cardenal
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin cardinālis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kəɾ.dəˈnal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kər.dəˈnal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kaɾ.deˈnal/
Noun
cardenal m (plural cardenals)
- (Roman Catholicism) cardinal
- (zoology) cardinal
Derived terms
- cardenalat
- cardenalici
Further reading
- “cardenal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾdeˈnal/ [kaɾ.ð̞eˈnal]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: car‧de‧nal
Etymology 1
From Latin cardinālī, singular ablative of cardinālis.
Noun
cardenal m (plural cardenales)
- (religion) cardinal
- cardinal (bird)
Derived terms
- cardenalicio
- Cardenales de San Luis (“St. Louis Cardinals”)
Related terms
- cardinal
Descendants
- → Tagalog: kardenal
Etymology 2
From cárdeno (adjective) + -al, this from cardo, because of purple-like color of both skin and thistle flower.
Noun
cardenal m (plural cardenales)
- bruise
- Synonyms: moretón, moratón
Derived terms
- acardenalar
Further reading
- “cardenal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014