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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.
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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: </td><td bgcolor="
- FF0000" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
Translations: - Dutch: kardinaalrood
- French: rouge cardinal (4)
- German: Kardinalrot
- Italian: color cardinale
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: cardenal , picogordo
adjective
- Of fundamental importance.
- a rule
- Describing a number used in counting, e.g., one, two, three.
- (colour) Having a bright red color.
Translations: - German: grundsí¤tzlich
- Italian: cardinale
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: cardinal
- French: rouge cardinal
Etymology: From < ''cardinalis < cardo ('hinge') + -alis (adjectival suffix).
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