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1. (adj.) cardinal
of prime importance; chief; principal.
2. cardinal
of the color cardinal.
3. (n.) cardinal
a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals.
4. cardinal
a common crested songbird, Cardinalis cardinalis, of North America, the male of which is bright red.
5. cardinal
a deep, rich red color.
6. cardinal
a woman's short scarlet cloak with a hood, worn in the 18th century.
Etymology: (bef. 1150; < L cardinālis <cardō hinge)
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| Definition of 'Cardinal' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) 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
2. (noun) cardinal number, cardinal
the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
3. (noun) cardinal, carmine
a variable color averaging a vivid red
4. (adj) cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, Richmondena Cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird
crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
5. (adj) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal
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"
6. (adj) cardinal
being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order
"cardinal numbers"
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1. (noun) cardinal
a high-ranking Catholic priest
***the cardinal of the Catholic church
2. cardinal
a red North American bird with a crest
***a cardinal sitting on a low branch
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Cardinal
of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal
2. (adj) Cardinal
one of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college
3. (adj) Cardinal
a woman's short cloak with a hood
4. (adj) Cardinal
mulled red wine
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Sense: chief; principal
cardinal sins.
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 Afrikaans: vernaam, kardinaal |
 Arabic: أصْلي |
 Bulgarian: главен |
 Brazilian: cardeal |
 Czech: hlavní, podstatný |
 German: grundsätzlich; Haupt-... |
 Danish: kardinal- |
 Spanish: cardinal |
 Estonian: pea-, põhi- |
 Farsi: اصلی |
 Finnish: pää- |
 French: cardinal |
 Hebrew: חַשמָן |
 Hindi: मुख्य, प्रधान |
 Croatian: glavni |
 Hungarian: legfőbb |
 Indonesian: besar |
 Icelandic: höfuð-, megin- |
 Italian: cardinale |
 Japanese: 主要な |
 Korean: 주요한 |
 Lithuanian: svarbiausias, pagrindinis |
 Latvian: galvenais; pamata- |
 Malay: ketua |
 Dutch: hoofd- |
 Norwegian: hoved-, viktigste |
 Polish: główny, zasadniczy |
 Persian: اصلی |
 Pashto: ستر: اساسى: اصلى: تك سور: |
 Portuguese: cardeal |
 Romanian: capital |
 Russian: основной |
 Slovak: hlavný |
 Slovenian: glaven |
 Serbian: kardinalan |
 Swedish: kardinal- |
 Thai: สำคัญ |
 Turkish: temel, enönemli |
 Taiwanese: 主要的 |
 Ukrainian: головний, основний |
 Urdu: سربراہ ، پرنسپل |
 Vietnamese: chủ yếu |
 Chinese: 主要的 |
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