|
Five hundred in Italian
|
 |
|
Translation of
500 in Italian
The Italian translation of the word
five hundred is as follows:
Cinquecento
The word for five hundred represents a cardinal number that conveys "how many".
Cinquecento is the
translation of the word which means five hundred. Cardinal numbers are also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. English ordinal numbers define a position, such as "first", "second" or "third". Cardinal and ordinal numbers are used in Italy and the word for
The word for Five Hundredth (500th) expressed in Italian is
Cinquecentesimo. |
Cinquecento
Translation of 500 |
|
|
500 in Italian - Roman Numerals
Roman numerals are script letters that were developed in Italy to represent numbers. The Roman numeral of 500 is in the same format used by the ancient Romans and part of the heritage of Italy. The Roman numeral for this number is as follows:
D
As numbers became larger a line
was added to signify a larger number. A number with a
horizontal line over it means to multiply it by 1000, examples are:
_
V |
_
X |
_
L |
_
C |
_
D |
|
5000, 10,000, 50,000 & 100,000 |
|
D
|
Cinquecento or 500 in Italian
The
number 500 translates to the word Cinquecento.
Hundredth in Italian is
Cinquecentesimo. The English-Italian translation of this number is:
500 |
D |
Five Hundred |
Cinquecento |
500th |
Cinquecentesimo |
Roman
numerals are composed of just seven letters:
I, V, X, L, C, D,
M. The ancient Romans did not use a zero and
used different letters as numbers became larger. | |
|