In [[linguistics]], and more precisely in [[traditional grammar]], a '''cardinal numeral''' (or '''cardinal number word''') is a [[part of speech]] used to [[Counting|count]]. Examples in [[English language|English]] are the words ''one'', ''two'', ''three'', and the [[Compound (linguistics)|compound]]s ''three hundred [and] forty-two'' and ''nine hundred [and] sixty''. Cardinal [[numeral (linguistics)|numeral]]s are classified as definite, and are related to [[ordinal number (linguistics)|ordinal numbers]], such as the English ''first'', ''second'', ''third'', etc.<ref name="Crystal2011">{{cite book|author=David Crystal|author-link=David Crystal|title=Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics|year=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-405-15296-9|edition=6th|page=65}}</ref><ref name="Bussmann1999">{{cite book|author=Hadumo Bussmann|title=Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics|year=1999|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-20319-7}}</ref><ref name="Hurford1994">{{cite book|author=JamesR. Hurford|author-link=James R. Hurford|title=Grammar:A Student's Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaBKd8pT6kgC&pg=PA23 |yeartitle=1994Grammar: A Student's Guide |publisher=CamsixbridgeCambridge University Press |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-521-45627-2 |pages=23–24 |author-link=James R. Hurford}}</ref>
