Cardinal numeral explained

Cardinal! colspan="2"
Ordinal
one1 first 1st
two 2 second 2nd
three 3 third 3rd
four 4 fourth 4th
five 5 fifth 5th
six 6 sixth 6th
seven 7 seventh 7th
eight 8 eighth 8th
nine 9 ninth 9th
ten 10 tenth 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, third, etc.[1] [2] [3]

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  1. Book: David Crystal. David Crystal. Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 2011. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-405-15296-9. 6th. 65.
  2. Book: Hadumo Bussmann. Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. 1999. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-415-20319-7.
  3. Book: James R. Hurford . Grammar: A Student's Guide . Cambridge University Press . 1994 . 978-0-521-45627-2 . 23–24 . James R. Hurford.