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cardinal number
cardinal number - English
Noun
cardinal
number
(
plural
cardinal numbers
)
A number used to denote
quantity
; a
counting number
; a
cardinal
.
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.
(
grammar
)
A word that expresses a
countable
quantity
; a
cardinal numeral
.
"Three" is a
cardinal number
, while "third" is an ordinal number.
Synonyms
(
number
)
:
cardinal
(
word
)
:
cardinal numeral
Coordinate terms
(
grammar
)
:
distributive number
,
multiplier
,
ordinal number
Translations
number denoting quantity
Basque:
zenbaki kardinal
Bengali:
অঙ্কবাচক সংখ্যা
(bn)
(
oṅkbacok śoṅkkha
)
Catalan:
nombre cardinal
m
Chinese:
Mandarin:
基數
/
基数
(zh)
(
jīshù
)
Danish:
kardinaltal
n
Esperanto:
kardinalo
Estonian:
kardinaalarv
Faroese:
grundtal
n
Finnish:
kardinaaliluku
(fi)
,
perusluku
(fi)
French:
nombre cardinal
(fr)
m
Galician:
número cardinal
m
Georgian:
რაოდენობითი რიცხვითი სახელი
(
raodenobiti ricxviti saxeli
)
German:
Kardinalzahl
(de)
f
,
Grundzahl
(de)
f
Greek:
απόλυτος αριθμός
m
(
apólytos arithmós
)
Hungarian:
tőszám
(hu)
Icelandic:
fjöldatala
f
,
höfuðtala
(is)
f
Irish:
bunuimhir
f
Italian:
numero cardinale
(it)
m
Japanese:
基数
(ja)
(
きすう, kisū
)
Korean:
기수
(ko)
(
gisu
)
Malay:
nombor kardinal
(ms)
Maori:
tau maha
Portuguese:
número cardinal
m
Romanian:
numeral cardinal
(ro)
n
,
număr cardinal
n
Russian:
кардина́льное число́
n
(
kardinálʹnoje čisló
)
Serbo-Croatian:
(please verify)
kardinalni broj
m
Spanish:
número cardinal
(es)
m
Swedish:
kardinaltal
(sv)
n
,
grundtal
(sv)
n
Tagalog:
bilang na paulat
Turkish:
asıl sayı
Vietnamese:
số đếm
Welsh:
rhif prifol
(cy)
number used to denote the size of a set
Basque:
zenbaki kardinal
Catalan:
nombre cardinal
m
Czech:
kardinální číslo
n
Danish:
kardinaltal
n
Estonian:
hulga võimsus
Finnish:
kardinaaliluku
(fi)
,
perusluku
(fi)
French:
nombre cardinal
(fr)
m
Galician:
número cardinal
m
German:
Kardinalzahl
(de)
f
Hungarian:
kardinális szám
Icelandic:
fjöldatala
f
,
höfuðtala
(is)
f
Irish:
bunuimhir
f
Italian:
numero cardinale
(it)
m
Japanese:
集合数
(
しゅうごうすう, shūgōsū
)
,
基数
(ja)
(
きすう, kisū
)
Malay:
nombor kardinal
(ms)
Polish:
liczba kardynalna
f
Portuguese:
número cardinal
m
Romanian:
cardinal
(ro)
n
Russian:
мо́щность мно́жества
f
(
móščnostʹ mnóžestva
)
,
кардина́льное число́
n
(
kardinálʹnoje čisló
)
Serbo-Croatian:
(please verify)
kardinalni broj
m
Spanish:
número cardinal
(es)
m
Swedish:
kardinaltal
(sv)
n
,
grundtal
(sv)
n
(
if finite
)
Tagalog:
bilang na paulat
Turkish:
asıl sayılar
(tr)
Vietnamese:
số lượng
(vi)
Welsh:
rhif prifol
(cy)
m
cardinal numeral
—
see
cardinal numeral
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