Cardinal numeral
subtype of word class numeral; word describing an integer quantity (zero, three, twenty-seven, ...) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A cardinal numeral (or 'cardinal number word') is a part of speech used to count.
Examples are the words one, two, three, and also compounds like three hundred and forty-two (Commonwealth English) or three hundred forty-two (American English).
Cardinal numbers are definite numerals. They are related to ordinal numbers, such as first, second, third, etc.[1][2][3]
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Related pages
- Arity
- Cardinal number for the related usage in mathematics
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