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.
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Pronunciation
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no͞oʹ-mər-ā'-tər
/ˈnuː.məɹˌeɪ̯.təɹ/
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rhymes with -uːməɹeɪtə(ɹ)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (such as 1 in 1⁄2).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arithmetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nominator
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An enumerator; someone who counts.
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 dividend 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: dividend
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin numerātor.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بَسْط
(basṭ)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Armenian:
համարիչ
(hamaričʻ)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Azerbaijani:
surət
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Belarusian:
лі́чнік
(líčnik)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Bulgarian:
числи́тел
(čislítel)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Catalan:
numerador
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Chinese Mandarin:
分子
(fēnzǐ)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Czech:
čitatel
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Danish:
tæller
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Dutch:
teller
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Esperanto:
numeratoro
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Finnish:
osoittaja
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
French:
numérateur
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Galician:
numerador
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
German:
Zähler
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Greek:
αριθμητής
(arithmitís)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Hebrew:
מונה
(moné)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Hungarian:
számláló
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Icelandic:
teljari
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Indonesian:
pembilang
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Japanese:
分子
(bunshi)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Khmer:
ភាគយក
(phiək yɔɔk)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Korean:
분자
(bunja)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Lithuanian:
skaitiklis
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Macedonian:
бро́ител
(bróitel)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Malay:
pengangka
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Māori:
taurunga
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Norwegian Bokmål:
teller
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Norwegian Nynorsk:
teljar
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Pannonian Rusyn:
чишлїтель
(čišljitelʹ)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Persian:
صورت
(surat)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Persian:
برخهشمار
(barxe-šomâr)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Polish:
licznik
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Portuguese:
numerador
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Romanian:
numărător
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Russian:
числи́тель
(čislítelʹ)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Serbo-Croatian:
бројник
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Serbo-Croatian:
бројилац
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Serbo-Croatian:
brojnik
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Serbo-Croatian:
brojilac
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Slovak:
čitateľ
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Slovene:
števec
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Spanish:
numerador
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Swedish:
täljare
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Tagalog:
panakda
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Tamil:
தொகுதி
(tokuti)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Tamil:
தொகுதியெண்
(tokutiyeṇ)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Turkish:
pay
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Ukrainian:
чисе́льник
(čysélʹnyk)
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Vietnamese:
tử số
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Vietnamese:
tử thức
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
Vietnamese:
tử
— number or expression written above the line in a fraction
