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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 forty-two and nine hundred sixty. Cardinal numerals are classified as definite, and are related to ordinal numbers, such as the English first, second, third, etc.

See also

• Arity
• Cardinal number for the related usage in mathematics
• English numerals (in particular the Cardinal numbers section)
• Distributive number
• Multiplier
• Nominal numeral
• Numeral for examples of number systems
• Ordinal number
• Valency
• Roman numerals
• Latin numerals
• Greek numerals

References

Notes

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

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