cardinal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardō (“hinge”) + -ālis, adjectival suffix.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cardinal (comparative more cardinal, superlative most cardinal)
- Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
- a cardinal rule
- Shakespeare
- But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- the cardinal intersections of the zodiac
- Drayton
- Impudence is now a cardinal virtue.
- (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
- a cardinal mark
- Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
- Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal's cassock).
Translations[edit]
of fundamental importance
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of or relating to the cardinal directions
describing a number that indicates quantity
having a bright red color
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Noun[edit]
cardinal (plural cardinals)
- A number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g., one, two, three. (See Wikipedia article on Cardinal number.)
- 1920, Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, page 83
- This cardinal number is the smallest of the infinite cardinal numbers; it is the one to which Cantor has appropriated the Hebrew Aleph with the suffix 0, to distinguish it from larger infinite cardinals. Thus the name of the smallest of infinite cardinals is 0א.
- 1920, Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, page 83
- (grammar) A word used to represent a cardinal number; a cardinal numeral.
- 2005, F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised, page 97
- The commonest numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals" […] and the "ordinals" […]
- 2005, F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised, page 97
- An official in the Catholic Church, ranking only below the Pope and the patriarchs. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.)
- 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 16, Friday's Business[1]:
- His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart, […] and cure him by the spell of his music.
- 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 16, Friday's Business[1]:
- A songbird of the finch family, Cardinalis cardinalis
- Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae. (See Wikipedia article on cardinal birds.)
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 5, The Younger Set[2]:
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume ; … ; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 5, The Younger Set[2]:
- A shade of scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock.
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cardinal colour:
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- A woman's short cloak with a hood.
- Lloyd
- Where's your cardinal! Make haste.
- Lloyd
- Mulled red wine.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hotten to this entry?)
Translations[edit]
number indicating quantity
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cardinal numeral — see cardinal numeral
official in Catholic Church
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bird Cardinalis cardinalis
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any bird in family Cardinalidae
colour
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Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
- Contrast with ordinal (numbers)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin cardinālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cardinal m (feminine cardinale, masculine plural cardinaux, feminine plural cardinales)
Noun[edit]
cardinal m (plural cardinaux)
Noun[edit]
cardinal m (invariable)
- cardinal (color).
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
cardinal m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
cardinal m (plural cardinauls)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin cardināli, singular ablative of cardinālis.
Adjective[edit]
cardinal m, f (plural cardinales)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- cardenal (the noun sense)
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English adjectives
- en:Nautical
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- en:Colors
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- French terms derived from Latin
- French adjectives
- fr:Mathematics
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Religion
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- Italian nouns
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