Cardinal numeral

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

Cardinal versus ordinal numbers
Cardinal onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightnineten googolplexian
12345678910 101010100
Ordinal firstsecondthirdfourthfifthsixthseventheighthninthtenth GPIth
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th 101010100th

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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. Camsixbridge University Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-0-521-45627-2.


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