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A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3.
- The cardinal number “three” can be represented as “3” or “three”.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- “Three” is a cardinal number, while “third” is an ordinal number.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cardinal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: number
Narrower terms: frequency, absolute frequency, googol, googolplex
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Basque:
zenbaki kardinal
— number denoting quantity
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Bengali:
অঙ্কবাচক সংখ্যা
(oṅkobacok śoṅkha)
— number denoting quantity
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Bulgarian:
числително бройно
(čislitelno brojno)
— number denoting quantity
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Catalan:
nombre cardinal
— number denoting quantity
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Chinese Mandarin:
基數 /基数
(jīshù)
— number denoting quantity
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Danish:
kardinaltal
— number denoting quantity
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Esperanto:
kardinalo
— number denoting quantity
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Estonian:
kardinaalarv
— number denoting quantity
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Faroese:
grundtal
— number denoting quantity
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Finnish:
kardinaaliluku
— number denoting quantity
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Finnish:
perusluku
— number denoting quantity
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French:
nombre cardinal
— number denoting quantity
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Galician:
número cardinal
— number denoting quantity
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Georgian:
რაოდენობითი რიცხვითი სახელი
(raodenobiti ricxviti saxeli)
— number denoting quantity
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German:
Kardinalzahl
— number denoting quantity
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German:
Grundzahl
— number denoting quantity
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Greek:
απόλυτος αριθμός
(apólytos arithmós)
— number denoting quantity
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Hungarian:
tőszám
— number denoting quantity
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Icelandic:
fjöldatala
— number denoting quantity
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Icelandic:
höfuðtala
— number denoting quantity
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Irish:
bunuimhir
— number denoting quantity
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Italian:
numero cardinale
— number denoting quantity
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Japanese:
基数
(kisū)
— number denoting quantity
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Korean:
기수
(gisu)
— number denoting quantity
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Latin:
numerus cardinālis
— number denoting quantity
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Malay:
nombor kardinal
— number denoting quantity
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Māori:
tau maha
— number denoting quantity
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Polish:
liczba kardynalna
— number denoting quantity
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Portuguese:
número cardinal
— number denoting quantity
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Romanian:
numeral cardinal
— number denoting quantity
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Romanian:
număr cardinal
— number denoting quantity
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Russian:
кардина́льное число́
(kardinálʹnoje čisló)
— number denoting quantity
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Spanish:
número cardinal
— number denoting quantity
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Swedish:
kardinaltal
— number denoting quantity
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Swedish:
grundtal
— number denoting quantity
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Tagalog:
bilang na paulat
— number denoting quantity
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Turkish:
asıl sayı
— number denoting quantity
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Vietnamese:
số đếm
— number denoting quantity
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Welsh:
rhif prifol
— number denoting quantity
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Basque:
zenbaki kardinal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Bulgarian:
кардинално число
(kardinalno čislo)
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Catalan:
nombre cardinal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Czech:
kardinální číslo
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Danish:
kardinaltal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Estonian:
hulga võimsus
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Finnish:
kardinaaliluku
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Finnish:
perusluku
— number used to denote the size of a set
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French:
nombre cardinal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Galician:
número cardinal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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German:
Kardinalzahl
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Hungarian:
kardinális szám
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Icelandic:
fjöldatala
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Icelandic:
höfuðtala
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Irish:
bunuimhir
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Italian:
numero cardinale
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Japanese:
集合数
(shūgōsū)
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Japanese:
基数
(kisū)
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Malay:
nombor kardinal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Polish:
liczba kardynalna
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Portuguese:
número cardinal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Romanian:
cardinal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Russian:
мо́щность мно́жества
(móščnostʹ mnóžestva)
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Russian:
кардина́льное число́
(kardinálʹnoje čisló)
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Spanish:
número cardinal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Swedish:
kardinaltal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Swedish:
grundtal
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Tagalog:
bilang na paulat
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Turkish:
asıl sayılar
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Vietnamese:
số lượng
— number used to denote the size of a set
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Welsh:
rhif prifol
— number used to denote the size of a set