Meanings
roman numeral1
nounroman numeral (plural roman numerals)
plural roman numerals
- Alternative letter-case form of Roman numeral.
Roman numeral2
nounRoman numeral (plural Roman numerals)
plural Roman numerals · alternative US roman numeral
- in pluralThe system using such letters.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna 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
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic رَقْم رُومَانِيّ
- رَقْم رُومَانِيّ (raqm rūmāniyy)numeral represented by letters
Bengali রোমান সংখ্যা
- রোমান সংখ্যা (rōman śoṅkha)numeral represented by letters
Bulgarian ри́мска ци́фра
- ри́мска ци́фра (rímska cífra)numeral represented by letters
Catalan xifra romana
- xifra romananumeral represented by letters
Chinese Cantonese 羅馬數字 /罗马数字
- 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
- 羅馬數字 /罗马数字 (Luómǎ shùzì)numeral represented by letters
Czech římská číslice
- římská číslicenumeral represented by letters
Danish romertal
- romertalnumeral represented by letters
Dutch Romeins cijfer
- Romeins cijfernumeral represented by letters
Estonian Rooma number
- Rooma numbernumeral represented by letters
Finnish roomalainen numero
- roomalainen numeronumeral represented by letters
French chiffre romain
- chiffre romainnumeral represented by letters
German römische Ziffer
- römische Ziffernumeral represented by letters
Greek ρωμαϊκός αριθμητικό
- ρωμαϊκός αριθμητικό (romaïkós arithmitikó)numeral represented by letters
Hebrew ספרה רומית
- ספרה רומית (sifrá romít)numeral represented by letters
Hindi रोमन अंक
- रोमन अंक (roman aṅk)numeral represented by letters
Hungarian római szám
- római számnumeral represented by letters
Icelandic rómverskir tölustafir, rómversk tala
- rómverskir tölustafirnumeral represented by letters
- rómversk talanumeral represented by letters
Indonesian angka Romawi
- angka Romawinumeral represented by letters
Irish uimhir Rómhánach
- uimhir Rómhánachnumeral represented by letters
Italian numero romano
- numero romanonumeral represented by letters
Japanese ローマ数字
- ローマ数字 (Rōma sūji)numeral represented by letters
Korean 로마 숫자, 로마 수자
- 로마 숫자 (roma sutja)numeral represented by letters
- 로마 수자 (roma suja)numeral represented by letters
Latvian romiešu skaitlis
- romiešu skaitlisnumeral represented by letters
Lithuanian romėniškas skaitmuo
- romėniškas skaitmuonumeral represented by letters
Malay angka Rumi
- angka Ruminumeral represented by letters
Norwegian Bokmål romertall
- romertallnumeral represented by letters
Polish cyfra rzymska
- cyfra rzymskanumeral represented by letters
Portuguese número romano
- número romanonumeral represented by letters
Romanian cifră romană
- cifră romanănumeral represented by letters
Russian ри́мская ци́фра
- ри́мская ци́фра (rímskaja cífra)numeral represented by letters
Slovak rímska číslica
- rímska číslicanumeral represented by letters
Spanish número romano
- número romanonumeral represented by letters
Swedish romersk siffra
- romersk siffranumeral represented by letters
Tagalog pamilang na Romano
- pamilang na Romanonumeral represented by letters
Thai ตัวเลขโรมัน
- ตัวเลขโรมัน (dtuua-lêek-roo-man)numeral represented by letters
Turkish Roma rakamı
- Roma rakamınumeral represented by letters
Ukrainian ри́мська ци́фра
- ри́мська ци́фра (rýmsʹka cýfra)numeral represented by letters
Urdu رومَن عَدَد
- رومَن عَدَدnumeral represented by letters
Vietnamese số La Mã
- số La Mãnumeral represented by letters
Welsh rhifolyn Rhufeinig
- rhifolyn Rhufeinignumeral represented by letters
Cite this entry
APA
roman numeral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roman%20numeral
MLA
“roman numeral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roman%20numeral. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roman numeral,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roman%20numeral.
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