cardinal

car·di·nal  (kärdn-l, kärdnl)

adj.

1. Of foremost importance; paramount: a cardinal rule; cardinal sins.

2. Dark to deep or vivid red.

n.

1. Abbr. Card. Roman Catholic Church A high church official, ranking just below the pope, who has been appointed by a pope to membership in the College of Cardinals.

2. A dark to deep or vivid red.

3. A North American finch (Cardinalis cardinalis) having a crested head, a short thick bill, and bright red plumage in the male.

4. A short hooded cloak, originally of scarlet cloth, worn by women in the 18th century.

5. A cardinal number.

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[Middle English, from Late Latin cardinlis, principal, pivotal, from Latin, serving as a hinge, from card, cardin-, hinge.]

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cardi·nal·ship n.

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cardinal

Noun

any of the high-ranking clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church who elect the pope and act as his chief counsellors

Adjective

fundamentally important; principal [Latin cardo hinge]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cardinal - (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy College of Cardinals, Sacred College - (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes bishop - a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ dean - (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals
	2.	cardinal - the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order cardinal number number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" absolute frequency, frequency - the number of observations in a given statistical category googol - a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred) googolplex - a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)
	3.	cardinal - a variable color averaging a vivid red carmine red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
	4.	cardinal - crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male cardinal grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, Richmondena Cardinalis, redbird finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds genus Richmondena, Richmondena - cardinals
Adj.	1.	cardinal - serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" central, fundamental, key, primal important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
	2.	cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"

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cardinal

adjective principal, first, highest, greatest, leading, important, chief, main, prime, central, key, essential, primary, fundamental, paramount, foremost, pre-eminent << OPPOSITE secondary

Translations

cardinal [ˈkɑːdɪnl] adj → cardinal

n → cardenal m

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cardinal [ˈkɑːdɪnl] adj → cardinal(e); [importance] → capital(e)

n → cardinal m

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cardinal [ˈkɑːdɪnl] adj (principle, importance) → Haupt-

n → Kardinal m;

cardinal number → Kardinalzahl f;

cardinal sin → Todsünde f

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cardinal [ˈkɑːdɪnl] adj, n → cardinale (m)

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cardinal

adj cardinal [ˈkaːdənl]

chief; principal cardinal sins. vernaam, kardinaal أصْلي главен hlavní, podstatný kardinal- grundsätzlich; Haupt-... cardinal pea-, põhi- اصلی pää-, kardinaali- cardinal חַשמָן मुख्य, प्रधान glavni legfőbb besar höfuð-, megin- cardinale 主要な 주요한 svarbiausias, pagrindinis galvenais; pamata- ketua hoofd- hoved-, viktigste główny, zasadniczy cardeal capital основной hlavný glaven kardinalan kardinal- ที่ร้ายแรง temel, en önemli 主要的 головний, основний سربراہ ، پرنسپل chủ yếu 主要的

n

(the status of) one of the men next in rank to the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church. kardinaal كاردينال (في الكنيسه) кардинал kardinál kardinal der Kardinal καρδινάλιος cardenal kardinal کاردینال kardinaali cardinal חַשמָן कार्डिनल, रोमन कैथोलिक चर्च में पोप के बाद पद में दूसरा kardinal bíboros kardinal kardináli cardinale 枢機卿 추기경 kardinolas kardināls kardinal kardinaal kardinal kardynał cardeal cardinal кардинал kardinál kardinal kardinal kardinal พระในศาสนาคริสต์ที่มีลำดับชั้นสูงสุด kardinal 紅衣主教 кардинал رومن کیتھولک گرجا Hồng y giáo chủ 红衣主教

cardinal numbers

hoofgetalle, kardinale getalle أعْدادٌ أَصْلِيَّه нечетен základní číslovky mængdetal die Kardinalzahl απόλυτα αριθμητικά números cardinales kardinaalarvud اعداد اصلی perusluvut nombres cardinaux מִסְפַּר קָרדִינָאלִי गणन-संख्या glavni brojevi tőszám bilangan fjöldatölur numeri cardinali 基数 kiekiniai skaitvardžiai pamata skaitļa vārdi nombor kardinal hoofdtelwoorden grunntall liczebniki główne números cardinais nu­mere cardinale количественные числительные základné číslovky glavni števniki osnovni brojevi grundtal จำนวนนับ sayal sayılar 基數 кількісні числівники تعداد ظاہر کرنے والے اعداد số nguyên 基数