cordial

From Middle English cordial, from Old French cordial, from Medieval Latin cordiālis (“of the heart”), from cor (“heart”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.di.əl/, /ˈkɔː.dʒəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.di.əl/, /ˈkɔɹ.d͡ʒəl/, /ˈkɔɹ.djəl/

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cordial (comparative more cordial, superlative most cordial)

1. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     He, on his side / Leaning half raised, with looks of cordial love / Hung over her enamoured.

   • 1885, George Washington Schuyler, Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family, C. Scribner's Sons,

     The relations between the Earl of Bellomont and Colonel Schuyler were formal, but not cordial from the first.

2. Radiating warmth and friendliness; genial.
   • 1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, “Chapter 66”, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], OCLC 847456482:

     The sight of London warmed my heart with various emotions, such as a cordial man must draw from the heart of all humanity.

3. (rare) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
   • 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], H[enry] Lawes, editor, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, OCLC 228715864; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, OCLC 1113942837:

     And first behold this cordial julep here / That flames and dances in his crystal bounds, / With spirits of balm, and fragrant syrups mix'd.

4. (obsolete) Proceeding from the heart.
   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     Who stooping op'n'd my left side, and took / From thence a Rib with cordial spirits warm, / And Life-blood streaming fresh;

• (hearty, warm): heartfelt
• (radiating warmth and friendliness): affable, amiable
• (tending to revive): cheering, invigorating

• cordiality
• cordially

cordial (plural cordials)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A concentrated non-carbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.
2. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) An individual serving of such a diluted drink.
3. A pleasant-tasting medicine.
4. A liqueur prepared using the infusion process.
   • 1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, Act III, Scene 1, in 1828, British Theatre, Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, 827,

     Lucy. But, miss Polly—in the way of friendship, will you give me leave to propose a glass of cordial to you ?

     Polly. Strong waters are apt to give me the headache.—I hope, madam, you will excuse me?

   • 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, L. C. Page & Co.

     [Marilla] had put the bottle of raspberry cordial down in the cellar instead of in the closet [...].

5. A candy (or bonbon) usually made of milk chocolate, filled with small fruits (often maraschino cherries) and syrup or fondant.
6. Anything that revives or comforts, a stimulant.

   1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], OCLC 39810224, page 288:

   Never had Fanny more wanted a cordial. Never had she felt such a one as this letter contained.

• (concentrated drink): squash

• liqueur

• ginger cordial

• Di Carlo, DiCarlo, Dicarlo

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /koɾ.diˈal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kur.diˈal/

cordial (masculine and feminine plural cordials)

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• “cordial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cordiālis.

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.djal/

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cordial (feminine cordiale, masculine plural cordiaux, feminine plural cordiales)

1. (archaic) stimulating the heart; tonic
2. coming from the heart; sincere
3. amiable

   Synonyms: chaleureux, aimable, sympathique

• cordialement
• cordialiser
• cordialité

cordial m (plural cordiaux)

1. (medicine, obsolete) stimulant
2. cordial

• “cordial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

cordial m or f (plural cordiais)

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• cordialmente

• cordialidade

• “cordial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Learned borrowing from Latin cordiālis.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: cor‧di‧al

cordial m or f (plural cordiais)

1. cordial (sincere; affectionate)

• cordialmente

• “cordial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cordial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From French cordial.

• IPA^(key): /kor.diˈal/

cordial m or n (feminine singular cordială, masculine plural cordiali, feminine and neuter plural cordiale)

1. cordial

• cordialitate

• cordial in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

cordial

1. sincere
2. cordial

• cordialmain

From Latin cordialis.

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈdjal/ [koɾˈð̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cor‧dial

cordial (plural cordiales)

1. cordial

• cordialidad
• cordialmente

• “cordial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014