number

/ˈnəm-bər/

Middle English nombre, numbre, noumer, borrowed from Anglo-French nombre, numbre (also continental Old French nombre), going back to Latin numerus "numerical sum or symbol, quantity, aggregate"

noun

  1. a sum of units : total

  2. complement

  3. an indefinite usually large total

verb

  1. count, enumerate

  2. to claim as part of a total : include

  3. to restrict to a definite number

adjective

  1. unable to feel anything in a particular part of your body especially as a result of cold or anesthesia

  2. unable to think, feel, or react normally because of something that shocks or upsets you : indifferent

It was so cold that my fingers went numb.