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Roman numeral

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A numeral represented using a Roman system involving the letters I, V, X, L, C, D, and M.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The system using such letters.

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Usage: in-plural

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noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of Roman numeral.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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noun

Meaning 4

a symbol in the old Roman notation; I,V,X,L,C,D,M represent 1,5,10,50,100,500,1000 respectively in Arabic notation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: Arabic numeral

Broader terms: numeral, number

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Across languages

Translations

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: numër romak — numeral represented by letters
  • Arabic: رَقْم رُومَانِيّ (raqm rūmāniyy) — numeral represented by letters
  • Armenian: հռոմեական թիվ (hṙomeakan tʻiv) — numeral represented by letters
  • Asturian: númberu romanu — numeral represented by letters
  • Azerbaijani: Rum rəqəmi — numeral represented by letters
  • Belarusian: ры́мская лі́чба (rýmskaja líčba) — numeral represented by letters
  • Belarusian: ры́мская цы́фра (rýmskaja cýfra) — numeral represented by letters
  • Bengali: রোমান সংখ্যা (rōman śoṅkha) — numeral represented by letters
  • Bulgarian: ри́мска ци́фра (rímska cífra) — numeral represented by letters
  • Burmese: ရောမဂဏန်း (rau:ma.ga.nan:) — numeral represented by letters
  • Catalan: xifra romana — numeral represented by letters
  • Chinese Cantonese: 羅馬數字 /罗马数字 (lo4 maa5 sou3 zi6) — numeral represented by letters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬數字 /罗马数字 (Luómǎ shùzì) — numeral represented by letters
  • Czech: římská číslice — numeral represented by letters
  • Danish: romertal — numeral represented by letters
  • Dutch: Romeins cijfer — numeral represented by letters
  • Estonian: Rooma number — numeral represented by letters
  • Faroese: rómartal — numeral represented by letters
  • Finnish: roomalainen numero — numeral represented by letters
  • French: chiffre romain — numeral represented by letters
  • Galician: número romano — numeral represented by letters
  • Georgian: რომაული ციფრი (romauli cipri) — numeral represented by letters
  • German: römische Ziffer — numeral represented by letters
  • Greek: ρωμαϊκός αριθμητικό (romaïkós arithmitikó) — numeral represented by letters
  • Hebrew: ספרה רומית (sifrá romít) — numeral represented by letters
  • Hindi: रोमन अंक (roman aṅk) — numeral represented by letters
  • Hungarian: római szám — numeral represented by letters
  • Icelandic: rómverskir tölustafir — numeral represented by letters
  • Icelandic: rómversk tala — numeral represented by letters
  • Indonesian: angka Romawi — numeral represented by letters
  • Irish: uimhir Rómhánach — numeral represented by letters
  • Italian: numero romano — numeral represented by letters
  • Japanese: ローマ数字 (Rōma sūji) — numeral represented by letters
  • Kazakh: Рим саны (Rim sany) — numeral represented by letters
  • Khmer: លេខរ៉ូម៉ាំង — numeral represented by letters
  • Korean: 로마 숫자 (roma sutja) — numeral represented by letters
  • Korean: 로마 수자 (roma suja) — numeral represented by letters
  • Kyrgyz: Рим цифрасы (Rim tsifrası) — numeral represented by letters
  • Ladino: numero romano — numeral represented by letters
  • Lao: ຕົວເລກໂລມັນ (tūa lēk lō man) — numeral represented by letters
  • Lao: ຕົວເລກໂຣມັນ (tūa lēk rō man) — numeral represented by letters
  • Latvian: romiešu skaitlis — numeral represented by letters
  • Lithuanian: romėniškas skaitmuo — numeral represented by letters
  • Macedonian: римска бројка (rimska brojka) — numeral represented by letters
  • Macedonian: римски број (rimski broj) — numeral represented by letters
  • Malay: angka Rumi — numeral represented by letters
  • Maltese: numru Ruman — numeral represented by letters
  • Mongolian: ром цифр (rom cifr) — numeral represented by letters
  • Norwegian Bokmål: romertall — numeral represented by letters
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: romartal — numeral represented by letters
  • Iranian Persian: رَقَمِ رومی (raġam-e rumi) — numeral represented by letters
  • Iranian Persian: عَدَدِ رومی (adad-e rumi) — numeral represented by letters
  • Polish: cyfra rzymska — numeral represented by letters
  • Portuguese: número romano — numeral represented by letters
  • Romanian: cifră romană — numeral represented by letters
  • Russian: ри́мская ци́фра (rímskaja cífra) — numeral represented by letters
  • Serbo-Croatian: римска бројка — numeral represented by letters
  • Serbo-Croatian: римски број — numeral represented by letters
  • Serbo-Croatian: rimska brojka — numeral represented by letters
  • Serbo-Croatian: rimski broj — numeral represented by letters
  • Slovak: rímska číslica — numeral represented by letters
  • Slovene: rimska številka — numeral represented by letters
  • Spanish: número romano — numeral represented by letters
  • Swedish: romersk siffra — numeral represented by letters
  • Tagalog: pamilang na Romano — numeral represented by letters
  • Tajik: рақами румӣ (raqam-i rumi) — numeral represented by letters
  • Tajik: адади румӣ (adad-i rumi) — numeral represented by letters
  • Thai: ตัวเลขโรมัน (dtuua-lêek-roo-man) — numeral represented by letters
  • Turkish: Roma rakamı — numeral represented by letters
  • Turkmen: Rim sany — numeral represented by letters
  • Ukrainian: ри́мська ци́фра (rýmsʹka cýfra) — numeral represented by letters
  • Urdu: رومَن عَدَد — numeral represented by letters
  • Uyghur: رىم رەقەم (rim reqem) — numeral represented by letters
  • Uzbek: Rim raqami — numeral represented by letters
  • Vietnamese: số La Mã — numeral represented by letters
  • Welsh: rhifolyn Rhufeinig — numeral represented by letters