ordinal
English
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)
- (mathematics, of a number) Indicating position in a sequence.
- (taxonomy) Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.
- (nautical) Intercardinal.
Derived terms
Related terms
With prefixes
Translations
indicating position in a numerical sequence
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See also
ordinal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Level of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
ordinal (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
Derived terms
Translations
ordinal number — see also ordinal number
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book
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References
- “ordinal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Descendants
- → Romanian: ordinal
Further reading
- “ordinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oʁ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/ [oɦ.d͡ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /oɾ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/ [oɾ.d͡ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oʁ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/ [oʁ.d͡ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oɻ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/ [oɻ.d͡ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔɾ.diˈnal/ [ɔɾ.ðiˈnaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔɾ.diˈna.li/ [ɔɾ.ðiˈna.li]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: or‧di‧nal
Romanian
Adjective
ordinal m or n (feminine singular ordinală, masculine plural ordinali, feminine and neuter plural ordinale)
Declension
Declension of ordinal
singular | 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾdiˈnal/ [oɾ.ð̞iˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: or‧di‧nal
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ordinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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