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Cardinal numeral
Cardinal versus ordinal numbers
one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
Cardinal
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth
Ordinal
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

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, and third, etc.[1][2][3]

See also
Arity
Cardinal number for the related usage in mathematics
English numerals (in particular the Cardinal numbers section)
Distributive number
Multiplier
Numeral for examples of number systems
Ordinal number
Valency

References
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 (https://books.google.com/books?id=Z
aBKd8pT6kgC&pg=PA23). Camsixbridge University Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-0-521-45627-
2.

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