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natural number

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...}.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A non-negative integer {0, 1, 2, ...}.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: number

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عدد طبيعي (ʕadad ṭabīʕī) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Armenian: բնական թիվ (bnakan tʻiv) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Basque: zenbaki arrunt — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Bulgarian: есте́ствено число́ (estéstveno čisló) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自然數 /自然数 (zìránshù) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Czech: přirozené číslo — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Danish: naturligt tal — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Dutch: natuurlijk getal — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Dutch: naturligt tal — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Finnish: luonnollinen luku — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • French: entier naturel — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • French: nombre naturel — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • French: nombre entier naturel — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Galician: número natural — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Georgian: ბუნებრივი რიცხვი (bunebrivi ricxvi) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • German: natürliche Zahl — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Greek: φυσικός αριθμός (fysikós arithmós) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Hebrew: מספר טבעי (mispár tiv'í) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Hindi: धन पूर्ण संख्या (dhan pūrṇ saṅkhyā) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Hindi: धन पूर्णांक (dhan pūrṇāṅk) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Hindi: प्राकृतिक संख्या (prākŕtik saṅkhyā) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Hindi: प्राकृत संख्या (prākŕt saṅkhyā) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Hungarian: természetes szám — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Icelandic: náttúrleg tala — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Indonesian: bilangan asli — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Italian: numero naturale — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Japanese: 自然数 (shizensū) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Korean: 자연수 (jayeonsu) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Macedonian: природен број (priroden broj) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Malayalam: എണ്ണൽ സംഖ്യ (eṇṇal saṅkhya) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Māori: tau tatau — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Persian: شمارهی طبیعی (šomâre-ye tabi'i) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Persian: عدد طبیعی ('adad-e tabi'i) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Polish: liczba naturalna — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Portuguese: número natural — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Russian: натура́льное число́ (naturálʹnoje čisló) — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Spanish: número natural — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Spanish: número entero no negativo — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Spanish: entero no negativo — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Swedish: naturligt tal — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Tagalog: bilang na likas — positive integer or non-negative integer
  • Arabic: عَدَد طَبِيعِيّ (ʕadad ṭabīʕiyy) — (only) positive integer
  • Bulgarian: ця́ло положи́телно число́ (cjálo položítelno čisló) — (only) positive integer
  • Czech: přirozené číslo — (only) positive integer
  • Danish: positivt heltal — (only) positive integer
  • Esperanto: natura nombro — (only) positive integer
  • Finnish: positiivinen kokonaisluku — (only) positive integer
  • French: entier naturel — (only) positive integer
  • Japanese: 自然数 (shizensū) — (only) positive integer
  • Japanese: 正数 (seisū) — (only) positive integer
  • Persian: عدد طبیعی — (only) positive integer
  • Polish: liczba całkowita dodatnia — (only) positive integer
  • Spanish: número entero positivo — (only) positive integer
  • Spanish: entero positivo — (only) positive integer
  • Tagalog: bilang na panalatag — (only) positive integer
  • Turkish: doğal sayı — (only) positive integer
  • Bulgarian: ця́ло неотрица́телно число́ (cjálo neotricátelno čisló) — (only) non-negative integer
  • Danish: ikke-negativt heltal — (only) non-negative integer
  • Finnish: ei-negatiivinen kokonaisluku — (only) non-negative integer
  • Japanese: 自然数 (shizensū) — (only) non-negative integer
  • Japanese: 非負数 (hifusū) — (only) non-negative integer
  • Polish: liczba całkowita nieujemna — (only) non-negative integer
  • Spanish: número entero no negativo — (only) non-negative integer
  • Spanish: entero no negativo — (only) non-negative integer
  • Tagalog: bilang na likas — (only) non-negative integer
  • Turkish: sayma sayısı — (only) non-negative integer