cathedral

Language

See also: cathédral

English

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CATHEDRAL Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-#CATHEDRAL

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈθiːdɹəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#CATHEDRAL Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CATHEDRAL
(Early Modern) IPA^(key): /kəˈtiːdrəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#CATHEDRAL Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CATHEDRAL
Audio (US): (file)
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Hyphenation: ca‧the‧dral
Rhymes: -iːdɹəl Category:Rhymes:English/iːdɹəl#CATHEDRAL Category:Rhymes:English/iːdɹəl/3 syllables#CATHEDRAL

Etymology 1

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#CATHEDRAL Category:English terms derived from Middle English#CATHEDRAL cathedral, chathedral, cathiderall, from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#CATHEDRAL [Term?]Category:Old French term requests#CATHEDRAL, from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#CATHEDRAL cathedrālis, from cathedra +‎ -ālis, from Ancient Greek Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#CATHEDRAL καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”).

Adjective

cathedral (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#CATHEDRAL Category:English adjectives#CATHEDRAL Category:English uncomparable adjectives#CATHEDRAL Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CATHEDRAL Category:Pages with entries#CATHEDRAL Category:Pages with 2 entries#CATHEDRAL

Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.

Related terms

cathedratic

Translations

relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop

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French: cathédral (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#CATHEDRAL
Middle English: cathedralCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#CATHEDRAL
Spanish: catedral (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#CATHEDRAL
Welsh: cadeiriol (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#CATHEDRAL

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

cathedral

A large cathedral in Reims, France, with many architectural features traditional to such a structure.

Ellipsis of cathedral churchCategory:English ellipses#CATHEDRAL, from Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#CATHEDRAL Category:English terms derived from Middle English#CATHEDRAL chirche cathederall, cathedrall chirch, calque of Late Latin Category:English terms calqued from Late Latin#CATHEDRAL Category:English terms derived from Late Latin#CATHEDRAL ecclēsia cathedrālis (“church serving as the bishop's or archbishop's office”), from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#CATHEDRAL ecclēsia +‎ cathedrālis. Displaced Old English hēafodċiriċe (literally “main church, head church”).

Noun

cathedral (plural cathedrals)Category:English lemmas#CATHEDRAL Category:English nouns#CATHEDRAL Category:English countable nouns#CATHEDRAL Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CATHEDRAL Category:Pages with entries#CATHEDRAL Category:Pages with 2 entries#CATHEDRAL

The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra.
The bishop presided over the ceremony from his seat in the cathedral.
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(loosely or informally) A large or important church building.
(figurative) A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.
a cathedral of commerceCategory:English terms with usage examples#CATHEDRAL
A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.

Translations

big church building

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Belarusian: сабо́р m (sabór)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#CATHEDRAL
Bulgarian: катедра́ла f (katedrála)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CATHEDRAL
Catalan: catedral (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#CATHEDRAL
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大教堂 (zh) (dàjiàotáng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CATHEDRAL
Danish: katedral cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#CATHEDRAL
Esperanto: katedraloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#CATHEDRAL
Finnish: kirkko (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CATHEDRAL, katedraali (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CATHEDRAL
French: cathédrale (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#CATHEDRAL
German: Bischofskirche mCategory:Terms with German translations#CATHEDRAL, Dom (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#CATHEDRAL, Domkirche fCategory:Terms with German translations#CATHEDRAL, Hauptkirche (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#CATHEDRAL, Kathedrale (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#CATHEDRAL
Greek: καθεδρικός ναός m (kathedrikós naós)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CATHEDRAL
Hindi: कैथेड्रल (kaitheḍral)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CATHEDRAL, गिरजा (hi) m (girjā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CATHEDRAL, गिर्जा (hi) m (girjā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CATHEDRAL, गिरजाघर (hi) m (girjāghar)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CATHEDRAL, गिर्जाघर (hi) m (girjāghar)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CATHEDRAL, कलीसा f (kalīsā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CATHEDRAL, कलीसिया f (kalīsiyā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CATHEDRAL
Ido: katedralo (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#CATHEDRAL
Italian: cattedrale (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#CATHEDRAL, duomo (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#CATHEDRAL
Khmer: វិសាលវិហារ (visaalvihiə)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#CATHEDRAL
Konkani: इगर्जे (igarje)Category:Terms with Konkani translations#CATHEDRAL
Macedonian: катедра́ла f (katedrála)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CATHEDRAL
Portuguese: catedral (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#CATHEDRAL
Romanian: catedrală (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#CATHEDRAL
Russian: собо́р (ru) m (sobór)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CATHEDRAL
Spanish: catedral (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#CATHEDRAL
Ukrainian: собо́р (uk) m (sobór)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#CATHEDRAL

