Phrase guide

decimal number

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A number expressed in a decimal system (base ten), (particularly) fractional numbers so represented.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • 13+1⁄4 is 13.25 as a decimal number.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: десети́чно число́ (desetíčno čisló) — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Catalan: decimal — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 十進制數 /十进制数 (shíjìnzhì shù) — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Czech: číslo v desítkové soustavě — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Danish: decimaltal — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Dutch: decimaal — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Finnish: desimaaliluku — number expressed in the decimal system
  • French: nombre décimal — number expressed in the decimal system
  • German: Dezimalzahl — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Greek: δεκαδικός (dekadikós) — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Hindi: दशमलव (daśamlav) — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Icelandic: tugabrot — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Irish: deachúil — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Japanese: 十進数 (jisshinsū) — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Khmer: ទសភាគ (tŭəh phiək) — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Korean: 십진수 (sipjinsu) — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Korean: 소수 (sosu) — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Norwegian Bokmål: desimaltall — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: desimaltal — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Polish: liczba dziesiętna — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Portuguese: decimal — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Romanian: număr zecimal — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Russian: десяти́чное число́ (desjatíčnoje čisló) — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Scottish Gaelic: deicheamh — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Serbo-Croatian: децимални број — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Serbo-Croatian: decimalni broj — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Swedish: decimaltal — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Welsh: degolyn — number expressed in the decimal system
  • Welsh: degol — number expressed in the decimal system