ordinal

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.dɪ.nəl/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.dɪ.nəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪnəl, -ɔːɹdnəl

ordinal (not comparable)

1. (mathematics, of a number) Indicating position in a sequence.

   "Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is the corresponding ordinal number.

2. (taxonomy) Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.
3. (nautical) Intercardinal.

• nominal, cardinal, interval, ratio

• ordinal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Level of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

ordinal (plural ordinals)

1. 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" […]

2. A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services
3. (cryptocurrencies) A unique serial number assigned to a satoshi based on its position in the blockchain.

• “ordinal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Arnoldi, Lorinda, Rodinal, nail rod

Borrowed from Latin ordinālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ur.diˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [or.diˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oɾ.ðiˈnal]

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ordinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ordinals)

1. ordinal

• “ordinal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ordinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ordinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ordinal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Borrowed from Latin ordinālis.

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.di.nal/

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

1. ordinal

• ordinaire
• ordonner
• ordre

• → Romanian: ordinal

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

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

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

ordinal (comparative lebih ordinal, superlative paling ordinal)

1. (mathematics, statistics) ordinal

• “ordinal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: or‧di‧nal

ordinal m or f (plural ordinais)

1. ordinal (indicating position in a numerical sequence)

• ordem
• ordenar

• “ordinal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ordinal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

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

1. ordinal

Borrowed from Latin ordinālis.

• IPA^(key): /oɾdiˈnal/ [oɾ.ð̞iˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: or‧di‧nal

ordinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ordinales)

1. ordinal

• “ordinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025