denominator

English

Etymology

From Late Latin dēnōminātor (“that which names”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

denominator (plural denominators)

(arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).
One who gives a name to something.

Antonyms

numerator

Derived terms

Translations

number or expression written below the line in a fraction

Arabic: قَاسِم m (qāsim), مَقَام (ar) m (maqām)
Armenian: հայտարար (hy) (haytarar)
Azerbaijani: məxrəc
Belarusian: назо́ўнік (be) m (nazóŭnik)
Bulgarian: знамена́тел (bg) m (znamenátel)
Catalan: denominador
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分母 (zh) (fēnmǔ)
Czech: jmenovatel (cs) m
Danish: nævner (da) c
Dutch: noemer (nl) m
Esperanto: denominatoro, nomanto
Finnish: nimittäjä (fi)
French: dénominateur (fr) m
Galician: denominador m
Georgian: მნიშვნელი (ka) (mnišvneli)
German: Nenner (de) m
Greek: παρονομαστής (el) m (paronomastís)
Hebrew: מְכַנֶה m (mekhalék)
Hungarian: nevező (hu)
Icelandic: nefnari m
Indonesian: penyebut (id)
Irish: ainmneoir m
Japanese: 分母 (ja) (ぶんぼ, bunbo)
Khmer: ភាគបែង (km) (phiək baeng)
Korean: 분모 (ko) (bunmo)
Macedonian: име́нител m (iménitel)
Malay: penyebut (ms)
Maori: tauraro
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nevner (no) m

Nynorsk: nemnar m
Persian: مخرج (fa) (maxraj), برخه‌نام (barxe-nâm)
Polish: mianownik (pl) m
Portuguese: denominador (pt) m
Romanian: numitor (ro) m
Russian: знамена́тель (ru) m (znamenátelʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: именилац m

Roman: imenilac m, nazivnik (sh) m
Slovak: menovateľ m
Slovene: imenovalec m
Spanish: denominador (es) m
Swedish: nämnare (sv) c
Tagalog: pamahagi
Turkish: payda (tr)
Ukrainian: знаме́нник m (znaménnyk)
Vietnamese: mẫu số (vi)

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

successor
addition, summation:
(augend) + (addend) = (total)

(summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)
subtraction:
(minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
multiplication, factorization:
(multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)

(factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)
division:
(dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)

(numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)
Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining
exponentiation:
(base) ^(exponent) = (power)
root extraction:
^(degree) √ (radicand) = (root)
logarithmization:
log_(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Anagrams

minodronate, nonmediator

Latin

Etymology

From dēnōminō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.noː.miˈnaː.tor/, [d̪eːnoːmɪˈnäːt̪ɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.no.miˈna.tor/, [d̪enomiˈnäːt̪or]

Noun

dēnōminātor m (genitive dēnōminātōris); third declension

one who names or designates

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēnōminātor	dēnōminātōrēs
genitive	dēnōminātōris	dēnōminātōrum
dative	dēnōminātōrī	dēnōminātōribus
accusative	dēnōminātōrem	dēnōminātōrēs
ablative	dēnōminātōre	dēnōminātōribus
vocative	dēnōminātor	dēnōminātōrēs

Related terms

Descendants

English: denominator
French: dénominateur
Italian: denominatore
Portuguese: denominador
Spanish: denominador

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