Cardinal numeral

In linguistics, and more precisely in traditional grammar, a cardinal numeral (or cardinal number word) is a part of speech used to count. Examples in English are the words one, two, three, and the compounds three hundred [and] forty-two and nine hundred [and] sixty. Cardinal numerals are classified as definite, and are related to ordinal numbers, such as the English first, second, third, etc.[1][2][3]

This article is about the linguistic concept. For numbers used to measure the size of sets, see Cardinal number.
Cardinal versus ordinal numbers
Cardinal Ordinal
one 1 first1st
two 2 second2nd
three 3 third3rd
four 4 fourth4th
five 5 fifth5th
six 6 sixth6th
seven 7 seventh7th
eight 8 eighth8th
nine 9 ninth9th
ten 10 tenth10th

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Notes

  1. David Crystal (2011). Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (6th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-405-15296-9.
  2. Hadumo Bussmann (1999). Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-20319-7.
  3. James R. Hurford (1994). Grammar: A Student's Guide. Cambridge University Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-0-521-45627-2.


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