Synonyms for ordinal
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awr-dn-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr dn əl |
Top 10 synonyms for ordinal Other synonyms for the word ordinal
Définition of ordinal
Origin :- early 14c., "book setting forth the order of services in the Church," from Late Latin adjective ordinalis (see ordinal (adj.)).
- As in number : noun unit of the mathematical system
- Phauloptera: an ordinal term for the scale insects (Laporte 1835).
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- Ordinal—That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series.
- Extract from : « Capitals » by Frederick W. Hamilton
- If the ordinal expression of number be used on the title-page, the figures may be given, and the ordinal termination omitted.
- Extract from : « Smithsonian Report on the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries and their Publication by Means of Separate, Stereotyped Titles » by Charles C. Jewett
- An 'ordinal' is a book showing the order of church services and ceremonies.
- Extract from : « Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose » by Various
- Ordinal numerals are adjectives which answer the question "Which in order?"
- Extract from : « A Complete Grammar of Esperanto » by Ivy Kellerman Reed
- He was not given the title of king, and no ordinal number followed his name.
- Extract from : « Penguin Island » by Anatole France
- A full stop is placed after most abbreviations, after initial letters, and after ordinal numbers in Roman characters.
- Extract from : « "Stops" » by Paul Allardyce
- Being adjectives, the Ordinal Numbers take the plural j and accusative n when necessary.
- Extract from : « The Esperanto Teacher » by Helen Fryer
- Others give lists of the cardinal and ordinal numbers in French, and one adds to these a nomenclature of the different colours.
- Extract from : « The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times » by Kathleen Lambley
- Twelve is, 'two and ten;' and twelfth, 'second after the tenth, the ordinal of twelve.'
- Extract from : « Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works » by Anonymous
Antonyms for ordinal
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