Definitions for ordinal

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ordinal or·di·nal

Spelling: [awr-dn-uh l]

IPA: /ˈɔr dn əl/

Ordinal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 260 anagrams from letters in ordinal (adilnor).

Definitions for ordinal

noun

1. an ordinal number or numeral.
2. a directory of ecclesiastical services.
3. a book containing the forms for the ordination of priests, consecration of bishops, etc.

adjective

1. of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
2. of or relating to order, rank, or position in a series.

Origin of ordinal

1590-1600; Late Latin ōrdinālis in order equivalent to Latin ōrdin- (stem of ōrdō) order + -ālis -al¹

Examples for ordinal

Twelve is, 'two and ten;' and twelfth, 'second after the tenth, the ordinal of twelve.'

Being adjectives, the ordinal Numbers take the plural j and accusative n when necessary.

ordinal—That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series.

Others give lists of the cardinal and ordinal numbers in French, and one adds to these a nomenclature of the different colours.

An 'ordinal' is a book showing the order of church services and ceremonies.

He was not given the title of king, and no ordinal number followed his name.

If the ordinal expression of number be used on the title-page, the figures may be given, and the ordinal termination omitted.

ordinal numerals are adjectives which answer the question "Which in order?"

A full stop is placed after most abbreviations, after initial letters, and after ordinal numbers in Roman characters.

Phauloptera: an ordinal term for the scale insects (Laporte 1835).