Cardinal numeral
| Cardinal | one | two | three | four | five | six | seven | eight | nine | ten |
| Cardinal | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ordinal | first | second | third | fourth | fifth | sixth | seventh | eighth | ninth | tenth |
| Ordinal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
In linguistics, more precisely in traditional grammar, a cardinal numeral is a part of speech used to count, such as the English words one, two, three, but also compounds, e.g. three hundred and forty-two or three hundred forty-two. Cardinal numbers are classified as definite numerals and are related to ordinal numbers, such as first, second, third, etc.
