# digit
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a fingerbreadth; a number”). Doublet of digitus and toe .

### Pronunciation

* enPR: dĭ'jĭt, IPA: /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt

### Noun

digit (plural digits)
* (mathematics) A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
    Synonyms: place; figure (informal, usually in discussion of money)
    The base-10 number 123.4 has four digits: the hundreds digit is 1, the tens digit is 2, the units digit is 3, and the tenths digit is 4.
* (mathematics) A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.
    Hexadecimal numeration (Base sixteen) includes the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 but also A (=10 decimal), B, C, D, E, and F. Sixteen itself is written as the two-digit number 10.
* (units of measure, astronomy) $^1$⁄$_{12}$ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
    Synonym: finger (obsolete)
    A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface.
* (historical units of measure) A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of $^1$⁄$_{16}$ foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.
    Synonyms: finger, fingerbreadth, fingersbreadth
* (units of measure, obsolete) Synonym of inch.
* (anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
    Hyponyms: finger, thumb, toe
** 2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 144:Jai grabbed Andrew’s shoulders with the same three digits he had used to grab the ancient doubter’s skull and spun him around.
* (zoology) Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
** 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:The ruminants have the cloven foot, i.e. two hoofed digits on each foot.
* (geometry, rare, obsolete) Synonym of degree: $^1$⁄$_{360}$ of a circle.

#### Hyponyms

* (position in a sequence of numerals, symbol in a positional number system): bit

#### Coordinate terms

* (unit of length): palm, span, handspan, cubit, fathom

#### Derived terms

* binary digit
* binit
* check digit
* digital
* digit counter
* digit I
* digitiform
* digitize
* digitless
* digitlike
* digit number (obsolete)
* digit pulse
* digit sum
* double-digit
* double digits
* first digit
* hexit
* index digit
* interdigit
* lung-digit syndrome
* monodigit
* multidigit
* nepit
* oculodigitoesophagoduodenal
* repdigit
* significant digit
* single-digit salute
* trit

#### Related terms

* digits

#### Translations

Egyptian: (ḏbꜥ)
French: doigt (fr) m
Hungarian: ujj (hu)
Latin: digitus (la)
Middle English: fynger
Persian: انگشت (fa)
Portuguese: dedo (pt) m
Spanish: dedo (es) m :
Arabic: إِصْبَع (ar) m (ʔiṣbaʕ)
Armenian: մատ (hy) (mat)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܸܒܥܬܵܐ f (ṣibʿta)
Belarusian: па́лец m (páljec)
Bengali: আঙুল (bn) (aṅul), (finger) হাতের আঙুল (hater aṅul), (toe) পায়ের আঙুল (paẏer aṅul)
Bulgarian: пръст (bg) m (prǎst)
Burmese: လက်ချောင်း (my) (lakhkyaung:)
Catalan: dit (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手指 (zh) (shǒuzhǐ) (finger), 腳趾 / 脚趾 (zh) (jiǎozhǐ) (toe)
Czech: prst (cs) m
Danish: finger (da) c (finger), tå (da) c (toe)
Dolgan: чөмүйэ (çömüye)
Dutch: vinger (nl) m (finger), teen (nl) m (toe)
Egyptian: (ḏbꜥ) (finger, also toe by late period)
Esperanto: fingro (eo)
Finnish: sormi (fi) (finger), varvas (fi) (toe)
French: doigt (fr) m (finger), orteil (fr) m (toe)
Galician: dedo (gl) m
German: Finger (de) (finger), Zeh (de) (toe)
Greek: δάκτυλο (el) n (dáktylo)
Ancient: δάκτυλος m (dáktulos)
Hungarian: ujj (hu)
Indonesian: jari (id)
Interlingua: digito
Japanese: 指 (ja) (ゆび, yubi)
Khmer: ម្រាម (km) (mriəm)
Korean: 손가락 (ko) (son'garak) (finger), 발가락 (ko) (balgarak) (toe)
Lao: ນີ້ວ (nīu)
Latin: digitus (la) m
Macedonian: прст (mk) m (prst)
Malay: jari (ms)
Manchu: ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (simhun), ᡧᡠᠮᡥᡠᠨ (šumhun)
Norwegian: finger (no) (finger), tå (no) (toe)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: прьстъ m (prĭstŭ)
Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⱐⱄⱅⱏ m (prĭstŭ)
Old East Slavic: пальць m (palĭcĭ), пьрстъ m (pĭrstŭ)
Persian: انگشت (fa) (angošt)
Polish: palec (pl) m
Portuguese: dígito (pt), dedo (pt)
Romanian: deget (ro) n
Russian: па́лец (ru) m (pálec), перст (ru) m (perst) (dated or poetic)
Sanskrit: अङ्गुली (sa) f (aṅgulī), अङ्गुरि (sa) f (aṅguri)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пр̏ст m
Roman: pȑst (sh) m
Slovak: prst (sk) m
Slovene: prst (sl) m
Spanish: dedo (es) m
Swedish: finger (sv) (finger), tå (sv) (toe)
Thai: นิ้ว (th) (níu)
Turkish: parmak (tr)
Ukrainian: па́лець (uk) m (pálecʹ)
Vietnamese: ngón (vi)
Walloon: doet (wa) m (finger), årtea (wa) m (toe), doye f (toe)
Yakut: тарбах (tarbaq) :

### Verb

digit (third-person singular simple present digits, present participle digiting, simple past and past participle digited)
* (archaic, transitive) To point at or point out with the finger.

### References

* "digit, n. and adj.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## French
### Etymology

From English digit, from digitus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.ʒit/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

digit m (plural digits)
* digit (number from 0-9)

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* digite, digitus

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digitus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdidʒit/, /ˈdidʒitus/

### Noun

digit (plural digitys)
* digit (Arabic numeral)

#### Descendants

* English: digit

#### References

* “diǧit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-21.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English digit, from Latin digitus (“a fingerbreadth; a number”). Doublet of deget.

### Noun

digit m (plural digiți)
* digit