Standard Lemma guide

digit

noun · verb · 13 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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  • dĭ'jĭt
  • /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/
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  • rhymes with -ɪdʒɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH1 JH AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D IH1 JH IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • The base-10 number 123.4 has four digits: the hundreds digit is 1, the tens digit is 2, the units digit is 3, and the tenths digit is 4.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: place, figure

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • Hexadecimal numeration (Base sixteen) includes the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 but also A (=10 decimal), B, C, D, E, and F. Sixteen itself is written as the two-digit number 10.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

1⁄12 the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, units-of-measure

Examples

  • A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: finger

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of 1⁄16 foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: units-of-measure

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: finger, fingerbreadth, fingersbreadth

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Synonym of inch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: units-of-measure

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inch

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Synonym of degree: 1⁄360 of a circle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, rare

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: degree

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Synonym of manicule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: manicule

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To point at or point out with the finger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dactyl

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: extremity, appendage, member

Narrower terms: minimus, finger, toe

12

noun

Meaning 12

the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: linear unit, linear measure

13

noun

Meaning 13

one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 0 and 1 are digits

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: figure

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: integer, whole number

Narrower terms: binary digit, octal digit, decimal digit, duodecimal digit, hexadecimal digit, significant digit, significant figure, zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher, one, 1, I, ace, single, unity, two, 2, II, deuce, three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace, four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe, five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe, six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad, seven, 7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet, septenary, eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet, nine, 9, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead

History

Etymology

From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a finger; a number”). Doublet of digitus and dedo.

