"negative number" meaning in English

See negative number in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: negative numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} negative number (plural negative numbers)
  1. Tags: no-gloss, translation-hub Related terms: positive number Translations (negative number): عَدَد سَالِب (ʕadad sālib) [masculine] (Arabic), 負數 (Chinese Mandarin), 负数 (fùshù) (Chinese Mandarin), záporné číslo [neuter] (Czech), negatiivinen luku (Finnish), negative Zahl [feminine] (German), negatív szám (Hungarian), 負の数 (fu no sū) (alt: ふのすう) (Japanese), 負数 (fusū) (alt: ふすう) (Japanese), 음수 (eumsu) (Korean), liczba ujemna [feminine] (Polish), număr negativ [neuter] (Romanian), záporné číslo (Slovak), nambari hasi (Swahili), negatif sayı (Turkish), eksi sayı (Turkish), số âm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-negative_number-en-noun-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for negative number meaning in English (2.5kB)

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      "form": "negative numbers",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "negative number (plural negative numbers)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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      "id": "en-negative_number-en-noun-47DEQpj8",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "positive number"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss",
        "translation-hub"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕadad sālib",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "عَدَد سَالِب"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "負數"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fùshù",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "负数"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "záporné číslo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "negatiivinen luku"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "negative Zahl"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "negatív szám"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ふのすう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fu no sū",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "負の数"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ふすう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fusū",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "負数"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eumsu",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "음수"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "liczba ujemna"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "număr negativ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "záporné číslo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "nambari hasi"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "negatif sayı"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "eksi sayı"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "negative number",
          "word": "số âm"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "negative number"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "negative numbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "negative number (plural negative numbers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "positive number"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "translation-hub"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕadad sālib",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَدَد سَالِب"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "負數"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùshù",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "负数"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "záporné číslo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "negatiivinen luku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negative Zahl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "negatív szám"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふのすう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fu no sū",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "負の数"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふすう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fusū",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "負数"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eumsu",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "음수"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liczba ujemna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "număr negativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "záporné číslo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "nambari hasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "negatif sayı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "eksi sayı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "negative number",
      "word": "số âm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "negative number"
}

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