decimal

English Online Dictionary. What means decimal‎? What does decimal mean?

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Decimal, DECIMAL

Etymology

Borrowed from English decimal, as in decimal point.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeˈsiˈmal]

Noun

decimal

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for decimal point.

Coordinate terms

• stop

References

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məɫ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/, /ˈdɛs.ə.məl/, /ˈdɛs.məl/

Adjective

decimal (not comparable)

1. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

Synonyms

• base-ten, denary (rare)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

decimal (countable and uncountable, plural decimals)

1. (countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.

2. (informal, uncountable) The decimal system itself.
3. (informal) A decimal place.

4. (informal) A decimal point.
5. Alternative spelling of dismil

Synonyms

• (number): See decimal number
• (system): See decimal system
• (place): See decimal place

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “fractional number”): See fraction

Hyponyms

• binary-coded decimal

Related terms

Translations

Verb

decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle decimaling or decimalling, simple past and past participle decimaled or decimalled)

1. To represent with numbers after a decimal point.

Derived terms

See also

• base
• binary
• octal
• undecimal
• duodecimal
• hexadecimal
• vigesimal
• sexagesimal
• transdecimal

References

• decimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• camelid, claimed, declaim, maliced, medical

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.siˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.siˈmal]

Adjective

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimals)

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

Further reading

• “decimal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

Further reading

• “decimal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /det͡ʃiˈmal/

Adjective

decimal

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

Related terms

• décim

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal)

Noun

decimal m (plural decimais)

1. (countable) decimal (number expressed in the decimal system)

Further reading

• “decimal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décimal.

Adjective

decimal m or n (feminine singular decimală, masculine plural decimali, feminine and neuter plural decimale)

1. Alternative form of zecimal

Declension

Further reading

• decimal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deθiˈmal/ [d̪e.θiˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desiˈmal/ [d̪e.siˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimales)

1. decimal

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “decimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Adjective

decimal

1. decimal (using ten digits 0-9)

Declension

Related terms

• decimalbråk
• decimalkomma
• decimalsystem

See also

• binär
• oktal
• hexadecimal

Noun

decimal c

1. a decimal place (digits expressing decimal fractions)

Declension