kardinaal

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • cardinaal (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cardinael, from Latin cardinālis (episcopus)[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑr.diˈnaːl/
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  • Rhymes: -aːl
  • Hyphenation: kar‧di‧naal

Noun

kardinaal m (plural kardinalen, diminutive kardinaaltje n)

  1. cardinal (high-ranking official in the Catholic Church, Prince of the Church)

Adjective

kardinaal (not comparable)

  1. cardinal

Inflection

Inflection of kardinaal
uninflected kardinaal
inflected kardinale
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial kardinaal
indefinite m./f. sing. kardinale
n. sing. kardinaal
plural kardinale
definite kardinale
partitive kardinaals

References

  1. J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
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