Phrase guide

cardinal numeral

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːdɪnəl ˈnjuːməɹəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈkɑɹdɪnəl ˈnumɜɹəl/

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noun

Meaning 1

A word used to represent a cardinal number.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hooftelwoord — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Armenian: քանակական թվական (kʻanakakan tʻvakan) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Bulgarian: числително бройно (čislitelno brojno) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 純數 /纯数 (chúnshù) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基數 /基数 (jīshù) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Crimean Tatar: miqdar sayısı — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Czech: základní číslovka — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Danish: kardinaltal — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Dutch: hoofdtelwoord — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Estonian: põhiarv — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Finnish: perusluku — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Finnish: kardinaalilukusana — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Finnish: kardinaaliluku — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Georgian: რაოდენობითი რიცხვითი სახელი (raodenobiti ricxviti saxeli) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • German: Grundzahlwort — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • German: Grundzahl — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • German: Kardinale n Cardinale — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • German: Kardinalzahlwort — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • German: Cardinalzahlwort — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • German: Kardinalzahl — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • German: Cardinalzahl — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Greek: απόλυτοι αριθμοί (apólytoi arithmoí) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Hungarian: tőszámnév — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Icelandic: frumtala — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Irish: bunuimhir — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Japanese: 基数 (kisū) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Korean: 기수 (gisu) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Korean: 계량수 (gyeryangsu) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Latin: numerus cardinālis — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Ludian: miärlugusana — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Malay: nombor kardinal — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grunntall — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grunntal — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Polish: liczebnik główny — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Portuguese: numeral cardinal — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Romanian: numeral cardinal — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Russian: коли́чественное числи́тельное (kolíčestvennoje čislítelʹnoje) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Slovak: základná číslovka — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Spanish: adjetivo cardinal — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Swedish: kardinaltal — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Swedish: grundtal — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Tagalog: pamilang na paulat — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Turkish: asıl sayı — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Turkish: asıl sayılar — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Uyghur: ساناق سان (sanaq san) — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number
  • Vietnamese: số đếm — grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number