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A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time. We congratulate a rival on a triumph when actually we are choking on spite. We are cordial and attentive to crashing bores.
Jeff Lindsay

Meaning of "cordial" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORDIAL

From Medieval Latin cordiālis, from Latin cor heart.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CORDIAL

cordial  [ˈkɔːdɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORDIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cordial can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CORDIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cordial in the English dictionary

The first definition of cordial in the dictionary is warm and friendly. Other definition of cordial is giving heart; stimulating. Cordial is also a drink with a fruit base, usually sold in concentrated form and diluted with water before being drunk.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORDIAL


audial
ˈɔːdɪəl
concordial
kɒnˈkɔːdɪəl
endocardial
ˌɛndəʊˈkɑːdɪəl
epicardial
ˌɛpɪˈkɑːdɪəl
epicedial
ˌɛpɪˈsiːdɪəl
exordial
ɛkˈsɔːdɪəl
intermedial
ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪəl
medial
ˈmiːdɪəl
myocardial
ˌmaɪəʊˈkɑːdɪəl
pericardial
ˌperɪˈkɑːdɪəl
praecordial
priːˈkɔːdɪəl
praedial
ˈpriːdɪəl
precordial
priːˈkɔːdɪəl
predial
ˈpriːdɪəl
primordial
praɪˈmɔːdɪəl
remedial
rɪˈmiːdɪəl
soredial
səˈriːdɪəl
stapedial
stæˈpiːdɪəl
uncordial
ʌnˈkɔːdɪəl
ventromedial
ˌventrəʊˈmiːdɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORDIAL

cordectomy
corded
Cordelier
Cordeliers
cordelle
corder
cordialise
cordialities
cordiality
cordialize
cordially
cordialness
cordierite
cordiform
cordillera
cordilleran
Cordilleras
cordiner
cording
cordite

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORDIAL

allodial
chlamydial
clostridial
conidial
custodial
dial
intracardial
lime cordial
mondial
monopodial
noncustodial
plasmodial
postprandial
prandial
prosodial
radial
redial
speed dial
speed-dial
sundial

Synonyms and antonyms of cordial in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CORDIAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cordial» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cordial

Translation of «cordial» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORDIAL

Find out the translation of cordial to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cordial from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cordial» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

友善的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cordial
570 millions of speakers

English

cordial
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सौहार्दपूर्ण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ودية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сердечным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cordial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আন্তরিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cordial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mesra
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

herzlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

友好的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

친절한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cordial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thân mật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுமூகமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सौहार्दपूर्ण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

samimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cordiale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

serdeczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

серцевим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cordial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγκάρδια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hartlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjärtlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjertelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cordial

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORDIAL»

The term «cordial» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.725 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORDIAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cordial

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10 QUOTES WITH «CORDIAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cordial.
1
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Every year, millions of people from Iran and Iraq travel to each other's countries, and we also have marriages between Iraqis and Iranians. Many Iranians were born in Iraq, and many Iraqis were born in Iran. This is a kind of special, cordial amicable ties.
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Mariah Carey
I try not to be a jerk. I really do. I try to be nice and cordial.
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Vicente del Bosque
Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.
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Sebastian Faulks
If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be rhubarb fool, which I make with ginger and a hint of elderflower cordial.
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Ian Harding
I get recognized in the street really frequently, which is really shocking. I'm excruciatingly wary of any female under the age of 19. Even when some of them come up to me, they're usually very cordial, nice and polite.
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large.
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Jeff Lindsay
A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time. We congratulate a rival on a triumph when actually we are choking on spite. We are cordial and attentive to crashing bores.
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Mary Wortley Montagu
Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.
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Daniel Nathans
At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.
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Auguste Rodin
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORDIAL»

