Ordinal number (linguistics)
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In linguistics, ordinal numbers are words representing position or rank in a sequential order. The order may be of size, importance, chronology, and so on. In English, they are adjectives such as third and tertiary.
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See also
- Distributive number
- English ordinal numbers
- Multiplier (linguistics)
- Ordinal indicator for more conventions for writing ordinal numbers (super-scripting)
- Ordinal number for the related, but more formal and abstract, usage in mathematics
- Regnal ordinal
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