nomor

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nomor, from Dutch nummer, from Middle Dutch nommer, from Old French nombre. Modern standard spelling influenced by Malay nombor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnomɔr]
• Hyphenation: no‧mor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

nomor (first-person possessive nomorku, second-person possessive nomormu, third-person possessive nomornya)

1. number
   1. an abstract entity used to describe quantity.
   2. indicating the position of something in a list or sequence.

Alternative forms

• nomer
• nombor (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Affixed terms

• bernomor
• menomori
• penomoran

 

Further reading

• “nomor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.