adj · noun · verb · 44 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:nŭm'ə
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈnʌmə/
US:nŭm'ər
US:/ˈnʌmɚ/
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nŭmʹbər
/ˈnʌmbər/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈnʌmbə]
Canada, US:[ˈnʌ̟mbɚ]
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Australian:[ˈnɐmbɐ]
Scotland:[ˈnʌmbəɾ]
Northern-England:no͝omʹbər
Northern-England:/ˈnʊmbə/
rhymes with -ʌmbə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:N AH1 M B ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
comparative form of numb: more numb
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparative, form-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Quantity of countable things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time.
There are, in addition to all the red socks, a number that don’t suit me either.
The number of malnourished children has decreased.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
Zero, one, −1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
The number 8 is usually made with a single stroke.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scalar, rime
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
The equation e#123;i#92;pi#125;#43;1#61;0 includes the most important numbers: 1, 0, #92;pi, i, and e.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like No or No). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Followed by a numeral
Examples
Horse number 5 won the race.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Her passport number is C01X864TN.
You can take the number 8 (bus) all the way to the airport.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A telephone number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
Examples
Let's give her a call. Do you have her number handy?
I'm definitely interested. Here's my number. Call me back anytime.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
in English the subject and the verb must agree in number
a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she refused to give them her Social Security number
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: identification number
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: positive identification
Narrower terms: bank identification number, BIN, ABA transit number, license number, registration number, Social Security number, personal identification number, PIN, PIN number
33
noun
Meaning 33
the number is used in calling a particular telephone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he has an unlisted number
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: phone number, telephone number
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: signal, signaling, sign
34
noun
Meaning 34
one of a series published periodically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: issue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: periodical
Narrower terms: edition
35
noun
Meaning 35
a symbol used to represent a number
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he learned to write the numerals before he went to school
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: numeral
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symbol
Narrower terms: Arabic numeral, Hindu numeral, Hindu-Arabic numeral, Roman numeral, antilogarithm, antilog
36
noun
Meaning 36
a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
Narrower terms: recount, miscount, census, total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
42
verb
Meaning 42
give numbers to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
You should number the pages of the thesis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: designate, denominate
Narrower terms: foliate, paginate, page
43
verb
Meaning 43
add up in number or quantity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: total, add up, come, amount
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
Narrower terms: work out, outnumber, average, average out, make
44
verb
Meaning 44
put into a group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: count
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
History
Etymology
From numb (adjective) + -er.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem- Proto-Italic *nomezos Latin numerus Anglo-Norman noumbrebor. Middle English nombre English number Inherited from Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, Old French nombre, from Latin numerus (“number”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to distribute, to give, to take”). Compare Saterland Frisian Nummer, Nuumer, West Frisian nûmer, Dutch nummer (“number”), German Nummer (“number”), Danish nummer (“number”), Swedish nummer (“number”), Icelandic númer (“number”). Displaced Middle English ȝetæl and rime; more at tell, tale and rhyme. Distantly related (via Proto-Indo-European) to obsolete English nim (“to take, seize”) and its Germanic cognates (e.g. German nehmen), hence also to numb.
