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cordiality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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/-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/koɹˈd͡ʒal.ɪ.ti/ (Scotland)
/-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/ (India)
/-d͡ʒiˈal-/ (Scotland)
/-diːˈɛl-/ (New-Zealand)
/kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/-diˈæl-/ (Canada, General-American)
/koːɾˈd͡ʒæl.i.ʈiː/ (India)
/koːɹˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.tiː/ (New-Zealand)
/koːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/ (Australia)
/-diːˈæl-/ (Australia)
-jē-ăl′-
/-diˈal-/ (Scotland)
/-d͡ʒiːˈɛl-/ (New-Zealand)
/-d͡ʒiˈæl-/ (Canada, General-American)
/-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/ (Australia)
/-diːˈæl-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
-dē-ăl′-
kôr-jăl′ĭ-tē
/-ɖiːˈæl-/ (India)
/koɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.ti/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English cordial Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English cordiality From cordial + -ity.

Meanings

(uncountable) The quality of being cordial.
- Adam gave her—the spaniel, not Mrs. Florin—a gentle prod with his foot and a lump of sugar. She licked his shoe with evident cordiality. Adam was not above feeling flattered by friendliness in dogs. 1930, Evelyn Waugh, chapter V, in Vile Bodies, New York: Back Bay Books, published 1999:
- Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world. 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher:
(countable) A friendly utterance.
- Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity. 1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 5, in Mapp and Lucia:
- to exchange cordialities with people

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
cordialness		alternative	lexicographic
cordialities	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

uncordiality

cordially

Synonyms

empressement · warmth · affability · friendliness · amiability

Translations (8)

pl kordialność (quality of being cordial) · pl serdeczność (quality of being cordial) · es cordialidad (quality of being cordial) · de Herzlichkeit (quality of being cordial) · hi सौहार्द (quality of being cordial) · hy սիրալիություն (quality of being cordial) · hi सद्भाव (quality of being cordial) · pl grzeczność (friendly utterance)