cardeal
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== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese cardeal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cardinālis (“cardinal”), from cardō (“door hinge”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [kɑɾðeˈal]
=== Noun ===
cardeal m (plural cardeais)
(Catholicism) cardinal
(Catholicism, historical) each one of the seven canons of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cardeal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cardeal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cardeal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cardeal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cardẽal, from Latin cardinālis (“cardinal”), from cardō (“door hinge”). Doublet of cardinal, a learned borrowing.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: car‧de‧al
=== Adjective ===
cardeal m or f (plural cardeais)
cardinal (of fundamental importance)
Synonyms: fundamental, essencial
=== Noun ===
cardeal m (plural cardeais)
(Catholicism) cardinal
cardinal (bird)
=== Further reading ===
“cardeal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“cardeal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026