# ordinal
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɔː.dɪ.nəl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US, Canada) IPA: /ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈoː.dɪ.nəl/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪnəl, -ɔːɹdnəl

### Adjective

ordinal (not comparable)
* (mathematics, of a number) Indicating position in a sequence.
    "Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is the corresponding ordinal number.
* (taxonomy) Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.
* (nautical) Intercardinal.

#### Coordinate terms

* nominal, cardinal, interval, ratio

#### Derived terms

* interordinal
* ordinal adjective
* ordinal date
* ordinal direction
* ordinal indicator
* ordinal number
* ordinal numeral
* ordinal rank
* ordinal scale
* ordinal variable
* supraordinal, superordinal

#### Related terms

* ordain
* order
* ordinal
* ordinance, ordnance
* ordinary
* ordinate
* ordination
* ordo
* coordinate, coordination
* foreordination
* insubordination
* postordination
* preordination
* reordination
* subordinate, subordination
* subordination
* superordination

#### See also

* ordinal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Level of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Noun

ordinal (plural ordinals)
* An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
** 2005, F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th revised edition, page 97:The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals" […] and the "ordinals" […]
* A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services

#### Derived terms

* limit ordinal
* p-adic ordinal

#### Translations

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### References

* “ordinal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Arnoldi, Lorinda, Rodinal, nail rod

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordinālis.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

ordinal (feminine ordinale, masculine plural ordinaux, feminine plural ordinales)
* ordinal

#### Related terms

* ordinaire
* ordonner
* ordre

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: ordinal

### Further reading

* “ordinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch ordinaal (“ordinal”), from French ordinal, from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /orˈdinal/ [orˈdi.nal]
* Rhymes: -inal
* Syllabification: or‧di‧nal

### Adjective

ordinal
* (mathematics, statistics) ordinal

### Further reading

* “ordinal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /oʁ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/ [oɦ.d͡ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /oʁ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/ [oɦ.d͡ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /oɾ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/ [oɾ.d͡ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /oʁ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/ [oʁ.d͡ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /oɻ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/ [oɻ.d͡ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔɾ.diˈnal/ [ɔɾ.ðiˈnaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔɾ.diˈnal/ [ɔɾ.ðiˈnaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔɾ.diˈna.li/ [ɔɾ.ðiˈna.li]
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: or‧di‧nal

### Adjective

ordinal m or f (plural ordinais)
* ordinal (indicating position in a numerical sequence)

#### Related terms

* ordem
* ordenar

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ordinal. By surface analysis, ordin +‎ -al.

### Adjective

ordinal m or n (feminine singular ordinală, masculine plural ordinali, feminine and neuter plural ordinale)
* ordinal

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordinālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oɾdiˈnal/ [oɾ.ð̞iˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: or‧di‧nal

### Adjective

ordinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ordinales)
* ordinal

#### Derived terms

* adjetivo ordinal
* ordinalmente

#### Related terms

* orden
* ordenar

### Further reading

* “ordinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10