Equivalent to numb (verb) + -er
Across languages
Translations
795 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
ахыҧхьаӡара
(axəpxjadzara)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Afrikaans:
aantal
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Afrikaans:
getal
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Albanian:
sasi
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Albanian:
numër
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Northern Altai:
тоо
(too)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Northern Altai:
сан
(san)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Southern Altai:
сагыш
(sagïš)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Southern Altai:
сан
(san)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Amharic:
ቁጥር
(ḳuṭr)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Western Apache:
ndee biyáti'
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Arabic:
عَدَد
(ʕadad)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Arabic:
نمرة
(nimra)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Arabic:
رقِم
(ragim)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Arabic:
رقَم
(ragam)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Arabic:
رقم
(raqm)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Arabic:
نمرة
(namra)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Aragonese:
lumero
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Armenian:
թիվ
(tʻiv)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Old Armenian:
թիւ
(tʻiw)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Assamese:
সংখ্যা
(xoṅkhya)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Asturian:
númberu
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Azerbaijani:
say
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Azerbaijani:
rəqəm
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Azerbaijani:
ədəd
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Azerbaijani:
nömrə
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Azerbaijani:
şümarə
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Bashkir:
һан
(han)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Basque:
zenbaki
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Belarusian:
лік
(lik)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Bengali:
সংখ্যা
(śoṅkha)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Bengali:
নম্বর
(nombor)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Bengali:
অঙ্ক
(oṅko)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Bislama:
namba
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Breton:
niver
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Bulgarian:
число́
(čisló)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Burmese:
နံပါတ်
(nampat)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Burmese:
ဂဏန်း
(ga.nan:)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Buryat:
тоо
(too)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Carpathian Rusyn:
чісло́
(čisló)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Catalan:
nombre
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Cebuano:
numero
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Cebuano:
gidaghanon
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Chinese:
фур
(fur)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Chinese:
фурму
(furmu)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Chinese Mandarin:
數 /数
(shù)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Chinese Mandarin:
數目 /数目
(shùmù)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Chinese Mandarin:
數字 /数字
(shùzì)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Cornish:
niver
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Czech:
číslo
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Danish:
tal
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Central Dusun:
numbul
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Dutch:
aantal
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Dutch:
hoeveelheid
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Elfdalian:
tal
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Esperanto:
nombro
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Estonian:
arv
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Farefare:
nimõrɔ
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Finnish:
luku
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
French:
nombre
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
French:
numéro
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Old French:
nombre
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Old Frisian:
rīm
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Friulian:
numar
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Fula:
𞤀𞤣𞤢𞤣𞤵
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Fula:
𞤫𞤥𞥆𞤦𞤫𞤪𞤫
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Fula:
adadu
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Fula:
emmbere
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Galician:
número
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Georgian:
რიცხვი
(ricxvi)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
German:
Zahl
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Old High German:
rīm
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Gothic:
𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐍉
(raþjō)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Greek:
αριθμός
(arithmós)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Greek:
πλήθος
(plíthos)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Ancient Greek:
ἀριθμός
(arithmós)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Greenlandic:
kisitsit
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Gujarati:
નંબર
(nambar)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Haitian Creole:
nonm
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Hawaiian:
helu
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Hebrew:
מִסְפָּר
(mispár)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Hiligaynon:
isip
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Hindi:
संख्या
(saṅkhyā)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Hindi:
अंक
(aṅk)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Hungarian:
szám
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Icelandic:
tala
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Ida'an:
lumbur
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Ido:
nombro
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Indonesian:
angka
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Indonesian:
bilangan
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Ingrian:
cisla
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Interlingua:
numero
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Irish:
uimhir
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Italian:
numero
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Japanese:
数
(kazu)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Japanese:
数字
(sūji)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Javanese:
wilangan
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Old Javanese:
wilaṅ
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Jeju:
수정
(sujeong)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Karachay-Balkar:
сан
(san)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Karaim:
сан
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Kazakh:
сан
(san)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Kazakh:
нөмір
(nömır)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Khakas:
сан
(san)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Khmer:
លេខ
(leek)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Korean:
숫자
(sutja)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Korean:
수
(su)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Krymchak:
сан
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Central Kurdish:
ژِمارە
(jimare)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Northern Kurdish:
hejmar
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Northern Kurdish:
jimare
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Kyrgyz:
сан
(san)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Ladin:
numer
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Ladino:
número
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Lao:
ເລກ
(lēk)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Latin:
numerus
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Latvian:
skaitlis
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Lithuanian:
skaičius
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Livonian:
lug
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Luxembourgish:
Zuel
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Macedonian:
број
(broj)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Malay:
nombor
