cardinal
Spanish, adjective/kaɾdiˈnal/
cardinal is spelled C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,167th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cardinal is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “cardinal (crucial, pivotal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Primero en rango, importancia o jerarquía dentro de un conjunto”.
What does cardinal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecardinal (crucial, pivotal)
- 2
femininemasculinecardinal (describing a number used to indicate quantity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Primero en rango, importancia o jerarquía dentro de un conjunto. 2. Propio de o relativo a cualquiera de las direcciones principales de la brújula, norte, sur, este y oeste. 3. Dicho de un número, que expresa solo cantidad y no posición relativa en un conjunto.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cardinal
- cardinales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cardinal?
- /kaɾdiˈnal/
- [kaɾ.ð̞iˈnal]
- [kaɾð̞iˈnal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cardinal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cardinal in Spanish?
cardinal appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).