'd to express Numbers. 1772 Regulations H.M. Service at Sea 24 At the End of the Voyage [the Captain] is to give an Account to the Clerk of the Acts, how many Tickets have been delivered out, with the Numeral Letter and Number by which each is distinguished. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 145 One, a numeral adjective. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 366/2 Distinct numeral characters are found to have existed..among the Chinese, Indians, and Arabs. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 358 The small mark after the T is one of the sigla which it was customary in inscriptions..to put..before and after numeral letters. 1894 W. M. Lindsay Lat. Lang. 408 The Numeral Adverbs from 5 upwards end in -iens or -iēs. 1933 C. D. Buck Compar. Gram. Greek & Latin 73 The wau, koppa, and san, which disappeared from the alphabet, were maintained as numeral signs. 1991 C. B. Boyer & U. C. Merzbach Hist. Math. (ed. 2) xiv. 250 In certain manuscripts of Boethius, however, similar numeral forms, or apices, appear as counters for use on a computing board. 2. Belonging or relating to a number or numbers. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] numeralc1475 numerical1628 numerary1742 c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 1950 (MED) In holy wryt moche thyng ynombred ys..And in thys world eche creature ywys Ys made by numerall proporcioun; Foure elementes, the seuen planettis abouen, These byn dystinct in trew nombre certayn. 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 29 The first difference (forsooth) in our new Crosse is Numerall... It is not the same in number. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 377 Surely the conceit is numerall, and..relateth unto the number of ten. View more context for this quotation 1685 H. More Illustr. Daniel & Revelation 293 Those letters, in their numeral value, make just 666. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Numeral Algebra, is that which makes use of Numbers instead of Letters of the Alphabet. 1827 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) I. 182 Algebraic Fractions have the same names and rules of operation, as numeral fractions in common arithmetic. 1845 B. Thorpe tr. J. M. Lappenberg Hist. Eng. I. 82 Of greater importance..would be the knowledge of the numeral system in use among the Saxons. I am inclined to the belief that the octonary..was the one followed. 1943 C. S. Lewis Abolition of Man iii. 39 Such a reply springs from the fatal serialism of the modern imagination—the image of infinite unilinear progression which so haunts our minds... We tend to think of every process as if it must be like the numeral series. 1986 Christie's Sale Catal.: Bks. from Libr. of M. Boulton 12 Dec. 12 Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt (a few joints with short split, numeral labels worn). 1998 Coin News May 49/2 The numeral value on the front contains microtext LB. †3. Measured, rhythmic. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > having rhythm or proportion mensuralc1570 numerous1589 numeral1610 measurable1614 rhythmica1631 numerose1714 mensurable1776 measured1782 lilting1800 rhythmic-melodic1854 rhythmized1880 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ii. iv. 57 In the feastes of Cybele, was much of this numerall musicke. B. n. 1. a. A word denoting or expressing a number. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > other spec. numeral1530 partitive1530 inclusive1533 gentile1569 illative1591 note1607 collective1751 ordinativea1831 resumptive1832 similative1903 applicative1925 particle1925 adposition1972 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 367 Annotacyons to knowe all maner sortes of numeralles in the Frenche tonge. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. B3 Of Primitiues the numerals are especially worth the noting. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Cardinal numerals, are those which express the number of things. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2234/2 Numerals, in grammar, those words which express numbers. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxii. 406 The kings of England in their order..and then the Kanaka numerals. 1872 R. Morris Hist. Outl. Eng. Accidence 110 Numbers may be considered under their divisions—Cardinal, Ordinal, and Indefinite Numerals. 1964 E. Bach Introd. Transformational Gram. vi. 141 The following Japanese forms (numerals and classifiers). 1977 C. Wagley Welcome of Tears iii. 81 The Tapirapé language only has numerals up to five. 1993 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 38 96 The stranded numeral wisi ‘two’ is a modifier. b. A figure or character (or a group of these) denoting a number. Also used reductively of a person. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [noun] > figure rimeeOE figure?c1225 numberc1300 digit?a1400 digitalc1450 cipher1530 term1552 terminus?a1560 significant figure1614 small figuresa1652 numeral1654 monasa1690 binary digit1796 nomial1828 supplement1868 1654 S. Ward Vindiciæ Academiarum 19 The use of this way with all Symbolicall writers old or new, (Numeralls, Literalls, Algebraicalls..is to discourse..freely without the trouble of words. 1686 R. H. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 68 Marks Methodically disposed like Letters in a Literal, or like Numbers in a Numeral. 1741 J. Wilford Memorials & Characters App. 43 The Figures direct to the Pages of the Book. The Numerals to those of the Appendix. 1758 Gentleman's Mag. 28 56 The Roman numerals..are yet retained in use in some cases. 1811 T. Jefferson Let. 10 Nov. in Writings (1984) 1254 The metrology of the ordinance of Congress of 1786, which for their series below unit adopted the Roman numerals. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 116 These boys are divided into four classes, each denoted by a numeral, worn on a badge upon the arm. 1874 G. J. Whyte-Melville Uncle John xxi It is hardly possible..to conceive how a man loses his own identity [in prison] when he becomes a numeral. 1919 Outing Mar. 315/2 From an old spelling-book he took the English alphabet and numerals, without the least idea of their sound or significance. 1935 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (U.K. ed.) vii. 197 The little clock had no numerals but only squares of metal where the numerals were supposed to be. 1976 M. Gibson Butterfly Ward in R. Sullivan More Stories by Canad. Women (1987) 38 I would simply be a numeral at university, perhaps a clever numeral but a numeral all the same. 1987 Lancaster Guardian 2 Oct. 5/6 New hydrant signs with stick-on numerals are being put up, but they're not a patch on the old ones with their relief figures. †2. A metrical line, a line of verse. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line versec900 staffc1450 line?1566 numeral1605 stich1723 stike- 1605 W. Camden Remaines sig. d1^v Our Poets hath their knacks as young Schollers call them, as Ecchos, Achrostiches, Serpentine verses, Recurrents, Numeralls, &c. †3. Christian Church. A calendar of canonical hours and times of mass. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > specific calendars Gregorian Calendarc1275 Julian Calendarc1275 fastia1387 almanacc1392 prognostication1486 shepherd's calendar1506 ephemeris1559 perpetual almanac?1566 perpetual calendar1577 ephemeris1647 primstaff1662 rim-stock1662 parapegma1671 Poor Robin1708 menologium1709 menologion1727 rune-staff1753 Liberian Calendar1754 parapegm1755 timetable1758 prognosticator1779 Hindu calendar1795 Moore's Almanac1806 Moorea1821 numeral1853 Advent calendar1867 paddywhack almanac1875 paddy1876 Islamic calendar1912 1853 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. ii. ii. 19 The ‘numeral’ was a calendar or directory which told the variations in the canonical hours and in the mass, caused by saints'-days and festivals. Compounds numeral card n. [compare French carte numérale playing card without pictures (1868)] = numerical card n. at numerical adj. and n. Compounds; (also) a card displaying an arabic numeral rather than a letter or other image. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card numerical card1816 numeral card1876 pip card1892 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 100/1 A pack of tarots consists of seventy-eight cards, four suits of numeral cards and twenty-two emblematic cards. 1996 Canad. Jrnl. Behavioural Sci. (Nexis) 28 If the box contained 8 fish, then the numeral card would have the numeral 8, the analogue card would have 8 coloured dots, and the global card would have a picture of a single fish. 2001 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 7 June 91 Islamic versions of playing cards clearly consisted of 52 cards arranged in four suits, each with 10 numeral cards and three court cards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1398
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