numeral
Portuguese, noun/nu.meˈɾaw/
numeral is spelled N-U-M-E-R-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Numeral is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “numeral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “classe de palavras que indica quantidade ou ordem (por exemplo, seis, sexto, sêxtuplo)”.
What does numeral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinenumeral, numeric
noun
- 1
masculinenumeral
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo aos números
noun: 1. classe de palavras que indica quantidade ou ordem (por exemplo, seis, sexto, sêxtuplo) 2. símbolos matemáticos que representam os números (por exemplo, 6, VI)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of numeral
- numerais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce numeral?
- Brazil /nu.meˈɾaw/
- Brazil [nu.meˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /nu.mɨˈɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to numeral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is numeral in Portuguese?
numeral appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).