Phrase guide

composite number

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: prime number

Broader terms: natural number, integer, number

2

noun

Meaning 2

an integer that is divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: number

History

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَدَد غَيْر أَوَّلِيّ (ʕadad ḡayr ʔawwaliyy) — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Armenian: բաղադրյալ թիվ (baġadryal tʻiv) — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合數 /合数 (héshù) — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合成數 /合成数 (héchéngshù) — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Czech: složené číslo — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Dutch: samengesteld getal — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Esperanto: komponita nombro — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Finnish: yhdistetty luku — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • German: zusammengesetzte Zahl — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Hindi: यौगिक संख्या (yaugik saṅkhyā) — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Hungarian: összetett szám — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Icelandic: samsett tala — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Icelandic: þættanleg tala — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Japanese: 合成数 (gōseisū) — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Korean: 합성수 (hapseongsu) — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Māori: tau hiato — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sammensatt tall — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: samansett tal — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Polish: liczba złożona — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Swedish: sammansatt tal — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Tagalog: bilang na pinaglakip — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Turkish: bileşik sayı — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1
  • Ukrainian: скла́дене число́ (skládene čysló) — a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1