minus sign plural minus signs
( arithmetic ) − , used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative .Often in typography (and always in computer programming), the hyphen (-) is used instead of the minus sign (−); in many fonts, the symbols are barely distinguishable or not at all (although the difference is clear in Times Roman). Careful typographers use the minus sign instead of the hyphen. symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
Arabic: نَاقَص m ( nāqaṣ )
Armenian: մինուս (hy) ( minus )
Belarusian: мі́нус m ( mínus )
Bulgarian: ми́нус m ( mínus )
Burmese: အနုတ်လက္ခဏာ (my) ( a.nutlakhka.na )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 負號 ／ 负号 (zh) ( fùhào ) , 減號 ／ 减号 (zh) ( jiǎnhào )
Czech: mínus (cs) n
Dutch: minteken (nl) n
Esperanto: minus-signo
Estonian: miinusmärk (et)
Finnish: miinusmerkki (fi)
French: signe moins (fr) m
Georgian: მინუსი ( minusi )
German: Minuszeichen (de) n
Greek: πλην (el) n ( plin )
Hungarian: mínuszjel (hu)
Icelandic: mínusmerki n mínus m
Italian: segno meno m
Japanese: マイナス (ja) ( mainasu ) , マイナス記号 ( mainasu kigō )
Korean: 마이너스 (ko) ( maineoseu ) , 미누스 ( minuseu ) ( North Korea )
Macedonian: минус m ( minus )
Norman: mains m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: minustegn n
Nynorsk: minusteikn n
Persian: علامت منها ( 'alâmat-e menhâ )
Polish: minus (pl) m
Portuguese: sinal de menos m menos (pt) m negativo (pt) m
Romanian: semn minus
Russian: ми́нус (ru) m ( mínus ) , знак ми́нус m ( znak mínus )
Spanish: signo menos m negativo (es) m
Swedish: minustecken (sv) n minus (sv) n
Tagalog: tandang bawas tanda ng palabawasan
Tajik: аломати тарҳ (tg) ( alomat-i tarh )
Telugu: ఋణసంజ్ఞ ( r̥ṇasañjña )
Thai: เครื่องหมายลบ ( krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-lóp )
Turkish: eksi (tr)
Ukrainian: мі́нус m ( mínus )
Vietnamese: dấu âm