xifra

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, empty), attested from the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.fɾə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fɾa/
  • (file)

Noun

xifra f (plural xifres)

  1. numeral (a symbol that is not a word and represents a number)
    Synonym: guarisme
  2. (by extension) number; amount
  3. Synonyms: nombre, número, suma
    • 2020 August 8, Adom Getachew, “El colonialisme va fer el món modern: refem-lo [Colonialism made the modern world: let's remake it”, in Ara:
      Entre el 1945 i el 1975, a mesura que es van guanyar les lluites per la independència a l’Àfrica i l’Àsia, la xifra de membres de les Nacions Unides va passar de 51 països a 144.
      Between 1945 and 1975, as the fights for independence in Africa and Asia were being won, the number of United Nations members when from 51 countries to 144.
  4. cipher (a method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning)

Derived terms

References

  1. xifra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

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