🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

chiffre

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʃifʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Digit/ˈdɪdʒɪt/
nounCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le chiffre 5 est un chiffre."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A numeral or symbol representing a number.

    "The number 5 is a digit."
  2. 2

    Any of the ten symbols used to represent numbers in the decimal system.

    "In the number 123, the digits are 1, 2, and 3."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'digit' comes from the Latin 'digitus', meaning 'finger' or 'toe', which reflects the historical use of fingers for counting. The term evolved in Middle English to refer specifically to numerical symbols.

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