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Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#MINUSSIGN

Noun

minus sign (plural minus signs)Category:English lemmas#MINUSSIGN Category:English nouns#MINUSSIGN Category:English countable nouns#MINUSSIGN Category:English multiword terms#MINUSSIGN Category:English entries with incorrect language header#MINUSSIGN Category:Pages with entries#MINUS%20SIGN Category:Pages with 1 entry#MINUS%20SIGN

(arithmetic Category:en:Arithmetic#MINUSSIGN) The symbol −, used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative.

Usage notes

Often in typography (and always in computer programming), the hyphen (-) is used instead of the minus sign (−); in many fonts, the symbols are barely distinguishable or not at all (although the difference is clear in Times Roman). Careful typographers use the minus sign instead of the hyphen.

Translations

symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative

Category:Entries with translation boxes#MINUS%20SIGN

Arabic: نَاقَص m (nāqaṣ)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#MINUSSIGN
Armenian: մինուս (hy) (minus)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#MINUSSIGN
Azerbaijani: minusCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#MINUSSIGN, çıxmaCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#MINUSSIGN, çıxma işarəsiCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#MINUSSIGN
Belarusian: мі́нус m (mínus)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#MINUSSIGN
Bulgarian: ми́нус m (mínus)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#MINUSSIGN
Burmese: အနုတ်လက္ခဏာ (my) (a.nutlakhka.na)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#MINUSSIGN
Chinese:
Mandarin: 負號 / 负号 (zh) (fùhào)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#MINUS%20SIGN Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#MINUSSIGN, 減號 / 减号 (zh) (jiǎnhào)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#MINUS%20SIGN Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#MINUSSIGN
Czech: mínus (cs) nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#MINUSSIGN
Dutch: minteken (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#MINUSSIGN
Esperanto: minus-signoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#MINUSSIGN
Estonian: miinusmärk (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#MINUSSIGN
Finnish: miinusmerkki (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#MINUSSIGN
French: signe moins (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#MINUSSIGN
Georgian: მინუსი (minusi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#MINUSSIGN
German: Minuszeichen (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#MINUSSIGN
Greek: πλην (el) n (plin)Category:Terms with Greek translations#MINUSSIGN
Hungarian: mínuszjel (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#MINUSSIGN
Icelandic: mínusmerki nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#MINUSSIGN, mínus mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#MINUSSIGN
Italian: segno meno mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#MINUSSIGN
Japanese: マイナス (ja) (mainasu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#MINUSSIGN, マイナス記号 (mainasu kigō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#MINUSSIGN
Korean: 마이너스 (ko) (maineoseu)Category:Terms with Korean translations#MINUSSIGN, 미누스 (minuseu)Category:Terms with Korean translations#MINUSSIGN (North Korea)
Macedonian: минус m (minus)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#MINUSSIGN
Norman: mains mCategory:Terms with Norman translations#MINUSSIGN
Norwegian:
Bokmål: minustegn nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#MINUSSIGN

Nynorsk: minusteikn nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#MINUSSIGN
Persian: علامت منها ('alâmat-e menhâ)Category:Terms with Persian translations#MINUSSIGN
Polish: minus (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#MINUSSIGN
Portuguese: sinal de menos mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#MINUSSIGN, menos (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#MINUSSIGN, negativo (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#MINUSSIGN
Romanian: semn minusCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#MINUSSIGN
Russian: ми́нус (ru) m (mínus)Category:Terms with Russian translations#MINUSSIGN, знак ми́нус m (znak mínus)Category:Terms with Russian translations#MINUSSIGN
Spanish: signo menos mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#MINUSSIGN, negativo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#MINUSSIGN
Swahili: alama ya kutoaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#MINUSSIGN
Swedish: minustecken (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#MINUSSIGN, minus (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#MINUSSIGN
Tagalog: tandang bawasCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#MINUSSIGN, tanda ng palabawasanCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#MINUSSIGN
Tajik: аломати тарҳ (tg) (alomat-i tarh)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#MINUSSIGN
Telugu: ఋణసంజ్ఞ (r̥ṇasañjña)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#MINUSSIGN
Thai: เครื่องหมายลบ (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-lóp)Category:Terms with Thai translations#MINUSSIGN
Turkish: eksi işareti (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#MINUSSIGN
Ukrainian: мі́нус m (mínus)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#MINUSSIGN
Vietnamese: dấu âmCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#MINUSSIGN
Welsh: arwydd minwsCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#MINUSSIGN

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