nombre cardinal
\nɔ̃bʁ kaʁ.di.nal\
The verdict
“nombre cardinal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre d’éléments d’un ensemble fini. En choisissant une axiomatique suffisante, on peut prolonger cette notion pour les ensembles infinis. Dans la théorie des ensembles de Zermelo-Fraenkel avec ax...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nombre cardinal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ̃bʁ kaʁ.di.nal\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nombre cardinal” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nombre cardinal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ̃bʁ kaʁ.di.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre d’éléments d’un ensemble fini. En choisissant une axiomatique suffisante, on peut prolonger cette notion pour les ensembles infinis. Dans la théorie des ensembles de Zermelo-Fraenkel avec ax...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nombre cardinal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nombre cardinal, spelled N-O-M-B-R-E- -C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Nombre d’éléments d’un ensemble fini. En choisissant une axiomatique suffisante, on peut prolonger cette notion pour les ensembles infinis. Dans la théorie des ensembles de Zermelo-Fraenkel avec axiome du choix, un nombre cardinal est alors défini comme un nombre ordinal (de von Neumann) qui n'est équipotent à aucun ordinal qui lui soit strictement inférieur. Le cardinal d'un ensemble est le plus petit ordinal auquel cet ensemble est équipotent. Cette définition contredit la citation qui suit.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “nombre cardinal”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-O-M-B-R-E- -C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nɔ̃bʁ kaʁ.di.nal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.