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The correct spelling is ordinal.
How to pronounce ordinal
noun
IPA: /ˈɔː(ɹ).dɪ.nəl/
Say it like: Ord-ina-l
The correct spelling is ordinal. An ordinal number such as first, second and third. For example: "The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals"... — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97"
Usage Examples
“The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals"... — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
- 2.A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services
adjective
- 1.(of a number) indicating position in a sequence
- 2.Of or relating to the groupings called orders
- 3.Intercardinal
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