ordinal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (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

ordinal (not comparable)

1. (mathematics, of a number) Indicating position in a sequence.

   "Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is the corresponding ordinal number.

2. (taxonomy) Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.
3. (nautical) Intercardinal.

Noun

ordinal (plural ordinals)

1. 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" […]

2. A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services

Translations

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ordinal number — see also ordinal number

Breton: niver petvediñ (pl niveroù petvediñ) Bulgarian: числително редно (čislitelno redno) Danish: ordenstal (da) n, ordinaltal n Finnish: ordinaali, ordinaalilukusana (word); ordinaaliluku (fi) (number), järjestysluku (fi) French: ordinal m (pl ordinaux) Georgian: რიგობითი რიცხვი (rigobiti ricxvi) Serbo-Croatian: redni broj m Tagalog: bilang na panunod Welsh: trefnolyn m

book

Finnish: ordinaali

References

• “ordinal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Arnoldi, Lorinda, Rodinal, nail rod

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordinālis.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

ordinal (feminine ordinale, masculine plural ordinaux, feminine plural ordinales)

1. ordinal

Further reading

• “ordinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch ordinaal (“ordinal”), from French ordinal, from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /orˈdinal/ [orˈdi.nal]
• Rhymes: -inal
• Syllabification: or‧di‧nal

Adjective

ordinal

1. (mathematics, statistics) ordinal

Further reading

• “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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: or‧di‧nal

Adjective

ordinal m or f (plural ordinais)

1. ordinal (indicating position in a numerical sequence)

Etymology

Borrowed from French ordinal. By surface analysis, ordin +‎ -al.

Adjective

ordinal m or n (feminine singular ordinală, masculine plural ordinali, feminine and neuter plural ordinale)

1. ordinal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordinālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾdiˈnal/ [oɾ.ð̞iˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: or‧di‧nal

Adjective

ordinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ordinales)

1. ordinal

Further reading

• “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