denominator

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēnōminātor (“that which names”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə(ɹ)/

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Noun

denominator (plural denominators)

1. (arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).

   Coordinate term: numerator

   common denominator

   lowest common denominator

2. One who gives a name to something.

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 (mekhané) 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) Lithuanian: vardiklis m 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.mɪˈnaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪e.no.miˈnaː.t̪or]

Noun

dēnōminātor m (genitive dēnōminātōris); third declension

1. 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

• dēnōminātiō
• dēnōminātivē
• dēnōminātivus
• dēnōminō

Descendants

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