cardeal

Galician

Gonzalo Eanes (14th century) cwas cardeal, "cardenal", in Santiago

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cardeal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cardinālis (“cardinal”), from cardō (“door hinge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑɾðeˈal]

Noun

cardeal m (plural cardeais)

1. (Catholicism) cardinal
2. (Catholicism, historical) each one of the seven canons of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

References

• “cardeal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cardeal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cardeal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cardeal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cardẽal, from Latin cardinālis (“cardinal”), from cardō (“door hinge”). Doublet of cardinal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.deˈaw/ [kaɦ.deˈaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.deˈaw/ [kaɦ.deˈaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.deˈaw/ [kaɾ.deˈaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.deˈaw/ [kaʁ.deˈaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.deˈaw/ [kaɻ.deˈaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈdjal/ [kɐɾˈðjaɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: car‧de‧al

Adjective

cardeal m or f (plural cardeais)

1. cardinal (of fundamental importance)

   Synonyms: fundamental, essencial

Noun

cardeal m (plural cardeais)

1. (Catholicism) cardinal
2. cardinal (bird)