different between cardinal vs star
cardinal
English
Etymology
From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardin?lis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from card? (“hinge”) + -?lis, adjectival suffix.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??.d?.n?l/, /?k??d.n?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k??d?n?l/, /?k??dn?l/
Adjective
cardinal (comparative more cardinal, superlative most cardinal)
- Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
- 1613, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII (play),
- But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
- a. 1631, Michael Drayton, To my noble friend Mr. William Brown, of the evil time
- Impudence is now a cardinal virtue.
- 1613, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII (play),
- (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
- Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
- Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal's cassock).
Translations
Noun
cardinal (plural cardinals)
- (Roman Catholicism) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope and the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.)
- Any of a genus of songbirds of the finch family, Cardinalis.
- Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae (See Wikipedia article on cardinals) and other similar birds that were once considered to be related.
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- (color) A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red)
- (mathematics) Short for cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., zero, one, two, three). (See Wikipedia article on Cardinal number.)
- 1920, Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, p.83:
- This cardinal number is the smallest of the infinite cardinal numbers; it is the one to which Cantor has appropriated the Hebrew aleph with the suffix 0, to distinguish it from larger infinite cardinals. Thus the name of the smallest of infinite cardinals is 0?.
- 1920, Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, p.83:
- (grammar) Short for cardinal numeral, a word used to represent a cardinal number.
- 2005, Frederic M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed. revised, p.97:
- The commonest numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals" […] and the "ordinals" […].
- 2005, Frederic M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed. revised, p.97:
- Short for cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), a flowering plant.
- Short for cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi), a freshwater fish.
- (now historical) A woman's short cloak with a hood, originally made of scarlet cloth.
- 1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna, I.3:
- She has valuables of mine; besides, my cardinal and veil are in her room.
- c. 1760, Robert Lloyd, Chit-Chat, an imitation of Theocritus
- Where's your cardinal! Make haste.
- 1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna, I.3:
- (obsolete) Mulled red wine.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- (woman's cloak; mulled red wine): Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873)
See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
- Contrast with ordinal (numbers)
- Card. (abbreviation)
Anagrams
- Clarinda
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /k??.di?nal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /k?r.di?nal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka?.di?nal/
Adjective
cardinal (feminine cardinala, masculine plural cardinals, feminine plural cardinales)
- cardinal
Derived terms
- punt cardinal
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cardin?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?.di.nal/
Adjective
cardinal (feminine singular cardinale, masculine plural cardinaux, feminine plural cardinales)
- Important; paramount.
- (mathematics) cardinal.
Derived terms
- point cardinal
Noun
cardinal m (plural cardinaux)
- (religion) cardinal.
- Cardinal number.
- Cardinal (bird).
Noun
cardinal m (plural cardinal)
- cardinal (color).
Further reading
- “cardinal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
cardinal m (invariable)
- Apocopic form of cardinale
Anagrams
- calandri
Middle French
Noun
cardinal m (plural cardinauls)
- (Christianity) cardinal.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka?.d??i?naw/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ka?.ði?na?/
- Hyphenation: car?di?nal
Adjective
cardinal m or f (plural cardinais, comparable)
- cardinal (describing a number that indicates quantity)
- Synonym: cardeal
Noun
cardinal m (plural cardinais)
- cardinal (number indicating quantity)
- Synonym: cardeal
- (typography) hash (the # symbol)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French cardinal, Latin cardin?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kar.di?nal/
Adjective
cardinal m or n (feminine singular cardinal?, masculine plural cardinali, feminine and neuter plural cardinale)
- principal, essential, fundamental
Declension
Synonyms
- capital, crucial, decisiv, esen?ial, fundamental
Derived terms
- numeral cardinal
- punct cardinal
- ro?u cardinal, ro?u-cardinal
- virtu?i cardinale
Noun
cardinal m (plural cardinali)
- (religion) cardinal
- cardinal (bird)
- a variety of grape, cultivated for consumption
Declension
Derived terms
- cardinalat
- cardinalist
References
- cardinal in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cardin?lis, cardin?li.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?di?nal/, [ka?.ð?i?nal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: car?di?nal
Adjective
cardinal (plural cardinales)
- cardinal (crucial, pivotal)
- Synonym: fundamental
- cardinal (describing a number used to indicate quantity)
- Antonym: ordinal
Derived terms
Related terms
- cardenal
Further reading
- “cardinal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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star
English
Etymology
From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *stern? (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r (“star”). Doublet of aster.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /st??(?)/
- (US) enPR: stär, IPA(key): /st??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
star (plural stars)
- Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.
- (astronomy) A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
- (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points.
- (acting) An actor in a leading role.
- An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
- (printing) An asterisk (*).
- A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
- A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
- (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
- Men bless their stars and call it luxury.
- A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
- A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
Synonyms
- aster (obsolete)
- (astronomy): * (abbreviation), sun
Hypernyms
- (astronomy): celestial body
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- estoile
- étoile
- stella
Descendants
- ? French: star
- ? German: Star
- ? Italian: star
Translations
See star/translations § Noun.
See also
- Thesaurus:star
Verb
star (third-person singular simple present stars, present participle starring, simple past and past participle starred)
- (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
- (transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
- (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
- (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
- (intransitive) To shine like a star.
Synonyms
- (to mark with an asterisk): asterisk
Translations
See also
- astronomy
- black hole
- galaxy
- moon
- mullet
- planet
- red giant
Anagrams
- 'rats, RAST, RATs, RTAs, TSRA, arts, arts., rats, sart, tars, tsar
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch star, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *staraz.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?r
Adjective
star (comparative starder, superlative starst)
- stiff, frozen
- rigid
Inflection
Related terms
- halsstarrig
French
Etymology
From English star.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta?/
Noun
star f (plural stars)
- star (celebrity)
- Elle est devenue star. - she's become a star.
Derived terms
- stariser
Further reading
- “star” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- arts, rats, tsar
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English star.
Noun
star f (invariable)
- star (celebrity)
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ?????? (sit?r).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta?r/
- Rhymes: -a?r
Noun
star m (plural stari)
- veil
- Synonym: (commoner) velu
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin st?re.
Verb
star
- to be (indicates a temporary state)
See also
- ser
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)
- alternative form of stare
Noun
star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by stær
Portuguese
Verb
star (first-person singular present indicative stou, past participle stado)
- Obsolete spelling of estar
Sabir
Etymology
From Italian stare (“to be”).
Verb
star
- to be
References
- Feissat et Demonchy, Dictionnaire de la Langue Franque, ou Petit Mauresque
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *star?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stâr/
Adjective
st?r (definite st?r?, comparative stàrij?, Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- old
Declension
Derived terms
- prastar
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *star?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stár/
Adjective
st?r (comparative star?jši, superlative n?jstar?jši)
- old, aged
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Antonyms
- mlad
Derived terms
- prestàr
Further reading
- “star”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin st?re, present active infinitive of st?. Compare Italian stare
Verb
star
- (transitive) To stay or remain
- (transitive) To live (somewhere)
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
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