ordinal
/ˈɔː.dɪ.nəl/US/ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/
ordinal adjective: indicating position in a sequence.
Adjective
ordinal (not comparable)
- Indicating position in a sequence.
- "Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is the corresponding ordinal number.
- Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.
- Intercardinal.
Noun
ordinal (plural ordinals)
- An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
- The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"[…]and the "ordinals"[…]2005, F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th revised edition, page 97
- A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services
- A unique serial number assigned to a satoshi based on its position in the blockchain.
ordinal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
ordinal in Hindi
- ordinal
- क्रमसूचक kramsūcak
ordinal in Tamil
- வரிசையெண்ணுக்குரிய
ordinal in Urdu
- باقائدگی والا
ordinal in Malayalam
- എത്രാമത്തേതാണെന്ന് കാണിക്കുന്ന സംഖ്യ, ക്രമസൂചകം
More languagesFewer languages
- ordinal in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಮಸೂಚಕ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ, ಸ್ಥಾನಸೂಚಕ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ, ಓರಣದಂಕೆ
- ordinal in Tagalog
- panunod, bilang na panunod
- ordinal in Indonesian
- ordinal
Examples of ordinal in a sentence
- “Three” is a cardinal number, while “third” is an ordinal number.
- First, second and third are the ordinal numbers corresponding to one, two and three.
- Notice the resemblance between the p-adic ordinal and the base-p logarithm.
Forms of ordinal
| plural | ordinals |
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Origin of ordinal
Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis.
Words formed from ordinal
- biordinal
- disordinal
- extraordinal
- infraordinal
- interordinal
- intraordinal
- nonordinal
- ordinal adjective
- ordinal date
- ordinal direction
- ordinal indicator
- ordinalism
- ordinality
- ordinally
- ordinal number
- ordinal numeral
- ordinal rank
- ordinal scale
- ordinal variable
- subordinal
- supraordinal
- superordinal
- limit ordinal
- p-adic ordinal
Phrases with ordinal
Questions about ordinal
- What does ordinal mean?
- Ordinal means indicating position in a sequence.
- What is ordinal in Hindi?
- Ordinal in Hindi is क्रमसूचक (kramsūcak). See Ordinal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ordinal?
- Ordinal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ordinal?
- Ordinal is pronounced /ˈɔː.dɪ.nəl/ (UK).
Words near ordinal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ordinal (page history and authors); क्रमसूचक (Hindi) (page history and authors); ordinal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ordinal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ordinal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ordinal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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