Cardinal numeral

{{Short description|Part of speech used to count}}

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class="wikitable floatright" |+ Cardinal versus ordinal numbers ! colspan="2" | Cardinal ! colspan="2" | Ordinal
zero	0 | zeroth	0th
one	1 | first	1st
two	2 | second	2nd
three	3 | third	3rd
four	4 | fourth	4th
five	5 | fifth	5th
six	6 | sixth	6th
seven	7 | seventh	7th
eight	8 | eighth	8th
nine	9 | ninth	9th
ten	10 | tenth	10th

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.{{cite book|author=David Crystal|author-link=David Crystal|title=Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics|year=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-405-15296-9|edition=6th|page=65}}{{cite book|author=Hadumo Bussmann|title=Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics|year=1999|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-20319-7}}{{cite book |author=James R. Hurford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaBKd8pT6kgC&pg=PA23 |title=Grammar: A Student's Guide |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-521-45627-2 |pages=23–24 |author-link=James R. Hurford}}