cardinal numeral

cardinal numeral

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːdɪnəl ˈnjuːməɹəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹdɪnəl ˈnumɜɹəl/

Noun

cardinal numeral (plural cardinal numerals)

1. (grammar) A word used to represent a cardinal number.
   • 1706, Edward Phillips, compiler; J[ohn] K[ersey the younger], “Numerals”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. […], 6th edition, London: […] J. Phillips, […]; N. Rhodes, […]; and J. Taylor, […], OCLC 913406157, column 1:

     Cardinal Numerals, are thoſe which expreſs the Number of things, as One, Two, Three, Four; [...]

   • 1872, Richard Morris, Historical outlines of English accidence, page 110:

     Numbers may be considered under their divisions — Cardinal, Ordinal, and Indefinite Numerals.

   • 1993 — William W. Derbyshire, A Basic Reference Grammar of Slovene (Columbus, Ohio: Slavica Publishers, Inc.), p.56

     The cardinal numeral ‘one’ occurs in the singular and is declined like bogàt.

   • 2002 — Laurie Bauer & Rodney Huddleston, "Lexical word-formation", p1621-1722 in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, p1716

     Numerals cut across the division between syntax and morphology: cardinal numerals expressing numbers below 100 are single words, while those expressing higher numbers are syntactically composite.

   • 2005 — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (New York: Harper Resources, 2005), p.97

     In Latin most cardinal numerals through 100 are indeclinable adjectives.

Related terms

• ordinal numeral

Translations

grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number

Afrikaans: hooftelwoord (af) Armenian: քանակական թվական (hy) (kʿanakakan tʿvakan) Chinese: Mandarin: 純數／纯数 (chúnshù), 基數／基数 (zh) (jīshù) Crimean Tatar: miqdar sayısı Czech: základní číslovka f Danish: kardinaltal n Dutch: hoofdtelwoord (nl) n Estonian: põhiarv Finnish: perusluku (fi), kardinaalilukusana, kardinaaliluku (fi) Georgian: რაოდენობითი რიცხვითი სახელი (raodenobiti ricxviti saxeli) German: Grundzahlwort (de) n, Grundzahl (de) f, Kardinale (de) n Cardinale n (obsolete), Kardinalzahlwort n, Cardinalzahlwort n (obsolete), Kardinalzahl (de) f, Cardinalzahl f (obsolete) Hungarian: tőszámnév (hu) Greek: απόλυτοι αριθμοί m (apólytoi arithmoí) Icelandic: frumtala (is) f Irish: bunuimhir f Japanese: 基数 (ja) (きすう, kisū) Korean: 기수 (ko) (gisu), 계량수 (gyeryangsu) Ludian: miärlugusana Malay: nombor kardinal (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: grunntall (no) n Nynorsk: grunntal n Polish: liczebnik główny (pl) m Portuguese: numeral cardinal (pt) Romanian: numeral cardinal (ro) Russian: коли́чественное числи́тельное (ru) n (kolíčestvennoje čislítelʹnoje) Slovak: základná číslovka f Spanish: adjetivo cardinal m Swedish: kardinaltal (sv) n, grundtal (sv) n Tagalog: pamilang na paulat Turkish: asıl sayı, asıl sayılar (tr) Uyghur: ساناق سان‎ (sanaq san) Vietnamese: số đếm

See also

• cardinal
• cardinal number