church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop

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Afrikaans: katedraal (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#CATHEDRAL
Albanian: katedrale (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#CATHEDRAL
Arabic: كَاتِدْرَائِيَّة f (kātidrāʔiyya)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#CATHEDRAL
Hijazi Arabic: كاتدرائيَّة f (kātidrāʔiyya)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#CATHEDRAL
Armenian: մայր տաճար (hy) (mayr tačar)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#CATHEDRAL
Azerbaijani: kafedralCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#CATHEDRAL
Basque: katedral (eu)Category:Terms with Basque translations#CATHEDRAL
Belarusian: сабо́р m (sabór)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#CATHEDRAL
Bengali: ক্যাথেড্রাল (kêtheḍral)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#CATHEDRAL
Breton: iliz-veur fCategory:Terms with Breton translations#CATHEDRAL
Bulgarian: катедра́ла f (katedrála)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CATHEDRAL
Burmese: ကသီဒရယ် (ka.sida.rai)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#CATHEDRAL
Catalan: catedral (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#CATHEDRAL
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大教堂 (zh) (dàjiàotáng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#CATHEDRAL Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CATHEDRAL; 主教座堂 (zhǔjiàozuòtáng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#CATHEDRAL Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CATHEDRAL
Corsican: cattidraleCategory:Terms with Corsican translations#CATHEDRAL
Czech: katedrála (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#CATHEDRAL
Danish: domkirke (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#CATHEDRAL, katedral cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#CATHEDRAL
Dutch: kathedraal (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#CATHEDRAL
Esperanto: katedraloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#CATHEDRAL
Estonian: katedraal (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#CATHEDRAL, toomkirikCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#CATHEDRAL
Finnish: tuomiokirkko (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CATHEDRAL, katedraali (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CATHEDRAL
French: cathédrale (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#CATHEDRAL
Galician: catedral (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#CATHEDRAL, sé (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#CATHEDRAL
Georgian: ტაძარი (ṭaʒari)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#CATHEDRAL
German: Bischofskirche mCategory:Terms with German translations#CATHEDRAL, Dom (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#CATHEDRAL, Domkirche fCategory:Terms with German translations#CATHEDRAL, Hauptkirche (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#CATHEDRAL, Kathedrale (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#CATHEDRAL
Greek: μητρόπολη (el) f (mitrópoli)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CATHEDRAL, καθεδρικός ναός m (kathedrikós naós)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CATHEDRAL, επισκοπή (el) f (episkopí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CATHEDRAL
Gujarati: કેથેડ્રલ (ketheḍral)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#CATHEDRAL
Hebrew: קָתֶדרָלָה (he) f (katedrala)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#CATHEDRAL
Hindi: कैथेड्रल (kaitheḍral)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CATHEDRAL
Hungarian: székesegyház (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CATHEDRAL, katedrális (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CATHEDRAL, dóm (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CATHEDRAL
Icelandic: dómkirkja (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#CATHEDRAL
Ido: katedralo (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#CATHEDRAL
Indonesian: katedral (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#CATHEDRAL
Irish: (historical) An Teampall Mór mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#CATHEDRAL, (since the end of the 18th century) ardeaglais fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#CATHEDRAL
Italian: cattedrale (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#CATHEDRAL, duomo (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#CATHEDRAL
Japanese: 大聖堂 (ja) (だいせいどう, daiseidō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CATHEDRAL
Javanese: katedralCategory:Terms with Javanese translations#CATHEDRAL
Kazakh: собор (sobor)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#CATHEDRAL
Khmer: ព្រះវិហារ (km) (prĕəh vihiə)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#CATHEDRAL
Korean: 대성당(大聖堂) (ko) (daeseongdang)Category:Terms with Korean translations#CATHEDRAL
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: katedral (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#CATHEDRAL
Kyrgyz: собор (sobor)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#CATHEDRAL
Lao: ໂບດໃຫຍ່ (bōt h)Category:Terms with Lao translations#CATHEDRAL
Latvian: katedrāleCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#CATHEDRAL
Lithuanian: katedra (lt)Category:Terms with Lithuanian translations#CATHEDRAL
Luxembourgish: Kathedral fCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#CATHEDRAL, Doum mCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#CATHEDRAL
Macedonian: катедра́ла f (katedrála)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CATHEDRAL, соборна црква f (soborna crkva)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CATHEDRAL, соборен храм m (soboren hram)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CATHEDRAL
Malay: katedral (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#CATHEDRAL, gereja besarCategory:Terms with Malay translations#CATHEDRAL
Manx: ard-çhiamble mCategory:Terms with Manx translations#CATHEDRAL
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чогчин дуган (čogčin dugan)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#CATHEDRAL
Norman: cathédrale fCategory:Terms with Norman translations#CATHEDRAL
Norwegian:
Bokmål: katedral (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#CATHEDRAL, domkirke m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#CATHEDRAL

