cardinal
Portuguese, noun/kaʁ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/
cardinal is spelled C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cardinal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cardinal (number indicating quantity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “símbolo (#) presente em teclado de computadores e telefones conhecido popularmente como jogo-da-velha”.
What does cardinal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecardinal (describing a number that indicates quantity)
noun
- 1
masculinecardinal (number indicating quantity)
- 2
masculinehash (the # symbol)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a gonzos 2. principal 3. importante 4. designativo do nome numeral que indica quantidade absoluta
noun: 1. símbolo (#) presente em teclado de computadores e telefones conhecido popularmente como jogo-da-velha
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cardinal
- cardinais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cardinal?
- Brazil /kaʁ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/
- Brazil [kaɦ.d͡ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
- /kaɾ.d͡ʒiˈnaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
cardinal appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).