Editing Ordinal indicator (section)

==Usage==
In [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Italian language|Italian]], and [[Galician language|Galician]], the ordinal indicators {{char|º}} and {{char|ª}} are appended to the numeral depending on whether the [[grammatical gender]] is masculine or feminine. The indicator may be given an [[underline]] but this is not ubiquitous. In [[digital typography]], this depends on the font: [[Cambria (typeface)|Cambria]] and [[Calibri]], for example, have underlined ordinal indicators, while most other fonts do not.

Examples of the usage of ordinal indicators in Italian are:
*''{{lang|it|1º, primo}}''; ''{{lang|it|1ª, prima}}'' "first"
*''{{lang|it|2º, secondo}}''; ''{{lang|it|2ª, seconda}}'' "second"
*''{{lang|it|3º, terzo}}''; ''{{lang|it|3ª, terza}}'' "third"
Galician also forms its ordinal numbers this way,<ref>{{cite web|title=Números ordinais e partativos|url=http://wikidog.xunta.es/index.php/Escrita_dos_n%C3%BAmeros#N.C3.BAmeros_ordinais_e_partitivos|website=Wikidog.xunta.es}}</ref> while [[Asturian language|Asturian]] follows a similar system where {{char|ᵘ}} is used for the masculine gender, {{char|ª}} for the feminine gender and {{char|º}} for the neuter gender.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Academia de la Llingua Asturiana|date=2001|url=http://www.academiadelallingua.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Gramatica_Llingua.pdf|title=Gramática de la Llingua Asturiana|lang=ast|isbn=84-8168-310-8|edition=3rd}}</ref>

In Spanish, using the two final letters of the word as it is spelled is not allowed,<ref>{{Citation | url = http://buscon.rae.es/dpdI/SrvltGUIBusDPD?lema=ordinales | title = Ordinales | publisher = Royal Spanish Academy}}.</ref> except in the cases of ''{{lang|es|primer}}'' (an [[apocope]] of ''{{lang|es|primero}}'') before singular masculine nouns, which is not abbreviated as ''{{lang|es|1.º}}'' but as ''{{lang|es|1.<sup>er</sup>}}'', of ''{{lang|es|tercer}}'' (an apocope of ''{{lang|es|tercero}}'') before singular masculine nouns, which is not abbreviated as ''{{lang |es|3.º}}'' but as ''{{lang |es|3.<sup>er</sup>}}'', and of compound ordinal numbers ending in ''{{lang|es|primer}}'' or ''{{lang|es|tercer}}''. For instance, "twenty-first" is ''{{lang|es|vigésimo primer}}'' before a masculine noun, and its abbreviation is ''{{lang|es|21.<sup>er</sup>}}''. Since none of these words are shortened before feminine nouns, their correct forms for those cases are ''{{lang|es|primera}}'' and ''{{lang |es|tercera}}''. These can be represented as ''{{lang|es|1.ª}}'' and ''{{lang|es|3.ª}}''. As with other abbreviations in Spanish, the ordinal numbers have a period ".", which is placed ''before'' the indicator. Portuguese follows the same method.<ref>{{Citation | url = https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/consultorio/perguntas/sobrescritos-sublinhados-em-ordinais/32251 | title = Sobrescritos sublinhados em ordinais | publisher = Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa}}.</ref>