ordinal

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. or·din·al adjective
Main entry: ↑ordinal_derived
 
▪ II. or·din·al [ordinal ordinals] BrE [ˈɔːdɪnl] NAmE [ˈɔːrdənl] (also ˌordinal ˈnumber) noun
a number that refers to the position of sth in a series, for example ‘first’, ‘second’, etc.
compare ↑cardinal
See also: ↑ordinal number

Word Origin:
Middle English (referring to a service book in the Christian church): the noun from medieval Latin ordinale (neuter); the adjective from late Latin ordinalis ‘relating to order in a series’, from Latin ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ordinal number, no.