Cardinal number (linguistics)
Encyclopedia
In linguistics, cardinal numbers are number words representing a quantity (such as one, two, three, etc. in English
). They are related to ordinal number
s (such as first, second, third, etc.)
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
). They are related to ordinal number
Ordinal number (linguistics)
In linguistics, ordinal numbers are the words representing the rank of a number with respect to some order, in particular order or position . Its use may refer to size, importance, chronology, etc...
s (such as first, second, third, etc.)
See also
- Cardinal numberCardinal numberIn mathematics, cardinal numbers, or cardinals for short, are a generalization of the natural numbers used to measure the cardinality of sets. The cardinality of a finite set is a natural number – the number of elements in the set. The transfinite cardinal numbers describe the sizes of infinite...
for the related usage in mathematics - English numerals (in particular the Cardinal numbers section)
- Number namesNumber namesIn linguistics, number names are specific words in a natural language that represent numbers.In writing, numerals are symbols also representing numbers...
for information about the naming of numbers in various languages