Cardinal

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Etymology 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Noun

cardinal

1. a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g. one, two, three. (See w:Cardinal_number.)
2. an official in the Catholic Church, ranking only below the Pope and the patriarchs. (See w:Cardinal_(Catholicism).)
3. A songbird of the finch family, Cardinalis cardinalis (see w:Cardinal_(bird).)
4. A bright red color

Etymology

From Latin cardo, hinge

Translations

• Breton: niver pegementiñ, pl niveroù pegementiñ (1), kardinal m pl kardinaled (2)
• Finnish: kardinaali (1, 2, 3)
• French : cardinal (1) cardinal (2) ?? (3) rouge cardinal (4)
• German: Grundzahl f (1), Kardinal m (2), roter Kardinal m (3), Kardinalrot n (4)
• Interlingua: numero cardinal (1); cardinal (2,3)
• Polish: liczba kardynalna f (1), kardynał m (2,3), purpura f (4)
• Portuguese: (número) cardinal m, (número) cardeal m (1); cardeal m (2,3)
• Romanian: cardinal
• Slovene: glavni števnik m (1), kardinal m (2, 3)
• Vietnamese: đức hồng-y

Adjective

cardinal

1. of fundamental importance, as in "a cardinal rule"
2. describing a number that indicates quantity, e.g. one, two, three
3. having a bright red color

Related terms

• cardinality
• cardinally

Translations

• Breton: pennañ (1)
• Finnish: kardinaali- (prefix in a compound word) (1, 2)

1. French: ??? (1) ; cardinal (2); rouge cardinal (3)

• German: grundsätzlich (1, 2)
• Interlingua: cardinal (1,2)
• Polish: kardynalny m (1,2), purpurowy m (3)
• Portuguese: cardeal (1,2); cardinal (2)
• Romanian: cardinal
• Vietnamese: chủ-yếu

See also

Contrast with ordinal (numbers)

fr:cardinal