Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ordinal

/ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
or-di-nal
IPA
/ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Indicating position in a sequence.

adj

Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.

adj

Intercardinal.

noun

An ordinal number such as first, second and third.

noun

A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services

noun

A unique serial number assigned to a satoshi based on its position in the blockchain.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₂er-, ōrdinālis

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/
  • British English: /ˈɔː.dɪ.nəl/

Inflected Forms

ordinals (plural)

Derived Forms

biordinal disordinal extraordinal infraordinal interordinal intraordinal nonordinal ordinalism ordinality ordinally subordinal supraordinal

Phrases

ordinal adjective ordinal date ordinal direction ordinal indicator ordinal number ordinal numeral ordinal rank ordinal scale

Frequently Paired Words

nominal cardinal interval ratio

Synonyms

ordinal number no.

Questions

How do you pronounce ordinal?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/.
What does ordinal mean?
Indicating position in a sequence.
Where does ordinal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce ordinal

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