Word: cardinals
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: car
di
nals
Definition: Plural of cardinal; one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
Morphemes:
Affix: cardinal
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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. (article on Catholic cardinals.)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cardō
Language: la
Decoded: cardo
Meaning: door hinge
Affix: -ālis
Language: la
Decoded: -alis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives of relationship from nouns or numerals.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.