cardinal

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːd(ɪ)nəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkhɑːd(ɪ)nəl] ~ [ˈkhɑːd(ɪ)nl̩]
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• Australian: /ˈkɑːd(ɪ)nəl/
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• Australian: [ˈkhɑːd(ɪ)nəl] ~ [ˈkhɑːd(ɪ)nl̩]
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈkɑɹd(ɪ)nəl/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈkhɑɹd(ɪ)nəl] ~ [ˈkhɑɹd(ɪ)nl̩]
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dɪnəl
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R D AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Latin cardō Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin cardinālisder. Middle French cardinalbor. English cardinal From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardin-, cardō (“hinge”) + -ālis, adjectival suffix.

From Canadian French Cardinal, from French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis.

Capitalization of cardinal (bird).

Capitalization of cardinal (color).

221 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kardinale — of fundamental importance
• Breton: pennañ — of fundamental importance
• Bulgarian: главен (glaven) — of fundamental importance
• Bulgarian: основен (osnoven) — of fundamental importance
• Catalan: cardinal — of fundamental importance
• Danish: hoved- — of fundamental importance
• Danish: grund- — of fundamental importance
• Finnish: perus- — of fundamental importance
• Finnish: pää- — of fundamental importance
• Finnish: emä- — of fundamental importance
• Finnish: peri- — of fundamental importance
• Finnish: kardinaali- — of fundamental importance
• French: cardinal — of fundamental importance
• Galician: cardinal — of fundamental importance
• German: grundsätzlich — of fundamental importance
• Icelandic: höfuð- — of fundamental importance
• Icelandic: aðal- — of fundamental importance
• Icelandic: megin- — of fundamental importance
• Interlingua: cardinal — of fundamental importance
• Irish: cairdinéalta — of fundamental importance
• Italian: cardinale — of fundamental importance
• Japanese: 基本 (kihon) — of fundamental importance
• Kyrgyz: түп-тамырынан (tüp-tamırınan) — of fundamental importance
• Persian: کاردینال — of fundamental importance
• Persian: عدداصلی — of fundamental importance
• Persian: اعداد اصلی — of fundamental importance
• Persian: اصلی — of fundamental importance
• Persian: اساسی — of fundamental importance
• Polish: kardynalny — of fundamental importance
• Portuguese: cardeal — of fundamental importance
• Portuguese: fundamental — of fundamental importance
• Portuguese: principal — of fundamental importance
• Romanian: cardinal — of fundamental importance
• Romanian: fundamental — of fundamental importance
• Russian: гла́вный (glávnyj) — of fundamental importance
• Russian: основно́й (osnovnój) — of fundamental importance
• Russian: кардина́льный (kardinálʹnyj) — of fundamental importance
• Spanish: cardinal — of fundamental importance
• Swedish: huvud- — of fundamental importance
• Swedish: huvudsaklig — of fundamental importance
• Swedish: främsta — of fundamental importance
• Swedish: kardinal- — of fundamental importance
• Swedish: avgörande — of fundamental importance
• Swedish: väsentlig — of fundamental importance
• Turkish: mühim — of fundamental importance
• Turkish: önemli — of fundamental importance
• Vietnamese: chính — of fundamental importance
• Vietnamese: chủ yếu — of fundamental importance
• Vietnamese: cốt yếu — of fundamental importance
• Afrikaans: kardinale — of or relating to the cardinal directions
• Bulgarian: главен (glaven) — of or relating to the cardinal directions
• Finnish: kardinaali- — of or relating to the cardinal directions
• French: cardinal — of or relating to the cardinal directions
• Galician: cardinal — of or relating to the cardinal directions
• Portuguese: cardeal — of or relating to the cardinal directions
• Romanian: cardinal — of or relating to the cardinal directions
• Turkish: yönel — of or relating to the cardinal directions
• Turkish: yönsel — of or relating to the cardinal directions
• Afrikaans: kardinale — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Armenian: քանակական (kʻanakakan) — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Bulgarian: числителен (čislitelen) — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Finnish: perus- — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Finnish: kardinaali- — describing a number that indicates quantity
• French: cardinal — describing a number that indicates quantity
