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Adjective: numeral  n(y)oo-mu-rul
  1. Of or relating to or denoting numbers
    "a numeral adjective";
    - numerical, numeric
Noun: numeral  n(y)oo-mu-rul
  1. A symbol used to represent a number
    "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school";
    - number
     
  2. A word expressing a number.
    "Numerals may be attributive, as in two dogs, or pronominal, as in I saw two (of them)."

Derived forms: numerals

Type of: content word, open-class word, symbol

Encyclopedia: Numeral