Numbers (Glossary)

🇺🇸 Written in English

In this article you can find a list how you can write and pronounce numbers.

To find a word, press CTRL + F on your keyboard and type the name of the number.

In this article: use of 0 | 01-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-100 | 101-1 000

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Number	Cardinal
zero	zero
o (the letter)
nil	Used to read years, addresses, times and temperatures.
nought	Not used in the USA
The temperature is -11⁰C	The temperature is eleven degrees below zero
They scored 2-0	They scored zero nil

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1 to and including 10

In English you normally put ^th to the end of a cardinal to make it an ordinal number. Be aware of the following exceptions:

The first three ordinal numbers has it’s own form.
Ending with “-e” will losing its letter.
Ending with “-t” will losing its letter.
Ending with “-ve” will be replaced by “-f+th” (if it doesn’t have an “-f” yet)
Ending with “-y” will be replaced by “-ie+th”

Number	Cardinal	Ordinal (short)	Ordinal
1	one	1^st	first
2	two	2^nd	second
3	tre	3^rd	third
4	four	4^th	fourth
5	five	5^th	fifth
6	six	6^th	sixth
7	seven	7^th	seventh
8	eight	8^th	eighth
9	nine	9^th	ninth
10	ten	10^th	tenth

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11 to and including 20

Number	Cardinal	Ordinal (short)	Ordinal
11	eleven	11^th	eleventh
12	twelve	12^th	twelfth
13	thirteen	13^th	thirteenth
14	fourteen	14^th	fourteenth
15	fifteen	15^th	fifteenth
16	sixteen	16^th	sixteenth
17	seventeen	17^th	seventeenth
18	eighteen	18^th	eighteenth
19	nineteen	19^th	nineteenth
20	twenty	20^th	twentieth

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21 to and including 30

Number	Cardinal	Ordinal (short)	Ordinal
21	twenty-one	21^st	twenty-first
22	twenty-two	22^nd	twenty-second
23	twenty-three	23^rd	twenty-third
24	twenty-four	24^th	twenty-fourth
25	twenty-five	25^th	twenty-fifth
26	twenty-six	26^th	twenty-sixth
27	twenty-seven	27^th	twenty-seventh
28	twenty-eight	28^th	twenty-eighth
29	twenty-nine	29^th	twenty-ninth
30	thirty	30^th	thirtieth

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31 to and including 100

From here it is easy to explain. Just the tens can be a challenge.

Number	Cardinal	Ordinal (short)	Ordinal
31	thirty-one	31^st	thirty-first
35	thirty-five	35^th	thirty-fifth
40	forty	40^th	fortieth
50	fifty	50^th	fiftieth
60	sixty	60^th	sixtieth
70	seventy	70^th	seventieth
80	eighty	80^th	eightieth
88	eighty-eight	88^th	eigthy-eighth
90	ninety	90^th	ninetieth
100	one hundred	100^th	hundredth

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101 to and including 1 000

From here it is easy to explain. Just the tens can be a challenge.

Number	Cardinal	Ordinal (short)	Ordinal
101	one hundred and one	101^st	one hundred first
102	one hundred two	102^nd	one hundred second
120	one hundred and twenty	120^th	one hundred twentieth
129	one hundred and twenty nine	129^th	one hundred twenty-ninth
190	one hundred and ninety	190^th	one hundred ninetieth
199	one hundred and ninety	199^th	one hundred ninety-ninth
200	two hundred	200^th	two hundredth
300	three hundred	300^th	three hundredth
900	nine hundrerd	900^th	nine hundredth
999	nine hundred and ninety nine	999^th	nine hundred ninety-ninth
1 000	one thousand	1000^th	thousandth

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