• German: grundsätzlich — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Greek: απόλυτος (apólytos) — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Interlingua: cardinal — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Italian: cardinale — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Japanese: 基数 (kisū) — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Norman: cardinna — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Polish: kardynalny — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Portuguese: cardeal — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Portuguese: cardinal — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Romanian: cardinal — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Russian: коли́чественный (kolíčestvennyj) — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Spanish: cardinal — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Tagalog: paulat — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Turkish: asıl sayı — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Vietnamese: lượng — describing a number that indicates quantity
• Bulgarian: яркочервен (jarkočerven) — having a bright red color
• Finnish: kardinaalinpunainen — having a bright red color
• French: rouge cardinal — having a bright red color
• German: kardinalrot — having a bright red color
• Icelandic: hárauður — having a bright red color
• Irish: cairdinéalach — having a bright red color
• Italian: cardinale — having a bright red color
• Polish: purpurowy — having a bright red color
• Portuguese: vermelho-cardeal — having a bright red color
• Romanian: roșu purpuriu — having a bright red color
• Romanian: roșu cardinal — having a bright red color
• Finnish: johtava — Aries/Cancer/Libra/Capricorn
• Afrikaans: hooftelwoord — number indicating quantity
• Arabic: كَرْدِينَال (kardīnāl) — number indicating quantity
• Armenian: քանակական թվական (kʻanakakan tʻvakan) — number indicating quantity
• Bulgarian: числително (čislitelno) — number indicating quantity
• Danish: mængdetal — number indicating quantity
• Danish: kardinaltal — number indicating quantity
• Dutch: hoofdtelwoord — number indicating quantity
• Finnish: kardinaaliluku — number indicating quantity
• Finnish: perusluku — number indicating quantity
• French: cardinal — number indicating quantity
• West-Frisian: haadtelwurd — number indicating quantity
• German: Grundzahl — number indicating quantity
• German: Kardinalzahl — number indicating quantity
• Greek: απόλυτος αριθμός (apólytos arithmós) — number indicating quantity
• Icelandic: frumtala — number indicating quantity
• Italian: numero cardinale — number indicating quantity
• Japanese: 基数 (kisū) — number indicating quantity
• Northern Kurdish: (jimareyên) sade — number indicating quantity
• Latvian: kardināls — number indicating quantity
• Polish: liczba kardynalna — number indicating quantity
• Portuguese: cardinal — number indicating quantity
• Portuguese: número cardinal — number indicating quantity
• Romanian: număr cardinal — number indicating quantity
• Russian: коли́чественное числи́тельное (kolíčestvennoje čislítelʹnoje) — number indicating quantity
• Slovene: kardinalno število — number indicating quantity
• Spanish: número cardinal — number indicating quantity
• Turkish: asıl sayı — number indicating quantity
• Vietnamese: số lượng — number indicating quantity
• Afrikaans: kardinaal — official of the Catholic Church
• Albanian: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Arabic: كارْدِينال (kārdīnāl) — official of the Catholic Church
• Arabic: كَرْدِينَال (kardīnāl) — official of the Catholic Church
• Armenian: կարդինալ (kardinal) — official of the Catholic Church
• Azerbaijani: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Basque: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Belarusian: кардынал (kardynal) — official of the Catholic Church
• Breton: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Bulgarian: кардинал (kardinal) — official of the Catholic Church
• Catalan: cardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Chinese Mandarin: 樞機主教 /枢机主教 (shūjī zhǔjiào) — official of the Catholic Church
• Czech: kardinál — official of the Catholic Church
• Danish: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Dutch: kardinaal — official of the Catholic Church
• Esperanto: kardinalo — official of the Catholic Church
• Estonian: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Finnish: kardinaali — official of the Catholic Church
• French: cardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Galician: cardeal — official of the Catholic Church
• German: Kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Greek: καρδινάλιος (kardinálios) — official of the Catholic Church
• Hebrew: חַשְׁמָן (ẖashmán) — official of the Catholic Church
