cardinal numeral

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːdɪnəl ˈnjuːməɹəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹdɪnəl ˈnumɜɹəl/

cardinal numeral (plural cardinal numerals)

1. (grammar) A word used to represent a cardinal number.
   • 1706, Edward Phillips, compiler, J K[ersey the younger], “Numerals”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. , 6th edition, London: J. Phillips, ; N. Rhodes, ; and J. Taylor, , →OCLC, column 1:

     Cardinal Numerals, are thoſe which expreſs the Number of things, as One, Two, Three, Four; [...]

   • 1872, Richard Morris, Historical outlines of English accidence, page 110:

     Numbers may be considered under their divisions — Cardinal, Ordinal, and Indefinite Numerals.

   • 1993, William W. Derbyshire, A Basic Reference Grammar of Slovene, Columbus, Ohio: Slavica Publishers, Inc., page 56:

     The cardinal numeral ‘one’ occurs in the singular and is declined like bogàt.

   • 2002, Laurie Bauer, Rodney Huddleston, “Lexical word-formation”, in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 1716:

     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, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (New York: Harper Resources, 2005), p.97

     In Latin most cardinal numerals through 100 are indeclinable adjectives.

• ordinal numeral

• cardinal
• cardinal number