English
Pronunciation
italbrac|RP: IPA|/�k��dɪn�l �nju�m�r�l/
italbrac|US: IPA|/�k�ɹdɪn�l �num�r�l/
Noun
en-noun|sg=cardinal numeral
- grammar A word used to represent a cardinal number.
Quotations
1678 � w:Edward Phillips|Edward Phillips, The new world of English words: or, a new general dictionary, (first ed. 1658)
1872 � w:Richard Morris (philology)|Richard Morris, Historical outlines of English accidence, p.110
1993 � William W. Derbyshire, A Basic Reference Grammar of Slovene (Columbus, Ohio: Slavica Publishers, Inc.), p.56
2002 � Laurie Bauer & Rodney Huddleston, "Lexical word-formation", p1621-1722 in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, p1716
:Numerals cut across the division between syntax and morphology: cardinal numerals expressing numbers below 100 are single words, while those expressing higher numbers are syntactically composite.
2005 � F. M. Wheelock, w:Wheelock's Latin|Wheelock�s Latin, 6th ed. revised (New York: Harper Resources, 2005), p.97
Translations
Dutch: hoofdtelwoord n
Portuguese: numeral cardinal#Portuguese|numeral cardinal
Romanian: numeral cardinal#Romanian|numeral cardinal
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Slovak: základný Ä�Ãslovka f
Spanish: adjetivo cardinal m
See also
cardinal
cardinal number
ru:cardinal numeral
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