cardeal
Galician
Gonzalo Eanes (14th century) cwas cardeal, "cardenal", in Santiago
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cardeal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cardinālis (“cardinal”), from cardō (“door hinge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑɾðeˈal]
Noun
cardeal m (plural cardeais)
- (Catholicism) cardinal
- (Catholicism, historical) each one of the seven canons of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
References
- “cardeal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cardeal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cardeal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cardeal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cardẽal, from Latin cardinālis (“cardinal”), from cardō (“door hinge”). Doublet of cardinal.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁ.deˈaw/ [kaɦ.deˈaʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaɾ.deˈaw/ [kaɾ.deˈaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʁ.deˈaw/ [kaʁ.deˈaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaɻ.deˈaw/ [kaɻ.deˈaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐɾˈdjal/ [kɐɾˈðjaɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: car‧de‧al
Adjective
cardeal m or f (plural cardeais)
- cardinal (of fundamental importance)
- Synonyms: fundamental, essencial
Noun
cardeal m (plural cardeais)
- (Catholicism) cardinal
- cardinal (bird)