denominator

English

Etymology

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).
2. One who gives a name to something.

Antonyms

• numerator

Derived terms

• common denominator
• lowest common denominator

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

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