numeral
n.a word or symbol that represents a number. You use this to talk about the different ways we write or say numbers, like 'one' or '1'.
n.a word, phrase, or symbol that represents a number. In linguistics, it refers to the part of speech that expresses a quantity or a numerical value.
“The word 'five' is a numeral.”
“In many languages, the numeral 'one' changes its form depending on the gender of the noun it describes.”
“The study of numeral systems reveals how different cultures conceptualize quantity, ranging from simple tally marks to complex positional notations like the Hindu-Arabic system.”
As an adjective, from Middle English numeral, numerall, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”). As a noun, via Middle French numeral.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.