num
التعريفات والمعاني
== Translingual ==
=== Etymology ===
Abbreviation of English Niuafo'ou with m as a placeholder.
=== Symbol ===
num
(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Niuafo'ou.
=== See also ===
Wiktionary’s coverage of Niuafo'ou terms
== English ==
=== Noun ===
num (plural nums)
Abbreviation of number.
(grammar) Abbreviation of numeral.
==== Alternative forms ====
num.
==== Derived terms ====
=== Interjection ===
num
(colloquial) Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating.
==== Alternative forms ====
nom
==== Related terms ====
nom
num-num
=== Anagrams ===
MUN, mun, nmu, unm., Mun., Mun
== Afar ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnum/ [ˈnʊm]
Hyphenation: num
=== Noun ===
núm m
man, male
person, human being
mankind, humanity
=== Pronoun ===
núm
someone
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
(diminutive): numóyta
==== See also ====
labhá (“men”)
=== References ===
E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “num”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
== Galician ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnum/ [ˈnũm]
Rhymes: -um
=== Adverb ===
num
(Galician-Asturian) alternative form of nun
== Kamkata-viri ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nom (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Nuristani *nāma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
=== Noun ===
num m (Western (Ktivi))
name
=== References ===
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnum]
=== Adverb ===
num (not comparable)
now (only in the phrase etiam num)
(in a direct question) a particle usually expecting a negation
(in an indirect question) whether
==== Derived terms ====
numne
numquid
nunc
=== See also ===
nōnne
=== References ===
“num”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“num”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“num”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
== Livonian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *nummi. Cognates include Finnish nummi.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnum/, [ˈnumː]
=== Noun ===
num
heather
pine forest
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “num”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][4] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
== Old French ==
=== Noun ===
num oblique singular, m (oblique plural nuns, nominative singular nuns, nominative plural num)
alternative form of nom
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnum/
Rhymes: -um
Syllabification: num
=== Pronoun ===
num
instrumental/locative singular of onu
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
n'um (pre-standardization spelling)
nũ (obsolete)
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ũ
Hyphenation: num
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Contraction ====
num (feminine numa, masculine plural nuns, feminine plural numas)
contraction of em + um, literally “in a (masculine)”
===== Usage notes =====
The contraction is never obligatory and sometimes avoided in formal written Brazilian Portuguese.
===== Quotations =====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Adverb ====
num (not comparable)
eye dialect spelling of não
===== Quotations =====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“num”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“num”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romansch ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nom (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
=== Etymology ===
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).
=== Noun ===
num m (plural nums)
(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) name
== Sumerian ==
=== Romanization ===
num
romanization of 𒉏 (num)