Across languages

Translations

159 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hebrew: סִפְרָה (sifrá) — place in a positional number system
  • Russian: разряд (razrjad) — place in a positional number system
  • Russian: позиция (pozicija) — place in a positional number system
  • Russian: место (mesto) — place in a positional number system
  • Russian: числовой разряд (čislovoj razrjad) — place in a positional number system
  • Russian: знакоместо (znakomesto) — place in a positional number system
  • Tibetan: གྲངས་གནས Literally (grangs gnas) — place in a positional number system
  • Tibetan: “number-place” — place in a positional number system
  • Arabic: رَقْم (raqm) — numeral
  • Armenian: թվանշան (tʻvanšan) — numeral
  • Azerbaijani: rəqəm — numeral
  • Belarusian: цы́фра (cýfra) — numeral
  • Belarusian: лі́чба (líčba) — numeral
  • Bulgarian: ци́фра (cífra) — numeral
  • Burmese: ဂဏန်း (ga.nan:) — numeral
  • Catalan: xifra — numeral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數字 /数字 (shùzì) — numeral
  • Czech: číslice — numeral
  • Danish: ciffer — numeral
  • Dutch: cijfer — numeral
  • Esperanto: cifero — numeral
  • Finnish: numero — numeral
  • French: chiffre — numeral
  • German: Ziffer — numeral
  • German: Stelle — numeral
  • Greek: ψηφίο (psifío) — numeral
  • Greek: αριθμός (arithmós) — numeral
  • Hebrew: סִפְרָה (sifrá) — numeral
  • Hungarian: számjegy — numeral
  • Icelandic: tala — numeral
  • Icelandic: tölustafur — numeral
  • Ido: cifro — numeral
  • Indonesian: digit — numeral
  • Indonesian: angka — numeral
  • Ingrian: tsifra — numeral
  • Interlingua: digito — numeral
  • Interlingua: cifra — numeral
  • Irish: figiúr — numeral
  • Italian: cifra — numeral
  • Japanese: 数字 (sūji) — numeral
  • Khmer: លេខ (leek) — numeral
  • Khmer: ខ្ទង់ (khtŭəng) — numeral
  • Korean: 숫자 (sutja) — numeral
  • Kyrgyz: санарип (sanarip) — numeral
  • Lao: ເລກ (lēk) — numeral
  • Macedonian: цифра (cifra) — numeral
  • Malayalam: അക്കം (akkaṁ) — numeral
  • Manx: bun-earroo — numeral
  • Māori: mati — numeral
  • Middle English: digit — numeral
  • Norwegian Bokmål: siffer — numeral
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: siffer — numeral
  • Persian: رقم (raqam) — numeral
  • Polish: cyfra — numeral
  • Portuguese: dígito — numeral
  • Portuguese: algarismo — numeral
  • Romanian: cifră — numeral
  • Russian: ци́фра (cífra) — numeral
  • Scottish Gaelic: figear — numeral
  • Serbo-Croatian: znamenka — numeral
  • Serbo-Croatian: цифра — numeral
  • Serbo-Croatian: cifra — numeral
  • Slovak: číslica — numeral
  • Slovene: številka — numeral
  • Slovene: števka — numeral
  • Spanish: dígito — numeral
  • Spanish: cifra — numeral
  • Spanish: guarismo — numeral
  • Spanish: letra de guarismo — numeral
  • Swedish: siffra — numeral
  • Tagalog: tambilang — numeral
  • Tajik: рақам (raqam) — numeral
  • Telugu: అంకె (aṅke) — numeral
  • Thai: เลข (lêek) — numeral
  • Tibetan: ཨང་ཀི (ang ki) — numeral
  • Turkish: rakam — numeral
  • Ukrainian: ци́фра (cýfra) — numeral
  • Vietnamese: chữ số — numeral
  • Egyptian: Dba (ḏbꜥ) — unit of length
  • French: doigt — unit of length
  • Hungarian: ujj — unit of length
  • Latin: digitus — unit of length
  • Middle English: fynger — unit of length
  • Persian: انگشت — unit of length
  • Portuguese: dedo — unit of length
  • Spanish: dedo — unit of length
  • Arabic: إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ) — finger or toe
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܸܒܥܬܵܐ (ṣibʿta) — finger or toe
  • Armenian: մատ (mat) — finger or toe
  • Belarusian: па́лец (páljec) — finger or toe
  • Bengali: আঙুল (aṅul) — finger or toe
  • Bengali: হাতের আঙুল (hater aṅul) — finger or toe
  • Bengali: পায়ের আঙুল (paẏer aṅul) — finger or toe
  • Bulgarian: пръст (prǎst) — finger or toe
  • Burmese: လက်ချောင်း (lakhkyaung:) — finger or toe
  • Catalan: dit — finger or toe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手指 (shǒuzhǐ) — finger or toe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腳趾 /脚趾 (jiǎozhǐ) — finger or toe
  • Czech: prst — finger or toe
  • Danish: finger — finger or toe
  • Danish: tå — finger or toe
  • Dolgan: чөмүйэ (çömüye) — finger or toe
  • Dutch: vinger — finger or toe
  • Dutch: teen — finger or toe
  • Egyptian: Dba (ḏbꜥ) — finger or toe
  • Esperanto: fingro — finger or toe
  • Finnish: sormi — finger or toe
  • Finnish: varvas — finger or toe
  • French: doigt — finger or toe
  • French: orteil — finger or toe
  • Galician: dedo — finger or toe
  • German: Finger — finger or toe
  • German: Zeh — finger or toe
  • Greek: δάκτυλο (dáktylo) — finger or toe
  • Ancient Greek: δάκτυλος (dáktulos) — finger or toe
  • Hungarian: ujj — finger or toe
  • Indonesian: jari — finger or toe
  • Interlingua: digito — finger or toe
  • Japanese: 指 (yubi) — finger or toe
  • Khmer: ម្រាម (mriəm) — finger or toe
  • Korean: 손가락 (son'garak) — finger or toe
  • Korean: 발가락 (balgarak) — finger or toe
  • Lao: ນີ້ວ (nīu) — finger or toe
  • Latin: digitus — finger or toe
  • Macedonian: прст (prst) — finger or toe
  • Malay: jari — finger or toe
  • Manchu: ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (simhun) — finger or toe
  • Manchu: ᡧᡠᠮᡥᡠᠨ (šumhun) — finger or toe
  • Māori: mati — finger or toe
  • Norwegian: finger — finger or toe
  • Norwegian: tå — finger or toe
  • Church Slavic: прьстъ (prĭstŭ) — finger or toe
  • Church Slavic: ⱂⱃⱐⱄⱅⱏ (prĭstŭ) — finger or toe
  • Old East Slavic: пальць (palĭcĭ) — finger or toe
  • Old East Slavic: пьрстъ (pĭrstŭ) — finger or toe
  • Persian: انگشت (angošt) — finger or toe
  • Polish: palec — finger or toe
  • Portuguese: dígito — finger or toe
  • Portuguese: dedo — finger or toe
  • Romanian: deget — finger or toe
  • Russian: па́лец (pálec) — finger or toe
  • Russian: перст (perst) — finger or toe
  • Sanskrit: अङ्गुली (aṅgulī) — finger or toe
  • Sanskrit: अङ्गुरि (aṅguri) — finger or toe
  • Serbo-Croatian: пр̏ст — finger or toe
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȑst — finger or toe
  • Slovak: prst — finger or toe
  • Slovene: prst — finger or toe
  • Spanish: dedo — finger or toe
  • Swedish: finger — finger or toe
  • Swedish: tå — finger or toe
  • Thai: นิ้ว (níu) — finger or toe
  • Turkish: parmak — finger or toe
  • Ukrainian: па́лець (pálecʹ) — finger or toe
  • Vietnamese: ngón — finger or toe
  • Walloon: doet — finger or toe
  • Walloon: årtea — finger or toe
  • Walloon: doye — finger or toe
  • Yakut: тарбах (tarbaq) — finger or toe
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