In linguistics, ordinal numerals or ordinal number words are words representing position or rank in a sequential order; the order may be of size, importance...
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written languages, an ordinal indicator is a character, or group of characters, following a numeral denoting that it is an ordinal number, rather than a...
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used to follow him' Ordinal numerals all decline like normal first- and second-declension adjectives. When declining two-word ordinals (thirteenth onwards)...
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numerals (in particular the Cardinal numbers section) Distributive number Multiplier Nominal numeral Numeral for examples of number systems Ordinal number...
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"numeral" to be a synonym for "number" and assign all numbers (including ordinal numbers like "first") to a part of speech called "numerals". Numerals...
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In set theory, an ordinal number, or ordinal, is a generalization of ordinal numerals (first, second, nth, etc.) aimed to extend enumeration to infinite...
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group decision-making problems Ordinal indicator, the sign adjacent to a numeral denoting that it is an ordinal number Ordinal number in set theory, a number...
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Regnal number (redirect from Ordinal (monarchs))
Regnal numbers are ordinal numbers used to distinguish among persons with the same name who held the same office. Most importantly, they are used to distinguish...
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numerals: cardinal numerals, ordinal numerals, collective numerals and multiplicative numerals. The cardinal numerals in Macedonian are: The numerals...
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modern Greece, they are still used for ordinal numbers and in contexts similar to those in which Roman numerals are still used in the Western world. For...
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Shilha language (section Ordinal numerals)
plural noun in the usual manner: The ordinal prefixes is also used with Arabic numerals and with the indefinite numeral: wis-xmsa w-ɛcrin n dulqqiɛda "the...
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(차; 次), and hoe (회; 回) are always used with Sino-Korean or Arabic ordinal numerals. For example, Yihoseon (이호선; 二號線) is Line Number Two in a metropolitan...
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linguistically as "partitive numerals". In spoken English, ordinal numerals and partitive numerals are identical with a few exceptions. Thus "fifth" can mean...
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Slovak declension (section Ordinal Numerals)
They are declined like adjectives (paradigms pekný and cudzí). Note: Ordinal numerals are formed by adding adjective endings to the (slightly modified) cardinal...
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The Japanese numerals are numerals that are used in Japanese. In writing, they are the same as the Chinese numerals, and large numbers follow the Chinese...
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Russian declension (redirect from Russian numerals)
the numeral is два, not *две). Fractions 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 have proper names (nouns): полови́на, треть and че́тверть, which are used instead of ordinal numbers...
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support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way...
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as in calendars. In other situations, numerals from the Hindu–Arabic numeral system are used. Cardinal and ordinal numbers must agree in gender with the...
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"dozen"), adjectives (ordinal numerals, e.g., "first", and multiplier numerals, e.g., "single") and adverbs (multiplicative numerals, e.g., "once", and distributive...
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Numeral or number prefixes are prefixes derived from numerals or occasionally other numbers. In English and many other languages, they are used to coin...
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The Georgian numerals are the system of number names used in Georgian, a language spoken in the country of Georgia. The Georgian numerals from 30 to 99...
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In the mathematical field of set theory, ordinal arithmetic describes the three usual operations on ordinal numbers: addition, multiplication, and exponentiation...
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Chinese numerals are words and characters used to denote numbers in written Chinese. Today, speakers of Chinese languages use three written numeral systems:...
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names for numerals in Slovene are formed in a similar way to that found in other Slavic languages. An exception is the formation of numerals from 21 to...
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This is a list of armies arranged by ordinal numeral. First Allied Airborne Army First Army (Australia) First Army (Austria-Hungary) First Army (Bulgaria)...
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Estonian orthography (section Numerals)
kuueteistkümnes 'the sixteenth'. In some cases, ordinals are written as Roman numerals (without the ordinal dot). Roman numerals followed by a dot may be used in numbered...
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Arabic grammar (section Ordinal numerals)
(رُبُعٌ) three-quarters thalāthatu arbā‘in (ثَلَاثَةُ أَرْبَاعٍ) etc. Ordinal numerals (الأعداد الترتيبية al-a‘dād al-tartībīyah) higher than "second" are...
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Natural number (redirect from Zermelo ordinals)
like "this is the third largest city in the country", which are called ordinal numbers. Natural numbers are also used as labels, like jersey numbers on...
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Danish language (redirect from Danish numerals)
twenty" is no longer included in cardinal numbers, but may still be used in ordinal numbers. Thus, in modern Danish fifty-two is usually rendered as tooghalvtreds...
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("Pope"). Popes who have an ordinal numeral in their name traditionally place the abbreviation "PP." before the ordinal numeral, as in "Benedictus PP. XVI"...
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