What is a multiplicative numeral?

A multiplicative numeral is a numeral that expresses how many fold or how many times.

• once
• twice
• thrice

• What is a numeral?

Pei and Gaynor 1954 149

Hartmann and Stork 1972 147

Context for this page:

• Concept module: multiplicative numeral
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): M
• In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
• In bookshelf: Linguistics

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