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.

Cardinal versus ordinal numbers
Cardinal Ordinal
one1 first1st
two2 second2nd
three3 third3rd
four4 fourth4th
five5 fifth5th
six6 sixth6tt
seven7 seventh7th
eight8 eighth8th
nine9 ninth9th
ten10 tenth10th
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