chiffre arabecommon nounEtymologyexpandsee digit and Arabic.Definition1. One of the ten digits (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) borrowed by medieval Western civilization from Islamic civilization and now used worldwide.mathématiquesexpandSynonymschiffre européenchiffre occidentalTranslationsenglish:Arabic numeralchinese:阿拉伯数字korean:아라비아 숫자danish:arabertaljapanese:洋数字