cardinal

cardinal

Haut responsable de l’Église catholique qui participe au choix d’un nouveau pape.

En anglais simple : A senior Catholic Church official who helps choose a new pope.

• The cardinal met the pope.
• Several cardinals attended the ceremony in Rome.
• A new pope is chosen by the cardinals.

Expressions courantes : Catholic cardinal, appoint a cardinal

cardinal

Oiseau chanteur des Amériques ; le mâle de l’espèce la plus connue est rouge vif.

En anglais simple : A songbird from the Americas; the male of the best-known kind is bright red.

• A cardinal landed on the fence.
• Two cardinals visited our bird feeder.
• We heard a cardinal singing outside the window.

Expressions courantes : red cardinal, male cardinal, cardinal nest, cardinal song

rouge cardinal

Couleur rouge profonde, comme celle des vêtements des cardinaux catholiques.

En anglais simple : A deep red colour like the clothing worn by senior Catholic Church officials.

• She chose cardinal for the curtains.
• The painter mixed cardinal with a little brown.
• The cloth was a rich shade of cardinal.

Synonymes : cardinal red

Expressions courantes : cardinal red, deep cardinal

fondamental, capital

Très important, au point de servir de base à d’autres idées ou actions.

En anglais simple : So important that other ideas or actions depend on it.

• Safety is our cardinal rule.
• He broke the cardinal principle of patient privacy.
• Ignoring your audience is a cardinal mistake in public speaking.

Synonymes : fundamental, essential, crucial

Expressions courantes : cardinal rule, cardinal sin, cardinal principle

cardinal

Qui concerne les quatre directions principales : le nord, le sud, l’est et l’ouest.

En anglais simple : Relating to north, south, east, and west.

• North is a cardinal direction.
• The map shows all four cardinal points.
• A compass helps you find the cardinal directions.

Expressions courantes : cardinal directions, cardinal points, cardinal mark

cardinal

Se dit des nombres comme un, deux et trois, qui indiquent combien il y a de choses.

En anglais simple : Describing numbers that tell you how many things there are, such as one, two, and three.

• Five is a cardinal number.
• Use cardinal numbers to say how many chairs you need.
• The teacher explained the difference between cardinal and ordinal numbers.

Contraires : ordinal

Expressions courantes : cardinal number, cardinal numeral