cardinal
English
/ˈkɑː.dɪ.nəl/, /ˈkɑɹdɪnəl/
adj
Definitions
- Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
- (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
- Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, 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).
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French cardinal derived from Latin cardinālis (a hinge, principal, cardinal, chief, hence applied to that on which something turns depends, important).
Origin
Latin
cardinālis
Gloss
a hinge, principal, cardinal, chief, hence applied to that on which something turns depends, important
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cardinalfish English
- cardinalin English
- cardinalist English
- cardinality English
- cardinalize English
- cardinally English
- cardinalship English
- fish English
- intercardinal English
- intercardinally English
- noncardinal English
- postcardinal English
- pseudo- English
- pseudocardinal English
- subcardinal English
- uncardinal English
- cardinalitas Latin
- cardinālis Latin
- kardinális Hungarian
- cardinal French
- kardinala Ido
- cardinna Norman
- cardinal Middle French
- cardeal Old Portuguese
- kadinali Swahili
- ukhadinale Zulu
- καρδινάλιος gkm