Discover the use of cordial in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cordial and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Divine Cordial - Romans 8: 28
This delectable book (the original title was A Divine Cordial) is an exposition of that verse, not neglecting the last phrase (as so many are apt to do). This is no pop treatment to pat the back of all professing Christians.
Thomas Watson, 2007
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A Cordial for Low-Spirits: Being a Collection of Valuable ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Dr. Thomas Gordon, 2010
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Cordial concurrence: orchestrating national party ...
This volume is a study of the orchestration of cordial concurrence at the quadrennial nominating conventions of the two major political parties.
Larry David Smith, Dan D. Nimmo, 1991
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Preserves
To serve, mix 1 part cordial to 3 parts water. Store in refrigerator. Makes 21/2 cups (625 mL) cordial. Pictured on page 71. STRAWBERRY CORDIAL: Fill quart jar with cut up strawberries rather than raspberries. Makes 3 cups (750 mL) cordial.
Jean Paré, 1994
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The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink
Cordials are one of the earliest forms of distilled beverages and frequently were used as medicines, since it was believed that the curative properties of certain herbs could be preserved in spirits. Benedictine, for example, is an herbal cordial  ...
Andrew F. Smith, 2007
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Scientia Magna (International Book Series), Vol. 8, No. 4, 2012
A binary vertex labeling of a graph G is called a cordial labeling of G if [1111(0) — 11f(1)|§ 1 and [ef(0) — ef(1)| g1. A graph G is cordial if it admits cordial labeling. The concept of cordial labeling was introduced by Cahit [2]. Vaidya [8] proved ...
editor Zhang Wenpeng
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Malaysia Industrial and Business Directory
CORDIAL ORANGE/GRAPE/MANGO ETC KHH - CORDIAL ORANGE/GRAPE/ MANGO ETC 3 DIAMOND - CORDIAL ORANGE/GRAPE/MANGO ETC BM - CORDIAL ORANGE/GRAPE/MANGO ETC DOUBLE LION - CORDIAL ...
Ibp Usa, USA International Business Publications, 2007
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How to Mix Drinks: Or, The Bon Vivant's Companion
Cordial Lemon 104 Cordial Maccaroon 105 Cordial Mint 106 Cordial Noyaux 107 Cordial Orange 108 Cordial Peach 109 Cordial Peppermint 110 Cordial Persicot 111 Cordial Quince 112 Cordial Railroad 118 Cordial, Raspberry 114 Cordial, ...
Jerry Thomas, 2012
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A Cyclopaedia of six thousand practical receipts
The above forms are those commonly current in the drug trade. This cordial is anodyne and narcotic, and is commonly given to children troubled with wind or colic. Its frequent and excessive use has sent many infants prematurely to the grave.
Arnold James Cooley, 1851
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Creative Accounting, Fraud and International Accounting Scandals
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC), the Japanese market watchdog, investigated the transactions and alleged that Nikko Cordial had manipulated its consolidated income by including false valuation gains and ...
Michael J. Jones, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORDIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cordial is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pak, India cordial ties can pave way for Kashmir settlement
ISLAMABAD: Forum patronized by the veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, and the All Parties Hurriyet Conference have said that cordial ... «Business Recorder, Jul 15»
2
Attorney for Jared Fogle says Subway pitchman is cooperating in …
Neighbors said the Fogle family was cordial, but private. Other residents declined to discuss their neighbors. "He's a private guy," Jacob ... «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
3
House Dems want all hands on deck for 30-day budget
I wouldn't say we were buddies but cordial … We cut our rhetoric. He was a cheapest date I ever had. Just give him an apple for lunch. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
4
Brett Favre Has Some Thoughts About That Divorce
“It was for the most part cordial,” Favre said of the meetings. “It was like, 'What do we do?' That was the million-dollar question, I guess. I got a ... «Total Packers, Jul 15»
5
Obama hosts Vietnam Communist Party leader
... mutual respect and that has benefited the people of both countries." Mr Trong described the talks as "cordial, constructive, positive and frank". «BBC News, Jul 15»
6
Badgers men's hockey: New assistant coaches Luke Strand and JB …
That's where Strand encountered Bittner, struck up a cordial relationship and came to know how hard Bittner worked at recruiting and talent ... «Chippewa Herald, Jul 15»
7
GOP leader: Pa. budget impasse could last 'a while'
"They're very cordial. The governor makes his case - he wants enough revenue so he doesn't have to worry about this for four years. I respect ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
8
Outgoing Cuban Diplomat Hails Cordial Relationship - Calls On …
Despaigne Gonzalez has extolled the cordial working relationships between the governments of Cuba and Liberia. Mr. Gonzalez, who arrived ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Incredibly edible: elderflower is the star ingredient of the season
Add a splash or two, undiluted, to fruit salads or anything with gooseberries or dilute one part cordial to two parts water for fragrant ice lollies. «ITV News, Jul 15»
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India desires cordial ties with Pakistan: Rajnath Singh
Srinagar, July 2: India desires cordial relations with Pakistan but said Islamabad "will have to change its approach" for this to happen, Home ... «Oneindia, Jul 15»

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