minus sign

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53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَاقَص (nāqaṣ) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Armenian: մինուս (minus) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Azerbaijani: minus — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Azerbaijani: çıxma — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Azerbaijani: çıxma işarəsi — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Belarusian: мі́нус (mínus) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Bulgarian: ми́нус (mínus) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Burmese: အနုတ်လက္ခဏာ (a.nutlakhka.na) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Chinese Mandarin: 負號 /负号 (fùhào) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Chinese Mandarin: 減號 /减号 (jiǎnhào) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Czech: mínus — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Dutch: minteken — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Esperanto: minus-signo — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Estonian: miinusmärk — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Finnish: miinusmerkki — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• French: signe moins — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Georgian: მინუსი (minusi) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• German: Minuszeichen — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Greek: πλην (plin) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Hungarian: mínuszjel — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Icelandic: mínusmerki — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Icelandic: mínus — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Italian: segno meno — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Japanese: マイナス (mainasu) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Japanese: マイナス記号 (mainasu kigō) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Korean: 마이너스 (maineoseu) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Korean: 미누스 (minuseu) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Macedonian: минус (minus) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Norman: mains — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Norwegian Bokmål: minustegn — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Norwegian Nynorsk: minusteikn — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Persian: علامت منها ('alâmat-e menhâ) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Polish: minus — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Portuguese: sinal de menos — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Portuguese: menos — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Portuguese: negativo — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Romanian: semn minus — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Russian: ми́нус (mínus) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Russian: знак ми́нус (znak mínus) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Spanish: signo menos — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Spanish: negativo — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Swahili: alama ya kutoa — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Swedish: minustecken — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Swedish: minus — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Tagalog: tandang bawas — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Tagalog: tanda ng palabawasan — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Tajik: аломати тарҳ (alomat-i tarh) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Telugu: ఋణసంజ్ఞ (r̥ṇasañjña) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Thai: เครื่องหมายลบ (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-lóp) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Turkish: eksi işareti — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Ukrainian: мі́нус (mínus) — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Vietnamese: dấu âm — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
• Welsh: arwydd minws — symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative