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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'cardinal' Resulted in 2 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 2 Definitions Cardinal proper noun  (baseball) A player on the team "The St. Louis Cardinals". Smith became a as the result of a pre-season trade. A player on the team "Arizona Cardinals". A sports team or a player on a sports team at w:Stanford University, Stanford University. A student or player on a sports team at the w:University of Louisville, University of Louisville. <!-- split to Cardinals Cardinals (baseball) The team "w:St. Louis Cardinals, The St. Louis Cardinals". The team "w:Arizona Cardinals, The Arizona Cardinals". A sports team at the w:University of Louisville, University of Louisville. The Cardinals take the field. -->      Full Definition of Cardinal cardinal noun  A number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g., one, two, three. (See w:Cardinal_number, Wikipedia article on Cardinal number.) The commonest numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals"... " F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock"s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97 An official in the w:Catholicism, Catholic Church, ranking only below the w:Pope, Pope and the patriarchs. (See w:Cardinal_(Catholicism), Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.) A songbird of the finch family, Cardinalis cardinalis. Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae. (See w:Cardinal_(bird), Wikipedia article on cardinal birds.) (colour) a bright red color <table><tr><td>cardinal colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor=" FF0000" width="80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table> adjective  Of fundamental importance. a rule Describing a number used in counting, e.g., one, two, three. (colour) Having a bright red color. Etymology: From < ''cardinalis < cardo ('hinge') + -alis (adjectival suffix).      Full Definition of cardinal  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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