Arabic numeral

English

Alternative forms

arabic numeral (US)

Etymology

A calque of Medieval Latin numerus Arabicus, from its gradual adoption in Europe from Arabic sources.

Noun

Arabic numeral (plural Arabic numerals)

A number represented using an Indian and Arabic system involving the symbols 1, 2, 3, etc. [1727]
Synonyms: Hindu numeral, Hindu-Arabic numeral, Indo-Arabic numeral
(in the plural) The system using such numerals, now employed throughout the world.

Hyponyms

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

Translations

any of the ten symbols from 0 through 9

Bengali: আরবি সংখ্যা (arobi śoṅkha)
Catalan: xifra aràbiga f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿拉伯數字／阿拉伯数字 (aa³ laai¹ baak³ sou³ zi⁶), 阿拉伯數目字／阿拉伯数目字 (aa³ laai¹ baak³ sou³ muk⁶ zi⁶)

Hokkien: 番仔碼子／番仔码子 (hoan-á-bé-chí)

Mandarin: 阿拉伯數字／阿拉伯数字 (zh) (Ālābó shùzì)
Crimean Tatar: arap raqamı
Danish: arabertal n
Dutch: Arabisch cijfer n
Esperanto: Eŭropa cifero, araba cifero
Finnish: arabialainen numero
French: chiffre arabe (fr) m
Georgian: არაბული ციფრები (arabuli ciprebi), არაბული ციფრი (arabuli cipri)
German: indisch-arabische Ziffer f, arabische Ziffer f
Hungarian: arab szám (hu)
Irish: uimhir Arabach f
Italian: numero arabo (it) m
Japanese: アラビア数字 (ja) (Arabia sūji)
Kazakh: араб саны (arab sany)
Kyrgyz: араб саны (arab sanı)
Latin: numerus Arabicus m
Polish: cyfra arabska f
Portuguese: algarismo arábico (pt) m, algarismo (pt) m
Romanian: cifră arabă (ro)
Russian: ара́бская ци́фра f (arábskaja cífra)
Scottish Gaelic: figear Arabach m
Spanish: número arábigo m
Swedish: arabisk siffra (sv) c
Ukrainian: ара́бська ци́фра (arábsʹka cýfra)

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