Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope.

    Kardinal

    кардина́лkardinál

    кардиналkardynal

    (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. (countable, uncountable)Any of various species of New-World passerine songbird in the genus Cardinalis, or in the family Cardinalidae more generally, or of similar appearance and once considered to be related to the former; so called because of their red plumage. (See Wikipedia article for taxonomical information.)

    Kardinal

    кардина́лkardinál

  3. (countable, uncountable)A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red)

    Kardinalrot

    a variable color averaging a vivid red

  4. (countable, historical, uncountable)A woman's short cloak with a hood, originally made of scarlet cloth.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Mulled red wine.

Examples

33 sentences
  1. That's a cardinal rule of marriage.

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  2. I want to become a cardinal.

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  3. I want to find the cardinal.

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  4. We want to find the cardinal.

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  5. The cardinals have elected a new pope.

    ruКардиналы выбрали нового Папу.

    deDie Kardinäle haben einen neuen Papst gewählt.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied

From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardin-, cardō (“hinge”) + -ālis, adjectival suffix.

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Forms

plural: cardinals
Singularcardinal
Pluralcardinals

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
any member of the family Cardinalidae:cardinalid
Close in meaning

Word family

46 related words

See also

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