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, 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., page 56:

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

   • 2002, Laurie Bauer, Rodney Huddleston, “Lexical word-formation”, in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 1716:

     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) (kʻanakakan tʻvakan)
• 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)
• Greek: απόλυτοι αριθμοί m (apólytoi arithmoí)
• Hungarian: tőszámnév (hu)
• 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