Cardinal numeral

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, third, etc.

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
• Roman numerals
• Latin numerals
• Greek numerals

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