Phrase guide

plus sign

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The symbol + used to denote the operation of addition, to indicate that a number is positive, and so on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arithmetic

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a sign indicating the operation of addition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sign

History

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَلَامَة زَائِد — mathematical symbol
  • Arabic: عَلَامَةُ جَمْع (ʕalāmatu jamʕ) — mathematical symbol
  • Armenian: պլյուս (plyus) — mathematical symbol
  • Azerbaijani: üstəgəl — mathematical symbol
  • Belarusian: плюс (pljus) — mathematical symbol
  • Bulgarian: плюс (pljus) — mathematical symbol
  • Burmese: အပေါင်းလက္ခဏာ (a.paung:lakhka.na) — mathematical symbol
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加號 /加号 (jiāhào) — mathematical symbol
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正號 /正号 (zhènghào) — mathematical symbol
  • Danish: plustegn — mathematical symbol
  • Dutch: plusteken — mathematical symbol
  • Esperanto: plus-signo — mathematical symbol
  • Finnish: plusmerkki — mathematical symbol
  • French: signe plus — mathematical symbol
  • French: plus — mathematical symbol
  • Georgian: პლუსი (ṗlusi) — mathematical symbol
  • German: Additionszeichen — mathematical symbol
  • German: Pluszeichen — mathematical symbol
  • Greek: συν (syn) — mathematical symbol
  • Hungarian: összeadásjel — mathematical symbol
  • Hungarian: pluszjel — mathematical symbol
  • Italian: segno più — mathematical symbol
  • Japanese: プラス記号 (purasu kigō) — mathematical symbol
  • Japanese: プラス (purasu) — mathematical symbol
  • Korean: 플러스 (peulleoseu) — mathematical symbol
  • Korean: 쁠류스 (ppeullyuseu) — mathematical symbol
  • Latin: signum additionis — mathematical symbol
  • Macedonian: плус (plus) — mathematical symbol
  • Navajo: ałná sitánii — mathematical symbol
  • Norman: pus — mathematical symbol
  • Norwegian Bokmål: plusstegn — mathematical symbol
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: plussteikn — mathematical symbol
  • Persian: علامت جمع ('alâmat-e jam') — mathematical symbol
  • Polish: plus — mathematical symbol
  • Portuguese: sinal de mais — mathematical symbol
  • Russian: знак плюс (znak pljus) — mathematical symbol
  • Russian: плюс (pljus) — mathematical symbol
  • Sanskrit: आधिक (ādhika) — mathematical symbol
  • Spanish: signo más — mathematical symbol
  • Swahili: alama ya kujumlisha — mathematical symbol
  • Swedish: plustecken — mathematical symbol
  • Tagalog: tandang dagdag — mathematical symbol
  • Tagalog: tanda ng palaragdagan — mathematical symbol
  • Tajik: аломати ҷамъ (alomat-i jam') — mathematical symbol
  • Telugu: ధనసంజ్ఞ (dhanasañjña) — mathematical symbol
  • Turkish: artı işareti — mathematical symbol
  • Ukrainian: плюс (pljus) — mathematical symbol
  • Vietnamese: dấu cộng — mathematical symbol
  • Welsh: arwydd plws — mathematical symbol
  • Welsh: plws — mathematical symbol