Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues.
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Cardinal
//ˈkɑɹdɪnəl//
Synonyms for "cardinal" (244 found)
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Strong matches (73)
curatedamaskdeandecimaldefective numberdifferentialdigitaldiocesandominantecclesiarchessentialeveneven numberexarchexponentialferruginousfieryfiguralfiguratefigurative
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Adjective(2 words)
Related words (122)
lxxviiimagisterialmagpiemainmaroonmastermaterialmetropolitanmillionmixed numbernecessaryneedfulnegativenon zeronumeralnumerarynumerativenumericnumericalodd
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ordinaloverridingoverrulingpairpapaparamountpatriarchpenitentiarypigmentpivotalpolygonal numberpontiffpopeport-winepositivepossibleprebendarypredominantpreeminentprelatepremierpreponderantprevailingprimaryprimateprimeprime numberprincipalpucepure imaginaryradicalrankingrationalrational numberrealreal numberreciprocalrectangular numberrectorredred-dyedred-lookingreddenedreddishreddish-amberreddish-brownround numberrubicundrubiginousrubricrubricoserubyruby-coloredruby-redruddiedruddyrufescentrufousrulingrural deanrustrust-redrustyscarletserial numbersovereignspecialstammelstarstellarstrategicsubdeansubmultiplesuffragansupereminentsupremesurdten thousandtile-redtitiantitian-redtopflighttopmosttranscendentaltranscendental numbertransfinite numbertrillionunderlyinguppermostvermilionvicarvinaceousvitalwarmwhole numberwinewine-coloredwine-redzillion
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
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9 entriesrelated to
43 entriesShowing 16 of 43 words.
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399 entriesShowing 16 of 399 words.
Translations
219 translations across 64 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- kardinale adj (of fundamental importance)
- kardinale adj (of or relating to the cardinal directions)
- kardinale adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- hooftelwoord noun (number indicating quantity)
Albanian
1 entries- kardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Arabic
4 entries- كارْدِينال noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- كَرْدِينَال noun (number indicating quantity)
- كَرْدِينَال noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- كَرْدِينَال noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
Armenian
3 entries- քանակական adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- կարդինալ noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- քանակական թվական noun (number indicating quantity)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Basque
1 entries- kardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Belarusian
1 entries- кардынал noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Breton
2 entries- pennañ adj (of fundamental importance)
- kardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Bulgarian
4 entries- главен adj (of fundamental importance)
- главен adj (of or relating to the cardinal directions)
- основен adj (of fundamental importance)
- числителен adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
Catalan
3 entries- cardinal adj (of fundamental importance)
- cardenal noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
- cardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏙᏧᏩ noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
Chickasaw
1 entries- foshhommak noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 樞機主教 /枢机主教 noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- 紅雀 /红雀 noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
Czech
1 entries- kardinál noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Danish
4 entries- grund adj (of fundamental importance)
- hoved adj (of fundamental importance)
- kardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- kardinal noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
Dutch
4 entries- hoofdtelwoord noun (number indicating quantity)
- kardinaal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- kardinaal noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
- kardinaalrood noun (colour)
Esperanto
1 entries- kardinalo noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Estonian
1 entries- kardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Finnish
4 entries- emä adj (of fundamental importance)
- johtava adj (Aries/Cancer/Libra/Capricorn)
- kardinaali adj (of fundamental importance)
- kardinaali adj (of or relating to the cardinal directions)
French
4 entries- cardinal adj (of fundamental importance)
- cardinal adj (of or relating to the cardinal directions)
- cardinal adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- rouge cardinal adj (having a bright red color)
Galician
3 entries- cardinal adj (of fundamental importance)
- cardinal adj (of or relating to the cardinal directions)
- cardeal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
German
4 entries- grundsätzlich adj (of fundamental importance)
- grundsätzlich adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- kardinalrot adj (having a bright red color)
- Grundzahl noun (number indicating quantity)
Greek
3 entries- απόλυτος adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- απόλυτος αριθμός noun (number indicating quantity)
- καρδινάλιος noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Hebrew
1 entries- חַשְׁמָן noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Hungarian
3 entries- bíbornok noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- bíboros noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- kardinális noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Icelandic
