how to pronounce cardinals

/ˈkɑːɹdɪnəlz/

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cardinals is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of cardinals in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… of priests and bishops and Cardinals and …”

meanings of cardinals

name:

The team St. Louis Cardinals.
A sports team at the University of Louisville.
The team Arizona Cardinals.

noun:

Plural of Cardinal.
Plural of cardinal.

cardinals frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word cardinals occurs in english on average 3.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.