cardeal

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Galician

Gonzalo Eanes (14th century) cwas cardeal, "cardenal", in Santiago

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cardeal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cardinālis (“cardinal”), from cardō (“door hinge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cardeal m (plural cardeais)

  1. (Catholicism) cardinal
  2. (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

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cardẽal, from Latin cardinālis (“cardinal”), from cardō (“door hinge”). Doublet of cardinal.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: car‧de‧al

Adjective

cardeal m or f (plural cardeais)

  1. cardinal (of fundamental importance)
    Synonyms: fundamental, essencial

Noun

cardeal m (plural cardeais)

  1. (Catholicism) cardinal
  2. cardinal (bird)
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