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Malay:
angka
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Malay:
bilangan
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Brunei Malay:
numbur
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Malayalam:
സംഖ്യ
(saṅkhya)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Maltese:
numru
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Manchu:
ᡨᠣᠨ
(ton)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Manx:
earroo
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Mauritian Creole:
nimero
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Mirandese:
númaro
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Mongolian:
тоо
(too)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Mongolian:
ᠲᠣᠭᠠ
(toɣ-a)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Navajo:
námboo
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Navajo:
ánéeltʼeʼ
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Navajo:
ákwíígíí
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Navajo:
nóomba
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Nepali:
संख्या
(saṅkhyā)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Nepali:
अंक
(aṅka)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Nogai:
сан
(san)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Norwegian Bokmål:
antall
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Norwegian Bokmål:
tall
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tal
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Occitan:
nombre
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Odia:
ସଂଖ୍ୟା
(saṅkhyā)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Old English:
rīm
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Old English:
tæl
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Pali:
gaṇanā
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Papiamentu:
number
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Pashto:
رقم
(raqam)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Pashto:
عدد
('adad)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Pashto:
نمره
(nomra)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Dari:
شُمَارَه
(šumāra)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Dari:
رَقَم
(raqam)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Dari:
عَدَد
(adad)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Iranian Persian:
شُمارِه
(šomâre)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Iranian Persian:
رَقَم
(raġam)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Iranian Persian:
عَدَد
(adad)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Iranian Persian:
نُمْرِه
(nomre)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Piedmontese:
nùmer
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Polish:
liczba
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Portuguese:
número
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Quechua:
yupay
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Rabha:
জায়
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Romanian:
număr
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Romansh:
numer
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Romansh:
nomer
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Russian:
число́
(čisló)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Inari-Sami:
nummeer
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Northern Sami:
lohku
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Northern Sami:
tálla
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Sanskrit:
संख्या
(saṃkhyā)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Sardinian:
númeru
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Sardinian:
númunu
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Scottish Gaelic:
àireamh
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Serbo-Croatian:
бро̑ј
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Serbo-Croatian:
чи́сло
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Serbo-Croatian:
brȏj
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Serbo-Croatian:
číslo
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Seychellois Creole:
nimero
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Shor:
сан
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Sicilian:
nummuru
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Sicilian:
nùmmuru
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Sindhi:
اَن٘کُ
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Sindhi:
अंगु
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Sinhalese:
ගණන
(gaṇana)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Sinhalese:
අංක
(aṁka)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Slovak:
číslo
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Slovene:
število
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Lower Sorbian:
cysło
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Lower Sorbian:
numer
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Upper Sorbian:
ličba
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Upper Sorbian:
čisło
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Spanish:
número
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Spanish:
guarismo
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Sundanese:
ᮝᮤᮜᮍᮔ᮪
(wilangan)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Swahili:
nambari
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Swahili:
namba
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Swedish:
tal
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tagalog:
bilang
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tajik:
рақам
(raqam)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tajik:
адад
(adad)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tajik:
шумора
(šumora)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tamil:
எண்
(eṇ)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tarantino:
numere
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tatar:
сан
(san)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tausug:
taud
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tausug:
umbul
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Telugu:
సంఖ్య
(saṅkhya)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Thai:
จํานวน
(jam-nuuan)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Thai:
เลข
(lêek)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tibetan:
གྲངས་ཀ
(grangs ka)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tigrinya:
ቍጽሪ
(ḳwəṣri)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tofa:
сан
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Turkish:
sayı
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Turkish:
rakam
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Turkish:
adet
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Ottoman Turkish:
سایی
(sayı)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Ottoman Turkish:
عدد
(aded)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Turkmen:
san
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Tuvan:
сан
(san)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Ukrainian:
число́
(čysló)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Urdu:
عَدَد
('adad)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Urdu:
تَعْداد
(ta'dād)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Uyghur:
رەقەم
(reqem)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Uyghur:
سان
(san)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Uzbek:
raqam
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Uzbek:
son
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Venetan:
nùmaro
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Vietnamese:
số
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Volapük:
numat
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Welsh:
rhif
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Yakan:
umbul
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Yiddish:
נומער
(numer)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Yiddish:
צאָל
(tsol)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Yoruba:
nọ́ḿbà
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Yoruba:
òǹkà
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Yucatec Maya:
xook
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Yucatec Maya:
xookol
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Zazaki:
amor (diq)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Zazaki:
amar (diq)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Zazaki:
reqem (diq)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Zazaki:
ambar (diq)
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Zhuang:
cihsoq
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Zhuang:
susw
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Zhuang:
soqcih
— abstract entity used to describe quantity
Zhuang:
soqmoeg
— abstract entity used to describe quantity