numeracy

English

Etymology

From numerate +‎ -acy, from Latin numerus; coined with numerate in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːməɹəsi/

Noun

numeracy (countable and uncountable, plural numeracies)

1. The quality of being numerate; numerical skill.

Antonyms

• innumeracy

Translations

numerical skill

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 計算能力 / 计算能力 (jìsuàn nénglì)

• Finnish: laskutaito
• French: numératie (fr) f (Quebec)
• German: Zahlenanalphabetismus m
• Irish: uimhearthacht f
• Italian: abilità (it) di (it) calcolo (it), abilità (it) numerica (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tallkyndighet m or f, tallforståelse m, tallferdighet m or f

• Polish: umiejętność liczenia f
• Russian: уме́ние счита́ть n (uménije sčitátʹ), математи́ческая гра́мотность f (matematíčeskaja grámotnostʹ), числова́я гра́мотность f (čislovája grámotnostʹ)