"Roman numeral" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. A numeral represented using a Roman system involving the letters I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. Categories (topical): Arithmetic, Numbers Synonyms: roman numeral [US] Derived forms: romanette, Roman numeraled Related terms: Arabic numeral, Chinese numeral Translations (numeral represented by letters): númberu romanu [masculine] (Asturian), রোমান সংখ্যা (rōman śoṅkha) (Bengali), xifra romana [feminine] (Catalan), 羅馬數字 (Chinese Mandarin), 罗马数字 (Luómǎ shùzì) (Chinese Mandarin), romertal [neuter] (Danish), Romeins cijfer [neuter] (Dutch), rómartal [neuter] (Faroese), roomalainen numero (Finnish), chiffre romain [masculine] (French), número romano [masculine] (Galician), römische Ziffer [feminine] (German), ספרה רומית (sifra romit) [feminine] (Hebrew), római szám (Hungarian), rómverskir tölustafir [masculine, plural] (Icelandic), uimhir Rómhánach [feminine] (Irish), numero romano [masculine] (Italian), ローマ数字 (Rōma-sūji) (Japanese), 로마 숫자 (roma sutja) (Korean), romertall [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), romartal [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ارقام رومی (arqâm-e rumi) (Persian), cyfra rzymska (Polish), número romano [masculine] (Portuguese), cifră romană (Romanian), ри́мская ци́фра (rímskaja cífra) [feminine] (Russian), número romano [masculine] (Spanish), romersk siffra [common-gender] (Swedish), ри́мська ци́фра (rýmsʹka cýfra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), số La Mã (Vietnamese), rhifolyn Rhufeinig [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Roman_numeral-en-noun-lqFrLW0k Disambiguation of Arithmetic: 91 9 Disambiguation of Numbers: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'numeral represented by letters': 77 23
  2. (in the plural) The system using such letters. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-Roman_numeral-en-noun-ZMaE3rO2

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