English

Etymology
From Latin digitus, digit (a finger or toe)

Pronunciation
dĭ'jĭt, /�dɪd�ɪt/, /<tt>"dIdZIt</tt>/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪd�ɪt|-ɪd�ɪt

Noun
en-noun

1. A finger or toe.
2. arithmetic A numeral that can be combined with others to write larger numbers, and that cannot itself be split into other numerals.

#:The digits of the decimal number system are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, and those in the hexadecimal number system are those in the decimal system along with A, B, C, D, E and F.
#:The number 2307 has four digits: the thousands digit is 2; the hundreds digit is 3; the tens digit is 0; and the units digit is 7.

1. context|slang|UK|in plural One's phone number.

#:That girl likes me &mdash; she gave me her digits.

Translations
trans-top|finger or toe
Dutch: vinger m (finger), teen m (toe)
Finnish: sormi (finger), varvas (toe)
French: doigt m
German: Finger (finger), Zeh (toe)
Greek: δάκ��λο (daktilo) n
Hungarian: ujj
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Interlingua: digito
Norwegian: finger (finger), tå (toe)
Polish: palec
Portuguese: dígito, dedo
Romanian: deget n
Spanish: dígito m
Turkish: parmak
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trans-top|numeral
Bosnian: cifra#Bosnian|cifra f
Czech: �íslice f
Dutch: cijfer n
Finnish: numero#Finnish|numero, digitti
French: chiffre m
German: Ziffer f
Greek: �η�ίο (psifio) n, α�ιθμ�� (arithmos) m
Hungarian: számjegy
Ido: cifro
Interlingua: digito, cifra
Japanese: �� (���, sūji)
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Malayalam: ����� (akkam)
Norwegian: siffer
Polish: cyfra
Portuguese: dígito, algarismo
Romanian: cifr� f
Russian: �и��а f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �и��а#Serbian|�и��а f
:Latin: cifra#Serbian|cifra f
Telugu: ���� (amke)
Turkish: rakam
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trans-top|slang: one's phone number
Dutch: nummer n
Greek: νο�με�ο (numero) n
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Hungarian: szám
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Derived terms
digital
digitabulism
digitize

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fr:digit
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hu:digit
ja:digit
pl:digit
fi:digit
sv:digit
te:digit
vi:digit
zh:digit

• 2007-12-03 18:56 - 91.135.33.186 - /* Norwegian translations */

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