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.

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Alternative forms

• roman numeral (US)

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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 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