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cardinal noun

  /ˈkɑɹdnəl/ , /ˈkɑɹdɪnəl/ , /ˈkɑː.dɪ.nəl/ , /ˈkɑːd.nəl/
  • (Roman Catholic) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope.
  • Any of various species of New-World passerine songbird in the genus Cardinalis, or in the family Cardinalidae more generally, or of similar appearance and once considered to be related to the former; so called because of their red plumage. (See Wikipedia article for taxonomical information.)
 καρδινάλιος
  • (math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)
 απόλυτος αριθμός

cardinal adjective

  /ˈkɑɹdnəl/ , /ˈkɑɹdɪnəl/ , /ˈkɑː.dɪ.nəl/ , /ˈkɑːd.nəl/
  • Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
 απόλυτος, καρδινάλιος
  • Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
  • (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
 καρδινάλιος

cardinality noun

  /kɑɹdɪnælɪti/ , /kɑːdɪnælɪti/
  • (set theory, of a set) The number of elements a given set contains.
 πληθάριθμος
cardinal number
απόλυτος αριθμός
cardinal numeral
απόλυτοι αριθμοί
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