Plural of cardinal

regular plural

The plural of cardinal is cardinals.

Forms of cardinal

If you set out birdseed in the winter, cardinals will be encouraged to overwinter.From the entry birdseed
He passed over several archbishops who would traditionally become cardinals to promote Gregory.2020 November 27, Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, “This archbishop has become the first African American cardinal in Catholic history”…. From the entry archbishop
The Roman Church consists representatively in the cardinals, but virtually in the pope.2009, Roland H. Bainton, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther. From the entry representatively
They planned a new college of cardinals which would consist largely, if not wholly, of women.1996, Nigel Cawthorne, “Pope Joan”, in Sex Lives of the Popes: An Irreverent Exposé of the Bishops of Rome from St Peter to the Present…. From the entry Guglielmite
After all, it was the ordinals that made precise definition of the transfinite cardinals possible.1990, Joseph Warren Dauben, Georg Cantor: His Mathematics and Philosophy of the Infinite, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 180. From the entry transfinite number

adjective Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
adjective Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
adjective Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.

What is the plural of cardinal?: The plural of cardinal is cardinals.
Is cardinal countable?: Cardinal is a countable and uncountable noun.

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