• Hungarian: bíboros — official of the Catholic Church
• Hungarian: kardinális — official of the Catholic Church
• Hungarian: bíbornok — official of the Catholic Church
• Icelandic: kardináli — official of the Catholic Church
• Irish: cairdinéal — official of the Catholic Church
• Italian: cardinale — official of the Catholic Church
• Japanese: 枢機卿 (sūki-kyō) — official of the Catholic Church
• Korean: 추기경 (chugigyeong) — official of the Catholic Church
• Northern Kurdish: kardînal — official of the Catholic Church
• Northern Kurdish: metran — official of the Catholic Church
• Latin: cardinālis — official of the Catholic Church
• Latvian: kardināls — official of the Catholic Church
• Lithuanian: kardinolas — official of the Catholic Church
• Luxembourgish: Kardinol — official of the Catholic Church
• Macedonian: кардинал (kardinal) — official of the Catholic Church
• Maltese: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Māori: katinara — official of the Catholic Church
• Norman: cardinna — official of the Catholic Church
• Norwegian Bokmål: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Persian: کاردینال (kârdinâl) — official of the Catholic Church
• Polish: kardynał — official of the Catholic Church
• Portuguese: cardeal — official of the Catholic Church
• Romanian: cardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Russian: кардина́л (kardinál) — official of the Catholic Church
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeanal — official of the Catholic Church
• Serbo-Croatian: кардѝна̄л — official of the Catholic Church
• Serbo-Croatian: kardìnāl — official of the Catholic Church
• Slovak: kardinál — official of the Catholic Church
• Slovene: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Spanish: cardenal — official of the Catholic Church
• Swahili: kadinali — official of the Catholic Church
• Swedish: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Tagalog: kardenal — official of the Catholic Church
• Turkish: kardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Ukrainian: кардинал (kardynal) — official of the Catholic Church
• Vietnamese: hồng y — official of the Catholic Church
• Vietnamese: đức hồng y — official of the Catholic Church
• Welsh: cardinal — official of the Catholic Church
• Arabic: كَرْدِينَال (kardīnāl) — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Bulgarian: кардинал (kardinal) — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Catalan: cardenal — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Cherokee: ᏙᏧᏩ (dotsuwa) — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Chickasaw: foshhommak — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 紅雀 /红雀 (hóngquè) — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Choctaw: bishkomak — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Danish: kardinal — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Dutch: kardinaal — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Esperanto: kardinalbirdo — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Finnish: kardinaali — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Finnish: punakardinaali — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• French: cardinal — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• German: Kardinal — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Irish: éan síoliteach — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Irish: tanagair — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Italian: cardinale — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Navajo: tááʼyaʼniiltʼóshii — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Ojibwe: misko-bineshiinh — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Osage: wažįžue — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Polish: kardynał — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Portuguese: cardeal — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Russian: кардина́л (kardinál) — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Spanish: cardenal — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Turkish: kardinal kuşu — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Welsh: cardinal — bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae
• Bulgarian: яркочервен цвят (jarkočerven cvjat) — colour
• Dutch: kardinaalrood — colour
• Finnish: kardinaalinpunainen — colour
• French: rouge cardinal — colour
• German: Kardinalrot — colour
• Icelandic: hárauður — colour
• Irish: dearg cairdinéalta — colour
• Irish: cródhearg — colour
• Italian: rosso cardinale — colour
• Japanese: 緋色 (hiiro) — colour
• Polish: purpura — colour
• Portuguese: vermelho-cardeal — colour
• Turkish: kardinal kırmızısı — colour
• Vietnamese: (màu) đỏ thắm — colour