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)

  1. (mathematics, of a number) Indicating position in a sequence.
    "Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is the corresponding ordinal number.
  2. (taxonomy) Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.
  3. (nautical) Intercardinal.

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Noun

ordinal (plural ordinals)

  1. 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" []
  2. A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services
  3. (cryptocurrencies) A unique serial number assigned to a satoshi based on its position in the blockchain.

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References

  • ordinal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordinālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ur.diˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [or.diˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [oɾ.ðiˈnal]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Adjective

ordinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ordinals)

  1. ordinal

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordinālis.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

ordinal (feminine ordinale, masculine plural ordinaux, feminine plural ordinales)

  1. ordinal

Descendants

  • Romanian: ordinal

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch ordinaal (ordinal), from French ordinal, from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (order), + adjective suffix -ālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /orˈdinal/ [orˈdi.nal]
  • Rhymes: -inal
  • Syllabification: or‧di‧nal

Adjective

ordinal (comparative lebih ordinal, superlative paling ordinal)

  1. (mathematics, statistics) ordinal

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis.

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

Adjective

ordinal m or f (plural ordinais)

  1. ordinal (indicating position in a numerical sequence)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ordinal. By surface analysis, ordin +‎ -al.

Adjective

ordinal m or n (feminine singular ordinală, masculine plural ordinali, feminine and neuter plural ordinale)

  1. ordinal

Declension

Declension of ordinal
singular plural
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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordinālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾdiˈnal/ [oɾ.ð̞iˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: or‧di‧nal

Adjective

ordinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ordinales)

  1. ordinal

Derived terms

Further reading