different between cabal vs cartel

English

Etymology

From French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala , which in turn is derived from Hebrew ????????? (kabalá, “Jewish mysticism”, literally “reception, something received”) (such as knowledge).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??b??l/, /k??bæl/

Noun

cabal (plural cabals)

1. (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.

   Synonym: camarilla

2. A secret plot.

   Synonym: conspiracy

3. An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism.
   • 1965 Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, Principia Discordia

     Some episkoposes have a one-man cabal. Some work together. Some never do explain.

Derived terms

• cabalistic
• cabbalistic
• TINC (“there is no cabal”)

Translations

Verb

cabal (third-person singular simple present cabals, present participle caballing, simple past and past participle caballed)

1. To engage in the activities of a cabal.

References

See also

• cabal glass

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin cap?lis, from Latin capit?lis. Equivalent to cap +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k??bal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka?bal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

cabal (masculine and feminine plural cabals)

1. complete, total
2. upright, well-rounded

Noun

cabal m (plural cabals)

1. goods, possessions
2. (of a fluid) flow, discharge
3. (telecommunications) throughput

Derived terms

• cabaler

Further reading

• “cabal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin capalis or from cabo +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k???al]

Adjective

cabal m or f (plural cabais)

1. whole, complete
   • 1823, Pedro Boado Sánchez, Diálogo entre dos Labradores gallegos afligidos:

     E may-lo Alcalde habíase d’alegrar, qu’el tamen está picado, qu’ainda n-hay ano é medio cabal que lle morreo á muller, é tamen pagou á farda como cada fillo de veciño.

     And the mayor would also be glad, because he's also piqued, because there's not a whole year and a half that his wife died and he also paid the burden as every mother's son

   Synonym: completo

2. exact

   Synonym: exacto

Related terms

• cabo

References

• “cabal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cabal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Adjective

cabal m or f (plural cabais, comparable)

1. complete
2. rigorous
3. exact
4. satisfactory

Spanish

Etymology

cabo +? -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

cabal (plural cabales)

1. upright, honest
2. exact
3. complete, entire, full

Derived terms

• en sus cabales

English

Etymology

In the business sense, borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 in the Reichstag. In the political sense, which was the vehicle for this metaphor, the English sense as the German sense was borrowed from French cartel in the sixteenth century, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta (“card, page”), from Latin charta.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???t?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k???t?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

cartel (plural cartels)

2. (economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.

3. (historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
4. (historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.
   • Xerxes whipped the Sea, and writ a cartell of defiance to the hill Athos.

5. (historical, law) An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
   • 1832, Washington Irving, Tales of the Alhambra

     He then sent down a flag of truce in military style, proposing a cartel or exchange of prisoners – the corporal for the notary.

6. (historical, nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.

Derived terms

• cartelize
• cartelization

Descendants

• ? Spanish: cártel

Translations

Further reading

• cartel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Claret, arclet, claret, lacert, rectal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta, from Latin carta. Related to English card.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?.t?l/

Noun

cartel m (plural cartels)

1. a cartel

Further reading

• “cartel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• clarté
• rectal
• tacler

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Romanian

Etymology

From French cartel.

Noun

cartel n (plural carteluri)

1. cartel

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka??tel/, [ka??t?el]
• Rhymes: -el

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan cartel or Catalan cartell.

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

1. poster, placard, bill, banner

   Coordinate terms: letrero, placa, señal

2. lineup, billing
3. the "now-showing" board in a cinema or playhouse

Derived terms

• pegacarteles

Related terms

• cartelera
• carta

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cartel, itself borrowed from German Kartell.

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

1. (Colombia) Alternative form of cártel

Further reading

• “cartel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.