cardinal

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search
See also Cardinal

Contents

[edit] English

WOTD - 11 June 2006    
Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From French cardinal, from Latin cardinalis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardo (“hinge”) + -alis (“adjectival suffix”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈkɑː.dɪ.nəl/, SAMPA: /"kA:.dI.n@l/
  • (US): IPA: /ˈkɑɹdɪnəl/
  • Audio (US)
    		(file)

[edit] Adjective

cardinal (comparative more cardinal, superlative most cardinal)

  1. Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
    a cardinal rule
    a cardinal direction
  2. (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
    a cardinal mark
  3. Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
  4. Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal's cassock).

[edit] Translations

of fundamental importance
of or relating to the cardinal directions
describing a number that indicates quantity
having a bright red color
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
  • Indonesian: Kardinal
  • Romanian: cardinal

[edit] Noun

cardinal (plural cardinals)

  1. A number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g., one, two, three. (See Wikipedia article on Cardinal number.)
    The commonest numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals"... — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97
  2. An official in the Catholic Church, ranking only below the Pope and the patriarchs. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.)
  3. A songbird of the finch family, Cardinalis cardinalis.
  4. Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae. (See Wikipedia article on cardinal birds.)
  5. A shade of scarlet associated with the colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock.
    cardinal colour:    

[edit] Translations

number
official in Catholic Church
bird Cardinalis cardinalis
any bird in family Cardinalidae
colour
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] See also

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin cardinalis

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kaʁ.diˈnal/

[edit] Adjective

cardinal m. (f. cardinale, m. plural cardinaux, f. plural cardinales)

  1. important, paramount
  2. (mathematics) cardinal

[edit] Noun

cardinal m. (plural cardinaux)

  1. (religion) cardinal
  2. cardinal number

[edit] Noun

cardinal m. inv.

  1. cardinal (color)

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

cardinal m. inv.

  1. apocopic form of cardinale

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ka̠ɾ.diˈna̠l/

[edit] Etymology

From Latin cardināli, singular ablative of cardinālis.

[edit] Adjective

cardinal m. and f. (plural cardinales)

  1. cardinal crucial, pivotal (for few cases)
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Related terms
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=cardinal&oldid=16117435"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Views
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox
In other languages