algarismo

Meaning

1. (masculine) place (numeric: the column counting a certain quantity)
2. (masculine) digit (numeral)

Concepts

digit

figure

numeral

cipher

Arabic numeral

2

4

5

6

Hindu numeral

Hindu-Arabic numeral

1

3

cypher

place

numerical symbol

7

Synonyms

dígito

cifra

🔢

número

🔢

algarismo arábico

casa

🏠

algarismos arábicos

Translations

Ziffer

chiffre

cijfer

cifra

cifra

ψηφίο

xifra

αριθμός

Zahlzeichen

nummer

chiffre arabe

Zahl

🔢

número arábigo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aw.ɡaˈɾiz.mu/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: guarismo

In summary

Borrowed from Medieval Latin algorismus, a transliteration of the Arabic form of the name of the Persian mathematician al-Khwārizmī. Doublet of algoritmo. Cognate with Spanish guarismo.