Cardinal number (linguistics)

Cardinal numbers versus ordinal numbers.

In linguistics, more precisely in traditional grammar, a cardinal number or cardinal numeral (or just cardinal) is a part of speech used to count, such as the English words one, two, three, but also compounds like three hundred and forty-two. Cardinal numbers are classified as definite numerals and are related to ordinal numbers, such as first, second, third, etc.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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^ Hadumo Bussmann (1999). Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. Taylor & Francis.
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Cardinal number (linguistics)