Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:

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, called red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers

Businesses

* Cardinal Brewery, a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland * Cardinal Health, a health care services company

Christianity

* Cardinal (Catholic Church), a senior official of the Catholic Church **Member of the College of Cardinals * Cardinal (Church of England), either of two members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedral

Entertainment

Films

* Cardinals (film), ''Cardinals'' (film), a 2017 Canadian film * The Cardinal (1936 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), ''Cardinal'' (Cardinal album), 1994 * Cardinal (Pinegrove album), ''Cardinal'' (Pinegrove album), 2016

Television

* Cardinal (TV series), ''Cardinal'' (TV series), a 2017 Canadian television series * Cardinal (The Americans), "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), ''The Cardinal'' (play), a 1641 Caroline era tragedy by James Shirley * The Cardinal System, a system appearing in the ''Sword Art Online'' series * Cardinal, a stormtrooper officer featured in ''Star Wars: Phasma'', a novel by Delilah S. Dawson

Linguistics

* Cardinal numeral, a part of speech for expressing numbers by name * Cardinal vowel, a concept in phonetics

Mathematics

* Cardinal number ** Large cardinal

Navigation

* Cardinal direction, one of the four primary directions: north, south, east, and west * Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation

Places

* Cardinal, Manitoba, Canada * Cardinal, Ontario, Canada * Cardinal High School (Middlefield, Ohio), a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, Geauga County, United States * Cardinal Mountain, a summit in California * Cardinal Power Plant, a power plant in Jefferson County, Ohio * Cardinal, Virginia, United States * C/2008 T2 (Cardinal), a comet

Plants

* Cardinal (grape), a table grape first produced in California in 1939 * ''Lobelia cardinalis'', also known as "cardinal flower"

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 *Incarnate Word Cardinals, the athletic teams of the University of the Incarnate Word * 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; named for the color but not the bird * 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), ''Cardinal'' (train) * The Cardinal (railcar), ''The Cardinal'' (railcar)

Other uses

* Cardinal (color), a vivid red * Cardinal (name), a surname * Cardinal, a Ruby (programming language)#Implementations, Ruby programming language implementation using for the Parrot virtual machine