Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roman numeral

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
ro-man nu-mer-al
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A numeral represented using a Roman system involving the letters I, V, X, L, C, D, and M.

noun

The system using such letters.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Roman numeral.

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What does roman numeral mean?
A numeral represented using a Roman system involving the letters I, V, X, L, C, D, and M.

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