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Noun
en-noun|sg=cardinal number
- A number used to denote quantity; a counting number.
#: The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3.
#: The cardinal number "three" can be represented as "3" or "three".
- mathematics A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.
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- context|grammar A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral.
#: "Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is an ordinal number.
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Translations
trans-top|number denoting quantity
Basque: zenbaki kardinal
Catalan: nombre cardinal m
Chinese: ��, �� (jī shù)
Croatian: kardinalni broj#Croatian|kardinalni broj m
Danish: kardinaltal n
Finnish: kardinaaliluku
French: nombre cardinal m
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Italian: numero cardinale m
Japanese: �� (���, kisū)
Portuguese: número cardinal m
Russian: ка�динал�ное �и�ло (kardinál�noje �isló) n
Spanish: número cardinal m
Swedish: kardinaltal n, grundtal n
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trans-top|number used to denote the size of a set
Basque: zenbaki kardinal
Catalan: nombre cardinal m
Croatian: kardinalni broj#Croatian|kardinalni broj m
Czech: kardinálnà Ä�Ãslo n
Danish: kardinaltal n
Finnish: kardinaaliluku
French: nombre cardinal m
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Hungarian: számosság
Italian: numero cardinale m
Portuguese: número cardinal m
Russian: мо�но��� множе��ва (móš�nost� mnóžestva) f, ка�динал�ное �и�ло (kardinál�noje �isló) n
Spanish: número cardinal m
Swedish: kardinaltal n, grundtal n (if finite)
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trans-top|word that expresses a countable quantity
Chinese: ��, 纯� (chún shù)
Danish: kardinaltal n
Dutch: hoofdtelwoord n, bepaald telwoord n
Finnish: perusluku, kardinaaliluku
German: Grundzahlwort n, bestimmtes Zahlwort n, Kardinalzahl f
Hungarian: t�számnév
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Portuguese: numeral cardinal#Portuguese|numeral cardinal
Romanian: numeral cardinal#Romanian|numeral cardinal
Russian: колиÑ�еÑ�Ñ�венное Ñ�иÑ�лиÑ�елÑ�ное (kolÃÄ�estvennoje Ä�islÃtelâ��noje) n
Spanish: adjetivo cardinal m
Swedish: kardinaltal n, grundtal n
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trans-top|word that expresses a countable quantity
ttbc|Basque: zenbaki kardinal
ttbc|Bengali: ����বা�� স���যা
ttbc|Bosnian: glavni broj#Bosnian|glavni broj m
ttbc|Catalan: nombre cardinal m
ttbc|Croatian: kardinalni broj#Croatian|kardinalni broj m
ttbc|Estonian: võimsus (matemaatika)
ttbc|French: nombre cardinal m
ttbc|Icelandic: höfuðtala
ttbc|Ido: kardinala nombro
ttbc|Japanese: �� (���, kisū)
ttbc|Latin: cardinale
ttbc|Polish: moc zbioru
ttbc|Serbian:
ttbc|Slovene: kardinalno Å¡tevilo n
ttbc|Vietnamese: s� �ếm
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Usage notes
Cardinal numbers are generally construed as nouns but function as adjectives. When functioning as adjectives, a cardinal number may only precede a countable noun, and the noun will be plural, except for one, 1 minus one, or -1:
Cardinal numbers may be used as ordinal numbers when <!--followed or -->preceded by a singular countable noun, especially if preceded by the word number <!--or the-->:
<!--One and -->zero can serve as quantifier<!--s--> indicating <!--effectively all and--> none<!--, respectively-->:
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Cardinal numbers can serve as a rating scale. The most common examples range from 0 or 1 to 10 or 100. In the 1-to-10 example, 0 and numbers bigger than 10 are used for hyperbole.
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See also
cardinal numeral
ordinal number
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