prime number

English

Noun

Singular prime number

Plural {{{1}}}

prime number ({{{1}}})

1. (number theory) Any natural number greater than 1 divisible only by itself and 1.

   Every natural number greater than 1 can be factorized into prime numbers.

Usage notes

• Modern mathematical usage specifies that 1 is not a prime number (as has been defined here); some older texts consider 1 to be a prime number.

Synonyms

• prime

Related terms

• prime
• prime factor
• primality
• prime factorization

Translations

natural number

Afrikaans: priemgetal Arabic: عدد أولي m. Basque: zenbaki lehen Belarusian: просты лік (prosty lik) Bengali: মৌলিক সংখ্যা Breton: niveroù kentael Bulgarian: просто число (prosto čislo) Catalan: nombre primer m. Chinese: 素数 (sùshù) Min Nan: sò͘-sò͘ Croatian: prosti broj hr(hr) m. Czech: prvočíslo cs(cs) n. Danish: primtal da(da) Dutch: priemgetal nl(nl) n. Estonian: algarv Finnish: alkuluku fi(fi) French: nombre premier fr(fr) m. Galician: número primo m. Georgian: მარტივი რიცხვი (martivi ritsxvi) German: Primzahl de(de) f. Greek: πρώτος αριθμός el(el) m. (prótos arithmós) Hebrew: מספר ראשוני Hungarian: prímszám hu(hu) Icelandic: prímtölur is(is) Indonesian: bilangan prima Irish: uimhir phríomha Italian: numero primo it(it) m. Japanese: 素数 (そすう, sosū) Korean: 소수 (sosu)

Latin: numerus primus m. Latvian: pirmskaitlis Lithuanian: pirminiai skaičiai Lombard: nümar primm Low Saxon: Primtall Luxembourgish: Primzuel Norwegian: primtall no(no) Old English: frumtæl Persian: اعداد اول Polish: liczba pierwsza f., liczby pierwsze pl. Portuguese: número primo pt(pt) m. Romanian: număr prim Russian: простое число ru(ru) (prostóje čisló) n. Serbian: прост број m. Sicilian: nùmmuru primu m. Slovak: prvočíslo sk(sk) n. Slovene: praštevilo sl(sl) n. Spanish: número primo es(es) m. Swedish: primtal sv(sv) n. Tamil: பகா எண் Thai: จำนวนเฉพาะ (jamnuan chăypor) Turkish: asal sayı tr(tr) Ukrainian: просте число n. Urdu: مفرد عدد Vietnamese: số nguyên tố vi(vi) Welsh: rhif cysefin Yiddish: פרימצאל (primtzal) f. Yoruba: nọ́mbà àkọ́kọ́

See also

• divisor
• factor

External links

• Prime number on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mathworld article on Prime Number

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