Roman numeral

English

The Roman numeral "M.DC.LXXVIII." indicates the founding date (1678) of a church. The modern style does not include the periods found on this sign, so the numeral would be formatted "MDCLXXVIII" instead.

Alternative forms

• roman numeral (US)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Roman numeral (plural Roman numerals)

1. A numeral represented using a Roman system involving the letters I, V, X, L, C, D, and M.
2. (in the plural) The system using such letters.

Derived terms

• romanette
• Roman numeraled

Translations

numeral represented by letters

• Asturian: númberu romanu m
• Bengali: রোমান সংখ্যা (rōman śoṅkha)
• Catalan: xifra romana f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅馬數字 / 罗马数字 (zh) (Luómǎ shùzì)

• Danish: romertal n
• Dutch: Romeins cijfer (nl) n
• Faroese: rómartal n
• Finnish: roomalainen numero
• French: chiffre romain (fr) m
• Galician: número romano m
• German: römische Ziffer f
• Hebrew: ספרה רומית f (sifra romit)
• Hungarian: római szám (hu)
• Icelandic: rómverskir tölustafir m pl
• Irish: uimhir Rómhánach f
• Italian: numero romano (it) m
• Japanese: ローマ数字 (ja) (Rōma-sūji)
• Korean: 로마 숫자 (roma sutja)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: romertall n

  Nynorsk: romartal n

• Persian: ارقام رومی (arqâm-e rumi)
• Polish: cyfra rzymska
• Portuguese: número romano m
• Romanian: cifră romană
• Russian: ри́мская ци́фра (ru) f (rímskaja cífra)
• Spanish: número romano m
• Swedish: romersk siffra (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ри́мська ци́фра f (rýmsʹka cýfra)
• Vietnamese: số La Mã
• Welsh: rhifolyn Rhufeinig (cy) m

See also

• Arabic numeral
• Chinese numeral

Further reading

• Appendix:Roman numerals
• Roman numerals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia