Cardinal numeral

Part of speech used to count From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

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Cardinal versus ordinal numbers
Cardinal Ordinal
zero0 zeroth0th
one1 first1st
two2 second2nd
three3 third3rd
four4 fourth4th
five5 fifth5th
six6 sixth6th
seven7 seventh7th
eight8 eighth8th
nine9 ninth9th
ten10 tenth10th
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