numerator

English

Etymology

FromLate Latinnumerātor.

Pronunciation

• enPR:no͞oʹ-mər-ā'-tər,IPA^(key):/ˈnuː.məɹ.ˌeɪ̯.təɹ/

• Audio(Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-uːməɹeɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

numerator(pluralnumerators)

1. (arithmetic)Thenumberorexpressionwritten above the line in afraction(such as 1 in ½).

   Synonym:(obsolete)nominator

   Coordinate term:denominator

2. Anenumerator;someone whocounts.

Translations

number or expression written above the line in a fraction

• Arabic:بَسْط(ar)m(basṭ)
• Armenian:համարիչ(hy)(hamaričʻ)
• Belarusian:лі́чнікm(líčnik)
• Bulgarian:числи́тел(bg)m(čislítel)
• Catalan:numeradorm
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Phần tử(zh)(fēnzǐ)

• Czech:čitatel(cs)m
• Danish:tæller(da)c
• Dutch:teller(nl)m
• Finnish:osoittaja(fi)
• French:numérateur(fr)m
• Galician:numeradorm
• German:Zähler(de)m
• Greek:αριθμητής(el)m(arithmitís)
• Hebrew:מונהm(moné)
• Hungarian:számláló(hu)
• Icelandic:teljarim
• Indonesian:pembilang(id)
• Japanese:Phần tử(ja)(ぶんし, bunshi)
• Khmer:ភាគយក(km)(phiək yɔɔk)
• Korean:분자(ko)(bunja)
• Macedonian:бро́ителm(bróitel)
• Malay:pengangka(ms)
• Maori:taurunga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:teller(no)m

  Nynorsk:teljarm

• Persian:صورت(phát)(surat),برخهشمار(barxe-šomâr)
• Polish:licznik(pl)m
• Portuguese:numerador(pt)m
• Romanian:numărător(ro)m
• Russian:числи́тель(ru)m(čislítelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:бројникm,бројилацm

  Roman:brojnik(sh)m,brojilac(sh)m

• Slovak:čitateľm
• Slovene:števecm
• Spanish:numerador(es)m
• Swedish:täljare(sv)c
• Tagalog:panakda
• Turkish:pay(tr)
• Ukrainian:чисе́льникm(čysélʹnyk)
• Vietnamese:tử số(vi),tử thức

person who counts

• Bulgarian:брояч(bg)m(brojač)
• Dutch:teller(nl)m
• German:Zähler(de)m,Zählerin(de)f
• Icelandic:teljarim
• Persian:شمارنده(phát)(šomârande),شمارگر(šomârgar)
• Russian:счётчик(ru)m(sčótčik),счётчица(ru)f(sčótčica)
• Swedish:räknare(sv)c
• Turkish:sayıcı(tr)

See also

Other terms used inarithmetic operations:

• successor
• addition,summation:

  (augend) + (addend) = (total)

  (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)

• subtraction:

  (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)

• multiplication,factorization:

  (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)

  (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)

• division:

  (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)

  (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)

  Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining

• exponentiation:

  (base)^(exponent)= (power)

• root extraction:

  ^(degree)√(radicand)= (root)

• logarithmization:

  log_(base)(antilogarithm) = (logarithm)

Advancedhyperoperations:tetration,pentation,hexation

Latin

Etymology

Fromnumerō(“count, reckon”)+‎-tor,fromnumerus(“number”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/nu.meˈraː.tor/,[nʊmɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/nu.meˈra.tor/,[numeˈräːt̪or]

Noun

numerātorm(genitivenumerātōris);third declension

1. counter,numerator

Declension

Third-declensionnoun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	numerātor	numerātōrēs
Genitive	numerātōris	numerātōrum
Dative	numerātōrī	numerātōribus
Accusative	numerātōrem	numerātōrēs
Ablative	numerātōre	numerātōribus
Vocative	numerātor	numerātōrēs

Related terms

• numerābilis
• numerālis
• numerārius
• numerātiō
• numerātus
• numerius
• numerō
• numerōsē
• numerōsitās
• numerōsiter
• numerōsus
• numerus

Descendants

• →English:numerator
• →Middle French:numerateur
  • French:numérateur
• Italian:numeratore
• Spanish:numerador

References

• “numerator”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• numeratorinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.