4 entries- aðal adj (of fundamental importance)
- hárauður adj (having a bright red color)
- höfuð adj (of fundamental importance)
- megin adj (of fundamental importance)
Interlingua
2 entries- cardinal adj (of fundamental importance)
- cardinal adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
Irish
4 entries- cairdinéalach adj (having a bright red color)
- cairdinéalta adj (of fundamental importance)
- cairdinéal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- cródhearg noun (colour)
Italian
4 entries- cardinale adj (of fundamental importance)
- cardinale adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- cardinale adj (having a bright red color)
- cardinale noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Japanese
4 entries- 基数 adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- 基本 adj (of fundamental importance)
- 基数 noun (number indicating quantity)
- 枢機卿 noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Korean
1 entries- 추기경 noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- түп-тамырынан adj (of fundamental importance)
Latin
1 entries- cardinālis noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Latvian
2 entries- kardināls noun (number indicating quantity)
- kardināls noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kardinolas noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Kardinol noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Macedonian
1 entries- кардинал noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Maltese
1 entries- kardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Māori
1 entries- katinara noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Navajo
1 entries- tááʼyaʼniiltʼóshii noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
Norman
2 entries- cardinna adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- cardinna noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- (jimareyên) sade noun (number indicating quantity)
- kardînal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- metran noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Ojibwe
1 entries- misko-bineshiinh noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
Osage
1 entries- wažįžue noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
Persian
4 entries- اساسی adj (of fundamental importance)
- اصلی adj (of fundamental importance)
- اعداد اصلی adj (of fundamental importance)
- عدداصلی adj (of fundamental importance)
Polish
4 entries- kardynalny adj (of fundamental importance)
- kardynalny adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- purpurowy adj (having a bright red color)
- kardynał noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Portuguese
4 entries- cardeal adj (of fundamental importance)
- cardeal adj (of or relating to the cardinal directions)
- cardeal adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- cardinal adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
Romanian
4 entries- cardinal adj (of fundamental importance)
- cardinal adj (of or relating to the cardinal directions)
- cardinal adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- fundamental adj (of fundamental importance)
Russian
4 entries- гла́вный adj (of fundamental importance)
- кардина́льный adj (of fundamental importance)
- коли́чественный adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- основно́й adj (of fundamental importance)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- càirdeanal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kardìnāl noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- кардѝна̄л noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Slovak
1 entries- kardinál noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Slovene
2 entries- kardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- kardinalno število noun (number indicating quantity)
Spanish
4 entries- cardinal adj (of fundamental importance)
- cardinal adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- cardenal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- cardenal noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
Swahili
1 entries- kadinali noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Swedish
4 entries- avgörande adj (of fundamental importance)
- främsta adj (of fundamental importance)
- huvud adj (of fundamental importance)
- huvudsaklig adj (of fundamental importance)
Tagalog
2 entries- paulat adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- kardenal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Turkish
4 entries- asıl sayı adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- mühim adj (of fundamental importance)
- yönel adj (of or relating to the cardinal directions)
- yönsel adj (of or relating to the cardinal directions)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кардинал noun (official of the Catholic Church)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chính adj (of fundamental importance)
- chủ yếu adj (of fundamental importance)
- cốt yếu adj (of fundamental importance)
- lượng adj (describing a number that indicates quantity)
Welsh
2 entries- cardinal noun (official of the Catholic Church)
- cardinal noun (bird of the genus Cardinalis or family Cardinalidae)
West-Frisian
1 entries- haadtelwurd noun (number indicating quantity)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
The cardinal directions are: north, south, east, and west.
Source: tatoeba (1215778)
There are four cardinal points: East, south, west and north.
Source: tatoeba (2225514)
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected pope.
Source: tatoeba (2304068)
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