/ny.me.ʁik/
Translation
digital
Word origin
From Latin numerus ('number'). In modern French numérique has narrowed to mean 'digital' (as opposed to analogue), while the older, broader sense 'numerical' has mostly moved to numéral.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- numerus
- English cognates
- number, numeral
Grammar
Examples
L' .
The school has invested in digital equipment for pupils.
transition .
The digital transition has changed the way we work.
J' .
I replaced my old camera with a digital model.
A false-friend trap: almost always means "digital" in modern French ( , a digital device), not "numerical" in the maths-homework sense. If you mean "numerical" as in "made of numbers", reach for numéral instead.
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