ordinal
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.dɪ.nəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈoː.dɪ.nəl/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪnəl, -ɔːɹdnəl
Adjective
editordinal (not comparable)
- (mathematics, of a number) Indicating position in a sequence.
- "Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is the corresponding ordinal number.
- (taxonomy) Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.
- (nautical) Intercardinal.
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See also
edit- ordinal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Level of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
editordinal (plural ordinals)
- An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
- 2005, F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th revised edition, page 97:
- The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals" […] and the "ordinals" […]
- A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services
- (cryptocurrencies) A unique serial number assigned to a satoshi based on its position in the blockchain.
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References
edit- “ordinal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ordinālis.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [ur.diˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [or.diˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [oɾ.ðiˈnal]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Adjective
editordinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ordinals)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “ordinal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “ordinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “ordinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ordinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ordinālis.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editordinal (feminine ordinale, masculine plural ordinaux, feminine plural ordinales)
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editDescendants
edit- → Romanian: ordinal
Further reading
edit- “ordinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Dutch ordinaal (“ordinal”), from French ordinal, from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /orˈdinal/ [orˈdi.nal]
- Rhymes: -inal
- Syllabification: or‧di‧nal
Adjective
editordinal (comparative lebih ordinal, superlative paling ordinal)
Further reading
edit- “ordinal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ōrdinālis.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
editordinal m or f (plural ordinais)
- ordinal (indicating position in a numerical sequence)
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editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French ordinal. By surface analysis, ordin + -al.
Adjective
editordinal m or n (feminine singular ordinală, masculine plural ordinali, feminine and neuter plural ordinale)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | ordinal | ordinală | ordinali | ordinale | |||
definite | ordinalul | ordinala | ordinalii | ordinalele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | ordinal | ordinale | ordinali | ordinale | |||
definite | ordinalului | ordinalei | ordinalilor | ordinalelor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ordinālis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editordinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ordinales)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “ordinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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