"cardinal number" meaning in English

See cardinal number in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: cardinal numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cardinal number (plural cardinal numbers)
  1. A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal. Categories (topical): Numbers, Set theory Synonyms: cardinal [numeral], word [cardinal, numeral] Coordinate_terms: distributive number [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], multiplier [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], ordinal number [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Translations (number denoting quantity): zenbaki kardinal (Basque), অঙ্কবাচক সংখ্যা (oṅkobacok śoṅkha) (Bengali), nombre cardinal [masculine] (Catalan), 基數 (Chinese Mandarin), 基数 (jīshù) (Chinese Mandarin), kardinaltal [neuter] (Danish), kardinalo (Esperanto), kardinaalarv (Estonian), grundtal [neuter] (Faroese), kardinaaliluku (Finnish), perusluku (Finnish), nombre cardinal [masculine] (French), número cardinal [masculine] (Galician), რაოდენობითი რიცხვითი სახელი (raodenobiti ricxviti saxeli) (Georgian), Kardinalzahl [feminine] (German), Grundzahl [feminine] (German), απόλυτος αριθμός (apólytos arithmós) [masculine] (Greek), tőszám (Hungarian), fjöldatala [feminine] (Icelandic), höfuðtala [feminine] (Icelandic), bunuimhir [feminine] (Irish), numero cardinale [masculine] (Italian), 基数 (kisū) (alt: きすう) (Japanese), 기수 (gisu) (Korean), nombor kardinal (Malay), tau maha (Maori), número cardinal [masculine] (Portuguese), numeral cardinal [neuter] (Romanian), număr cardinal [neuter] (Romanian), кардина́льное число́ (kardinálʹnoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian), número cardinal [masculine] (Spanish), kardinaltal [neuter] (Swedish), grundtal [neuter] (Swedish), bilang na paulat (Tagalog), asıl sayı (Turkish), số đếm (Vietnamese), rhif prifol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-cardinal_number-en-noun-ulMQN4Uy Disambiguation of Numbers: 44 19 38 Disambiguation of Set theory: 39 29 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 6 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 9 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 58 9 32 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 57 7 36 Disambiguation of 'number denoting quantity': 51 12 38
  2. (mathematics) A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Numbers, Set theory
    Sense id: en-cardinal_number-en-noun-QE4cpKKm Disambiguation of Numbers: 44 19 38 Disambiguation of Set theory: 39 29 32 Categories (other): Infinity Disambiguation of Infinity: 32 43 25 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (grammar) A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral. Categories (topical): Grammar, Numbers, Set theory
    Sense id: en-cardinal_number-en-noun-uIqF2TgF Disambiguation of Numbers: 44 19 38 Disambiguation of Set theory: 39 29 32 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (number used to denote the size of a set): zenbaki kardinal (Basque), nombre cardinal [masculine] (Catalan), kardinální číslo [neuter] (Czech), kardinaltal [neuter] (Danish), hulga võimsus (Estonian), kardinaaliluku (Finnish), perusluku (Finnish), nombre cardinal [masculine] (French), número cardinal [masculine] (Galician), Kardinalzahl [feminine] (German), kardinális szám (Hungarian), fjöldatala [feminine] (Icelandic), höfuðtala [feminine] (Icelandic), bunuimhir [feminine] (Irish), numero cardinale [masculine] (Italian), 集合数 (shūgōsū) (alt: しゅうごうすう) (Japanese), 基数 (kisū) (alt: きすう) (Japanese), nombor kardinal (Malay), liczba kardynalna [feminine] (Polish), número cardinal [masculine] (Portuguese), cardinal [neuter] (Romanian), мо́щность мно́жества (móščnostʹ mnóžestva) [feminine] (Russian), кардина́льное число́ (kardinálʹnoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian), número cardinal [masculine] (Spanish), kardinaltal [neuter] (Swedish), grundtal (english: if finite) [neuter] (Swedish), bilang na paulat (Tagalog), asıl sayılar (Turkish), số lượng (Vietnamese), rhif prifol [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'number used to denote the size of a set': 48 51 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for cardinal number meaning in English (14.5kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cardinal numbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cardinal number (plural cardinal numbers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 6 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 9 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 9 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 7 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Parts of speech",
          "orig": "en:Parts of speech",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 19 38",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Numbers",
          "orig": "en:Numbers",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 29 32",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Set theory",
          "orig": "en:Set theory",
          "parents": [
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "62 21 17",
          "topics": [
            "grammar",
            "linguistics",
            "human-sciences",
            "sciences"
          ],
          "word": "distributive number"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 21 17",
          "topics": [
            "grammar",
            "linguistics",
            "human-sciences",
            "sciences"
          ],
          "word": "multiplier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 21 17",
          "topics": [
            "grammar",
            "linguistics",
            "human-sciences",
            "sciences"
          ],
          "word": "ordinal number"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3."
        },
        {
          "text": "The cardinal number \"three\" can be represented as \"3\" or \"three\"."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal."
