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)

1. 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

2. (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)