St. Louis Cardinals, a National League baseball team

Arizona Cardinals, an American football team

Cardinal (Catholicism), a member of the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church

Cardinal number, in mathematics

Louisville Cardinals, an intercollegiate sports team in Louisville

Cardinal directions

Stanford Cardinal, the sports teams of Stanford University

A name for the Cessna 177 aircraft

Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper/producer

Mapua Cardinals, the varsity teams of Mapua Institute of Technology

Cardinal (passenger train) train running between Chicago and New York via Indianapolis

Cardinal tetra, a species of fish

Harold Cardinal (1945-2005), a Cree writer and political leader

Cardinal (bird), a family of passerine birds living in the Americas

Cardinal Health, a multinational health supply and pharmaceutical distributor

Cardinal (color), a vivid reddish color

Brian Cardinal, American basketball player

Douglas J. Cardinal (born 1934), a Canadian architect

Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation

Cardinal veins

Lorne Cardinal, Canadian actor

Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress

Judah ben Isaac Cardinal, French translator who lived at the beginning of the thirteenth century

Cardenales de Lara, a Venezuelan baseball team

Cardinal, Ontario

Several high schools, see Cardinal High School

Cardinal (beer), a Swiss brewery

Mark Cardinal, Canadian rugby player

The word cardinal comes from the Latin cardo for "hinge" and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in cardinal rule or cardinal sins. Cardinal may refer to:

Cardinal (grape), a wine and table grape