Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - cardinal
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Cardinal
cardinal
~1 n 1 a priest of high rank in the Roman Catholic Church 2 a North American bird of which the male is a bright red colour 3 a cardinal number ~2 adj only before noun very important or basic (Having clean hands is one of the cardinal rules when preparing food. | cardinal error (=very serious and basic mistake))
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(cardinals) 1. A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church. In 1448, Nicholas was appointed a cardinal... They were encouraged by a promise from Cardinal Winning. N-COUNT; N-TITLE 2. A cardinal rule or quality is the one that is considered to be the most important. (FORMAL) As a salesman, your cardinal rule is to do everything you can to satisfy a customer... = chief, principal ADJ: ADJ n 3. A cardinal is a common North American bird. The male has bright red feathers. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~is, from Late Latin ~is, adjective Date: 12th century 1. a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of ~s 2. ~ number — usually used in plural 3. from its color, resembling that of the ~'s robes a crested finch (Cardinalis ~is of the family Cardinalidae) of the eastern United States and adjacent Canada, the southwestern U.S., and Mexico to Belize which has a black face and heavy red bill in both sexes and is nearly completely red in the male • ~ship noun II. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ~is, from Latin, serving as a hinge, from cardin-, cardo hinge Date: 14th century 1. of basic importance ; main, chief, primary a ~ principle 2. very serious or grave a ~ sin Synonyms: see essential • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 (as a title Cardinal) a leading dignitary of the RC Church, one of the college electing the Pope. 2 any small American songbird of the genus Richmondena, the males of which have scarlet plumage. 3 hist. a woman's cloak, orig. of scarlet cloth with a hood. --adj. 1 chief, fundamental; on which something hinges. 2 of deep scarlet (like a cardinal's cassock). Phrases and idioms cardinal-flower the scarlet lobelia. cardinal humour see HUMOUR. cardinal numbers those denoting quantity (one, two, three, etc.), as opposed to ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.). cardinal points the four main points of the compass (N., S., E., W.). cardinal virtues the chief moral attributes: justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude. Derivatives cardinalate n. (in sense 1 of n.). cardinally adv. cardinalship n. (in sense 1 of n.). Etymology: ME f. OF f. L cardinalis f. cardo -inis hinge: in Eng. first applied to the four virtues on which conduct 'hinges' ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) главный, кардинальный 2) количественное числительное 3) матем. кадинал, кардинальное число - absolute cardinal - cardinal of continuum - cardinal of set - cardinal of structure - compact cardinal - finite cardinal - hyperinaccessible cardinal - incompact cardinal - mediate cardinal - model cardinal - nonlimit cardinal - perfect cardinal - ramifiable cardinal - regular cardinal - singular cardinal - strictly limit cardinal - transfinite cardinal - uncountable cardinal ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1) орнит. кардинал (Cardinalis) 2) орнит. кардиналовая овсянка (Paroaria) 3) ихт. апогон (Cheliodipterus) – arrow-toothed cardinal – common cardinal – crimson-fronted cardinal – crystal cardinal – Dominican cardinal – ghost cardinal – jelly cardinal – ocellated cardinal – red-capped cardinal – red-crested cardinal – short-toothed cardinal – vermilion cardinal – yellow cardinal – yellow-billed cardinal ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. церк. кардинал 2. ярко-красный, пунцовый цвет (также cardinal red) 3. pl. страны света 4. ветры, дующие с севера, запада, юга или востока 5. зоол. кардинал (Richmondena cardinalis) 6. бот. лобелия кардинальская, кардинал (Lobelia cardinalis) 7. разг. глинтвейн из красного вина 8. мат. кардинальное число, мощность множества cardinal of set —- мощность множества 9. основной, главный, кардинальный cardinal arguments —- основные доводы cardinal events —- главные события cardinal problem —- кардинальный вопрос cardinal virtues —- главные добродетели cardinal vowels —- фон. кардинальные гласные 10. ярко-красный, пунцовый 11. мат. кардинальный Id: cardinal winds —- ветры, дующие с севера, запада, юга или востока ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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point страна света; главный румб CARDINAL numbers количественные числительные CARDINAL humours med.; hist. основные соки в организме человека (кровь, флегма, желчь, черная желчь или меланхолия) CARDINAL 1. adj. 1) главный, основной, кардинальный 2) gram. количественный - cardinal numbers 3) ярко-красный - cardinal point - cardinal winds 2. noun 1) eccl. кардинал 2) gram. количественное числительное 3) кардинал (птица из семейства дубоносов) CARDINAL winds ветры, дующие с севера, запада и т.д. CARDINAL sin noun coll.; disapprov. событие, действие ...Англо-русский словарь
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