English Noun a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g. one, two, three. (See w:Cardinal_number.) an official in the Catholic Church, ranking only below the Pope. (See w:Cardinal_(Catholicism).) a songbird of the finch family, Cardinalis cardinalis (see w:Cardinal_(bird).) 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) 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 Vietnamese: đức hồng-y Adjective of fundamental importance, as in "a cardinal rule" describing a number that indicates quantity, e.g. one, two, three having a bright red color Translations Breton: pennañ (1) Finnish: kardinaali- (prefix in a compound word) (1, 2) 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 Related words Contrast with ordinal (numbers)
