Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:
Christianity
- Cardinal (Catholic Church), a senior official of the Catholic Church
- Cardinal (Church of England), two members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedral
- Cardinal direction, one of the four primary directions: north, south, east, and west
- Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation
Mathematics
- Cardinal number
- Large cardinal
Animals
- Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
- Cardinalis, genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
- Cardinalis cardinalis, or northern cardinal, the common cardinal of eastern North America
- Argynnis pandora, a species of butterfly
- Cardinal tetra, a freshwater fish
- Paroaria, a South American genus of birds
Places
- Cardinal, Manitoba, Canada
- Cardinal, Ontario, Canada
- Cardinal High School (Middlefield, Ohio), a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, Geauga County, United States
- Cardinal Power Plant, a power plant in Jefferson County, Ohio
- Cardinal, Virginia, United States
- C/2008 T2 (Cardinal), a comet
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
- Cardinal (film), a 2001 American film directed by Michael Harring
- Cardinals (film), a 2017 Canadian film
- The Cardinal (1936 film), a British historical drama
- The Cardinal, a 1963 American film
Games
- Cardinal (chess), a fairy chess piece, also known as the archbishop
- Cardinal, a participant in the army drinking game Cardinal Puff
Music
Groups
- Cardinal (band), indie pop duo formed in 1992
- The Cardinals (rock band), a group formed in 2003
- The Cardinals, a 1950s R&B group
Albums
- Cardinal (Cardinal album), 1994
- Cardinal (Pinegrove album), 2016
Television
- Cardinal (TV series), a 2017 Canadian television series
- "Cardinal" (The Americans), the second episode of the second season of the television series The Americans
Other arts, entertainment, and media
- Cardinal (comics), a supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics
- The Cardinal (play), a 1641 Caroline era tragedy by James Shirley
- The Cardinal System, a system appearing in the Sword Art Online series
Plants
- Cardinal (grape), a table grape first produced in California in 1939
- Lobelia cardinalis, also known as "cardinal flower"
Businesses
- Cardinal Brewery, a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland
- Cardinal Health, a health care services company
Sports
- Arizona Cardinals, an American professional football team
- Assindia Cardinals, an American football club from Essen, Germany
- Ball State Cardinals, the athletic teams of Ball State University
- Cardenales de Lara, a Venezuelan baseball team
- Catholic University Cardinals, the athletic teams of the Catholic University of America
- Front Royal Cardinals, an American baseball team
- Lamar Cardinals, the athletic teams of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA
- Louisville Cardinals, the athletic teams of University of Louisville
- Mapúa Cardinals, the athletic teams of Mapúa Institute of Technology
- North Central Cardinals, the athletic teams of North Central College
- St. John Fisher Cardinals, the athletic teams of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY
- St. Louis Cardinals, an American professional baseball team
- Stanford Cardinal, the athletic teams of Stanford University
- Wesleyan Cardinals, the athletic teams of Wesleyan University
- West Perth Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Western Australia
- Woking F.C., an English football team
Transport
Aircraft
- Cessna 177 Cardinal, a single engine aircraft
- St. Louis Cardinal C-2-110, a light aircraft built in 1928
- NCSIST Cardinal, a family of small UAVs
Trains
- Cardinal (train)
- The Cardinal (railcar)
Linguistics
- Cardinal number (linguistics), a part of speech for expressing numbers by name
- Cardinal vowel, a concept in phonetics
Other uses
- Cardinal (color), a vivid red
- Cardinal (name), a surname
- Cardinal, a Ruby programming language implementation using for the Parrot virtual machine
See also
- Cardenal, a surname
- Cardinal sin or cardinal syn
- Cardinale, a surname