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Origin
- Latinrationalis
- Englishrational number
From rational + number, ultimately from Latin rationalis + numerus. Compare analogous logarithm, from Ancient Greek.
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Afrikaans rasionale getal
- rasionale getalquotient of integers
Bengali মূলদ সংখ্যা
- মূলদ সংখ্যা (mulod śoṅkha)quotient of integers
Bulgarian рациона́лно число́
- рациона́лно число́ (racionálno čisló)quotient of integers
Catalan nombre racional
- nombre racionalquotient of integers
Chinese Mandarin 有理數 /有理数
- 有理數 /有理数 (yǒulǐshù)quotient of integers
Czech racionální číslo
- racionální čísloquotient of integers
Danish rationelt tal
- rationelt talquotient of integers
Dutch rationaal getal
- rationaal getalquotient of integers
Esperanto racionala nombro
- racionala nombroquotient of integers
Estonian ratsionaalarv
- ratsionaalarvquotient of integers
Finnish rationaaliluku
- rationaalilukuquotient of integers
French nombre rationnel
- nombre rationnelquotient of integers
German rationale Zahl
- rationale Zahlquotient of integers
Greek ρητός αριθμός
- ρητός αριθμός (ritós arithmós)quotient of integers
Hindi परिमेय संख्या
- परिमेय संख्या (parimey saṅkhyā)quotient of integers
Hungarian racionális szám
- racionális számquotient of integers
Icelandic ræð tala
- ræð talaquotient of integers
Italian numero razionale
- numero razionalequotient of integers
Japanese 有理数
- 有理数 (yūrisū)quotient of integers
Korean 유리수
- 유리수 (yurisu)quotient of integers
Latin numerus rationalis
- numerus rationalisquotient of integers
Māori tauwehe whakahau
- tauwehe whakahauquotient of integers
Norwegian rasjonalt tall
- rasjonalt tallquotient of integers
Polish liczba wymierna
- liczba wymiernaquotient of integers
Portuguese número racional
- número racionalquotient of integers
Romanian număr rațional
- număr raționalquotient of integers
Russian рациона́льное число́
- рациона́льное число́ (racionálʹnoje čisló)quotient of integers
Spanish número racional
- número racionalquotient of integers
Swedish rationellt tal
- rationellt talquotient of integers
Tagalog bilang na tagwayin
- bilang na tagwayinquotient of integers
Thai จำนวนตรรกยะ
- จำนวนตรรกยะ (jam-nuuan-dtàk-gà-yá)quotient of integers
Turkish rasyonel sayı
- rasyonel sayıquotient of integers
Vietnamese số hữu tỉ
- số hữu tỉquotient of integers
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APA
rational number. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rational%20number
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“rational number.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rational%20number. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rational number,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rational%20number.
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