Nynorsk: katedral mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#CATHEDRAL, domkyrkje fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#CATHEDRAL
Occitan: catedrala (oc) fCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#CATHEDRAL
Old English: hēafodċiriċe fCategory:Terms with Old English translations#CATHEDRAL
Pashto: لويه کليسا f (loya kalisā)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#CATHEDRAL
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کِلیسایِ جامِع (kelisâ-ye jâme')Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#CATHEDRAL Category:Terms with Persian translations#CATHEDRAL
Polish: katedra (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#CATHEDRAL
Portuguese: catedral (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#CATHEDRAL
Romanian: catedrală (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#CATHEDRAL
Russian: собо́р (ru) m (sobór)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CATHEDRAL, кафедра́льный собо́р m (kafedrálʹnyj sobór)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CATHEDRAL
Scottish Gaelic: àrd-eaglais fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#CATHEDRAL, cathair-eaglais fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#CATHEDRAL, prìomh-eaglais fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#CATHEDRAL
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: катедра́ла fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#CATHEDRAL, са́бор mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#CATHEDRAL

Latin: katedrála (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#CATHEDRAL, sábor (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#CATHEDRAL
Sicilian: domu (scn) mCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#CATHEDRAL
Slovak: katedrála fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#CATHEDRAL
Slovene: katedrala (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#CATHEDRAL
Spanish: catedral (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#CATHEDRAL
Swahili: kanisa kuuCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#CATHEDRAL
Swedish: domkyrka (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#CATHEDRAL, katedral (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#CATHEDRAL
Tagalog: katedralCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#CATHEDRAL
Tajik: собор (sobor)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#CATHEDRAL
Telugu: కేథడ్రల్ (kēthaḍral)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#CATHEDRAL
Thai: อาสนวิหาร (àat-sà-ná-wí-hǎan)Category:Terms with Thai translations#CATHEDRAL
Turkish: katedral (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#CATHEDRAL, başkilise (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#CATHEDRAL
Turkmen: soborCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#CATHEDRAL, ybadathanaCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#CATHEDRAL
Ukrainian: собо́р (uk) m (sobór)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#CATHEDRAL
Urdu: کَیتِھڈْرَل (kaithiḍral)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#CATHEDRAL
Uyghur: چوڭ چېركاۋ (chong chërkaw)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#CATHEDRAL, باش چېركاۋ (bash chërkaw)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#CATHEDRAL, كافېدرال (kafëdral)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#CATHEDRAL
Uzbek: sobor (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#CATHEDRAL, ibodathonaCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#CATHEDRAL
Vietnamese: nhà thờ chính tòaCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#CATHEDRAL, đại giáo đườngCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#CATHEDRAL, nhà thờ lớnCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#CATHEDRAL
Volapük: leglüg (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#CATHEDRAL
Welsh: eglwys gadeiriol fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#CATHEDRAL, cadeirlan (cy) fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#CATHEDRAL
West Flemish: kateedroale fCategory:Terms with West Flemish translations#CATHEDRAL
Yiddish: קאַטעדראַל f (katedral)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#CATHEDRAL

See also

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Middle English

Alternative forms

cathederall, cathedrall, cathedralle, cathiderall, chathedral, chathydralle

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French Category:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French#CATHEDRAL Category:Middle English terms derived from Old French#CATHEDRAL cathedral, from Latin Category:Middle English terms derived from Latin#CATHEDRAL cathedrālis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkatɛˈdral/, (by analogy with Latin cathedra) /kaˈtɛːdral/Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#CATHEDRAL

Adjective

cathedralCategory:Middle English lemmas#CATHEDRAL Category:Middle English adjectives#CATHEDRAL Category:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#CATHEDRAL Category:Pages with entries#CATHEDRAL Category:Pages with 2 entries#CATHEDRAL

cathedral (relating to the see of a bishop)

Descendants

English: cathedral

References

“cathēdrāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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