numerator

From Late Latin numerātor.

• enPR: no͞oʹ-mər-ā'-tər, IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.məɹ.ˌeɪ̯.təɹ/

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• Rhymes: -uːməɹeɪtə(ɹ)

numerator (plural numerators)

1. (arithmetic) The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (such as 1 in ½).

   Synonym: (obsolete) nominator

   Coordinate term: denominator

2. An enumerator; someone who counts.

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

From numerō (“count, reckon”) +‎ -tor, from numerus (“number”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nu.meˈraː.tor/, [nʊmɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.meˈra.tor/, [numeˈräːt̪or]

numerātor m (genitive numerātōris); third declension

1. counter, numerator

Third-declension noun.

• → English: numerator
• → Middle French: numerateur
  • French: numérateur
• Italian: numeratore
• Spanish: numerador

• “numerator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• numerator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.