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denominator

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 N AA1 M AH0 N EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in 1⁄2).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arithmetic

Examples

  • common denominator
  • lowest common denominator

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who gives a name to something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the divisor of a fraction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: divisor

Narrower terms: common denominator

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nōminō Latin dēnōminō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Late Latin dēnōminātorlbor. English denominator Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēnōminātor (“that which names”).

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَاسِم (qāsim) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Arabic: مَقَام (maqām) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Armenian: հայտարար (haytarar) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Azerbaijani: məxrəc — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Belarusian: назо́ўнік (nazównik) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Bulgarian: знамена́тел (znamenátel) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Catalan: denominador — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分母 (fēnmǔ) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Czech: jmenovatel — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Danish: nævner — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Dutch: noemer — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Esperanto: denominatoro — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Esperanto: nomanto — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Finnish: nimittäjä — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • French: dénominateur — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Galician: denominador — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Georgian: მნიშვნელი (mnišvneli) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • German: Nenner — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Greek: παρονομαστής (paronomastís) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Hebrew: מְכַנֶה (mekhané) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Hungarian: nevező — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Icelandic: nefnari — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Indonesian: penyebut — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Irish: ainmneoir — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Italian: denominatore — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Japanese: 分母 (bunbo) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Khmer: ភាគបែង (phiək baeng) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Korean: 분모 (bunmo) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Latin: dēnōminātor — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Lithuanian: vardiklis — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Macedonian: име́нител (iménitel) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Malay: penyebut — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Māori: tauraro — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nevner — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nemnar — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Persian: مخرج (maxraj) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Persian: برخهنام (barxe-nâm) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Polish: mianownik — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Portuguese: denominador — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Romanian: numitor — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Russian: знамена́тель (znamenátelʹ) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Serbo-Croatian: именилац — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Serbo-Croatian: imenilac — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Serbo-Croatian: nazivnik — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Slovak: menovateľ — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Slovene: imenovalec — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Spanish: denominador — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Swedish: nämnare — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Tagalog: pamahagi — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Turkish: payda — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Ukrainian: знаме́нник (znaménnyk) — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Vietnamese: mẫu số — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
  • Vietnamese: mẫu — number or expression written below the line in a fraction
Real reading context

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