在英语中,数字分为基数词和序数词。基数词用于表示数量,序数词用于表示顺序,且各有对应的缩写形式。
以下是1至100的基数词、序数词及其常见缩写形式的总结:
| 数字 | 基数词 | 序数词 | 缩写形式 |
| 1 | one | first | 1st |
| 2 | two | second | 2nd |
| 3 | three | third | 3rd |
| 4 | four | fourth | 4th |
| 5 | five | fifth | 5th |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 10 | ten | tenth | 10th |
| 11 | eleven | eleventh | 11th |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 20 | twenty | twentieth | 20th |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 100 | one hundred | one hundredth | 100th |
大部分序数词以“-th”结尾,但少数如first、second、third等有特殊形式。缩写通常用数字加“st”、“nd”、“rd”或“th”。