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nounThe symbol + used to denote the operation of addition, to indicate that a number is positive, and so on.
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Arabic عَلَامَة زَائِد, عَلَامَةُ جَمْع
- عَلَامَة زَائِدmathematical symbol
- عَلَامَةُ جَمْع (ʕalāmatu jamʕ)mathematical symbol
Bulgarian плюс
- плюс (pljus)mathematical symbol
Chinese Mandarin 加號 /加号, 正號 /正号
- 加號 /加号 (jiāhào)mathematical symbol
- 正號 /正号 (zhènghào)mathematical symbol
Danish plustegn
- plustegnmathematical symbol
Dutch plusteken
- plustekenmathematical symbol
Esperanto plus-signo
- plus-signomathematical symbol
Finnish plusmerkki
- plusmerkkimathematical symbol
French signe plus, plus
- signe plusmathematical symbol
- plusmathematical symbol
German Additionszeichen, Pluszeichen
- Additionszeichenmathematical symbol
- Pluszeichenmathematical symbol
Greek συν
- συν (syn)mathematical symbol
Hungarian összeadásjel, pluszjel
- összeadásjelmathematical symbol
- pluszjelmathematical symbol
Italian segno più
- segno piùmathematical symbol
Japanese プラス記号, プラス
- プラス記号 (purasu kigō)mathematical symbol
- プラス (purasu)mathematical symbol
Korean 플러스, 쁠류스
- 플러스 (peulleoseu)mathematical symbol
- 쁠류스 (ppeullyuseu)mathematical symbol
Latin signum additionis
- signum additionismathematical symbol
Norwegian Bokmål plusstegn
- plusstegnmathematical symbol
Persian علامت جمع
- علامت جمع ('alâmat-e jam')mathematical symbol
Polish plus
- plusmathematical symbol
Portuguese sinal de mais
- sinal de maismathematical symbol
Russian знак плюс, плюс
- знак плюс (znak pljus)mathematical symbol
- плюс (pljus)mathematical symbol
Spanish signo más
- signo másmathematical symbol
Swahili alama ya kujumlisha
- alama ya kujumlishamathematical symbol
Swedish plustecken
- plusteckenmathematical symbol
Tagalog tandang dagdag, tanda ng palaragdagan
- tandang dagdagmathematical symbol
- tanda ng palaragdaganmathematical symbol
Turkish artı işareti
- artı işaretimathematical symbol
Ukrainian плюс
- плюс (pljus)mathematical symbol
Vietnamese dấu cộng
- dấu cộngmathematical symbol
Welsh arwydd plws, plws
- arwydd plwsmathematical symbol
- plwsmathematical symbol
Cite this entry
APA
plus sign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plus%20sign
MLA
“plus sign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plus%20sign. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plus sign,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plus%20sign.
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