ordinal C2 Topic:Mathematics & Measurement US /ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/ UK /ˈɔː.dɪ.nəl/ See IPA manual Freq #335442 Meanings 1 adj being or denoting a numerical order in a series Ordinal numbers. 2 adj of or relating to a taxonomic order Family and ordinal names of animals and plants. 3 adj Indicating position in a sequence. "Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is the corresponding ordinal number. 4 noun An ordinal number such as first, second and third. The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"[…]and the "ordinals"[…]. Thesaurus Word family Forms ordinals Derived forms biordinaldisordinalextraordinalinfraordinalinterordinalintraordinalnonordinalordinalismordinalityordinallysubordinalsuperordinal Common collocations ordinal number Adjective + noun Etymology Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis. Topics Mathematics & Measurement External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ordinal **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɔː.dɪ.nəl/ **Frequency rank:** 335442 ## Meanings 1. being or denoting a numerical order in a series 2. of or relating to a taxonomic order 3. Indicating position in a sequence. 4. An ordinal number such as first, second and third. ## Examples - Ordinal numbers. - Family and ordinal names of animals and plants. - "Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is the corresponding ordinal number. - The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"[…]and the "ordinals"[…]. ## Derived Forms - biordinal - disordinal - extraordinal - infraordinal - interordinal - intraordinal - nonordinal - ordinalism - ordinality - ordinally - subordinal - superordinal ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis. ## Topics - Mathematics & Measurement markdown