      ],
      "id": "en-cardinal_number-en-noun-ulMQN4Uy",
      "links": [
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ],
        [
          "counting number",
          "counting number"
        ],
        [
          "cardinal",
          "cardinal"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "62 21 17",
          "tags": [
            "numeral"
          ],
          "word": "cardinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 21 17",
          "tags": [
            "cardinal",
            "numeral"
          ],
          "word": "word"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "zenbaki kardinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "oṅkobacok śoṅkha",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "অঙ্কবাচক সংখ্যা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nombre cardinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "基數"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jīshù",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "基数"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kardinaltal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "kardinalo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "kardinaalarv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "grundtal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "kardinaaliluku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "perusluku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nombre cardinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "número cardinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "raodenobiti ricxviti saxeli",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "რაოდენობითი რიცხვითი სახელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kardinalzahl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Grundzahl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apólytos arithmós",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "απόλυτος αριθμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "tőszám"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fjöldatala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "höfuðtala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bunuimhir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "numero cardinale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "alt": "きすう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kisū",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "基数"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gisu",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "기수"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "nombor kardinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "tau maha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "número cardinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "numeral cardinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "număr cardinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kardinálʹnoje čisló",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "кардина́льное число́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "número cardinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kardinaltal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "grundtal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "bilang na paulat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "asıl sayı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "số đếm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 12 38",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "number denoting quantity",
          "word": "rhif prifol"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 43 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Infinity",
          "orig": "en:Infinity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 19 38",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Numbers",
          "orig": "en:Numbers",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 29 32",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Set theory",
          "orig": "en:Set theory",
          "parents": [
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1920, Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, page 83",
          "text": "This cardinal number is the smallest of the infinite cardinal numbers; it is the one to which Cantor has appropriated the Hebrew Aleph with the suffix 0, to distinguish it from larger infinite cardinals. Thus the name of the smallest of infinite cardinals is ℵ₀.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets."
      ],
      "id": "en-cardinal_number-en-noun-QE4cpKKm",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ],
        [
          "infinite",
          "infinite"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "en:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 19 38",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Numbers",
          "orig": "en:Numbers",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 29 32",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Set theory",
          "orig": "en:Set theory",
          "parents": [
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Three\" is a cardinal number, while \"third\" is an ordinal number."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral."
      ],
      "id": "en-cardinal_number-en-noun-uIqF2TgF",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "countable",
          "countable"
        ],
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ],
        [
          "cardinal numeral",
          "cardinal numeral"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "zenbaki kardinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nombre cardinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kardinální číslo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kardinaltal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "hulga võimsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "kardinaaliluku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "perusluku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nombre cardinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número cardinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kardinalzahl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "kardinális szám"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fjöldatala"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "höfuðtala"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bunuimhir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "numero cardinale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "alt": "しゅうごうすう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūgōsū",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "集合数"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "alt": "きすう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kisū",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "基数"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "nombor kardinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liczba kardynalna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número cardinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cardinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "móščnostʹ mnóžestva",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мо́щность мно́жества"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kardinálʹnoje čisló",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кардина́льное число́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número cardinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kardinaltal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "if finite",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "grundtal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "bilang na paulat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "asıl sayılar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "số lượng"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 51 1",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhif prifol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cardinal number"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Requests for review of Basque translations",
    "Requests for review of Ido translations",
    "Requests for review of Latin translations",
    "Requests for review of Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Requests for review of Slovene translations",
    "en:Infinity",
    "en:Numbers",
    "en:Parts of speech",
    "en:Set theory"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "distributive number"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "multiplier"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "ordinal number"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cardinal numbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cardinal number (plural cardinal numbers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3."
        },
        {
          "text": "The cardinal number \"three\" can be represented as \"3\" or \"three\"."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ],
        [
          "counting number",
          "counting number"
        ],
        [
          "cardinal",
          "cardinal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1920, Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, page 83",
          "text": "This cardinal number is the smallest of the infinite cardinal numbers; it is the one to which Cantor has appropriated the Hebrew Aleph with the suffix 0, to distinguish it from larger infinite cardinals. Thus the name of the smallest of infinite cardinals is ℵ₀.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ],
        [
          "infinite",
          "infinite"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Three\" is a cardinal number, while \"third\" is an ordinal number."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "countable",
          "countable"
        ],
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ],
        [
          "cardinal numeral",
          "cardinal numeral"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "numeral"
      ],
      "word": "cardinal"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "cardinal",
        "numeral"
      ],
      "word": "word"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "zenbaki kardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "oṅkobacok śoṅkha",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "অঙ্কবাচক সংখ্যা"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nombre cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "基數"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīshù",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "基数"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kardinaltal"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "kardinalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "kardinaalarv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "grundtal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "kardinaaliluku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "perusluku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nombre cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "raodenobiti ricxviti saxeli",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "რაოდენობითი რიცხვითი სახელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kardinalzahl"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grundzahl"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apólytos arithmós",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "απόλυτος αριθμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "tőszám"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fjöldatala"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "höfuðtala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bunuimhir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "numero cardinale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きすう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kisū",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "基数"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gisu",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "기수"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "nombor kardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "tau maha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "numeral cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "număr cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kardinálʹnoje čisló",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кардина́льное число́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kardinaltal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "grundtal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "bilang na paulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "asıl sayı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "số đếm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "number denoting quantity",
      "word": "rhif prifol"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "zenbaki kardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nombre cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kardinální číslo"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kardinaltal"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "hulga võimsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "kardinaaliluku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "perusluku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nombre cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kardinalzahl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "kardinális szám"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fjöldatala"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "höfuðtala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bunuimhir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "numero cardinale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゅうごうすう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūgōsū",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "集合数"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きすう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kisū",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "基数"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "nombor kardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liczba kardynalna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "móščnostʹ mnóžestva",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мо́щность мно́жества"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kardinálʹnoje čisló",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кардина́льное число́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número cardinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kardinaltal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "if finite",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "grundtal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "bilang na paulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "asıl sayılar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "word": "số lượng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "number used to denote the size of a set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhif prifol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cardinal number"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.