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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See also
- Arity
- Cardinal number for the related usage in mathematics
- English numerals (in particular the Cardinal numbers section)
- Distributive number
- Multiplier
- Nominal numeral
- Numeral for examples of number systems
- Ordinal number
- Valency
- Roman numerals
- Latin numerals
- Greek numerals
References
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