Phrase guide

transcendental number

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

any irrational number that is not an algebraic number

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

an irrational number that is not algebraic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: irrational number, irrational

Narrower terms: pi, e

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: transsendent ədəd — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Bengali: তুরীয় সংখ্যা (turiẏo śoṅkha) — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 超越數 /超越数 (chāoyuèshù) — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Chuvash: трансцендентлӑ хисеп (transtsendentlă h̬is̬ep) — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Dutch: transcendent getal — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Finnish: transsendenttiluku — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Finnish: transkendenttiluku — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • French: nombre transcendant — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Galician: número transcendente — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Georgian: ტრანსცენდენტური რიცხვი (ṭranscendenṭuri ricxvi) — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • German: transzendente Zahl — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Hindi: प्रागनुभविक संख्या (prāgnubhvik saṅkhyā) — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Hungarian: transzcendens szám — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Icelandic: torræð tala — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Japanese: 超越数 (chōetsusū) — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Kazakh: трансцендент сан (transsendent san) — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Korean: 초월수 (chowolsu) — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Latin: numerus transcendens — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Latin: numerus transcendentalis — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Persian: اعداد متعالی — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Polish: liczba przestępna — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Russian: трансценде́нтное число́ (transcendéntnoje čisló) — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Scots: transcendental nummer — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Serbo-Croatian: transcendentni broj — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Swedish: transcendent tal — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Tagalog: igpawing bilang — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Ukrainian: трансцендентне число (transcendentne čyslo) — irrational nonalgebraic number
  • Welsh: rhif trosgynnol — irrational nonalgebraic number