cardigan

See also: Cardigan and cárdigan

English

A button-up cardigan.

Etymology

Named after British military commander James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1868). For the surname, see Cardigan.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːdɪɡən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

cardigan (plural cardigans)

1. A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.
   • 1992, Norman Rush, Mating:

     […] a coarsely knit white cardigan and a black turban whose broadened tails could be arranged around her neck scarfwise.

   • 2017 May 8, Nathan Heller, “Is the Gig Economy Working?”, in The New Yorker‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 July 2018:

     Suzette Sundae, a musician wearing a fifties-style swing dress and a white cardigan over her tattoos, said that she ran a vintage-clothing store in Park Slope. When the store’s traffic fell off, she had Airbnb-ed her home.

   • 2022 April 12, Rhonda Garelick, “Am I Done Suffering for Fashion?”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 18 June 2022:

     “I love that loungewear has become a prevailing new category,” said Barbara Lippert, 65, a writer. “During the worst part of the pandemic even jeans seemed like an overreach, requiring that complex button and zipper action. And cardigans were too much work.”

Derived terms

• cardie
• cardiganed
• cardiganless
• cardiganlike
• coatigan

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: càrdigan
• → Czech: kardigan
• → Esperanto: kardigano
• → French: cardigan
  • → Romanian: cardigan
• → German: Cardigan
• → Hebrew: קְרְדִיגָן (kárdigan)
• → Hungarian: kardigán
• → Irish: cairdeagan
• → Italian: cardigan
• → Japanese: カーディガン (kādigan)
• → Korean: 카디건 (kadigeon)
• → Malay: kardigan
• → Maltese: kardigan
• → Polish: kardigan
• → Portuguese: cardigan, cardigã
• → Russian: кардига́н (kardigán)
• → Spanish: cárdigan
• → Swedish: cardigan
• → Welsh: cardigan

Translations

type of sweater

• Arabic: بَرْنَكَان m (barnakān)
• Bulgarian: плетена жилетка (pletena žiletka)
• Catalan: càrdigan (ca) m, rebeca (ca) f, rebequeta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羊毛衫 (zh) (yángmáoshān), 開襟毛衣 / 开襟毛衣 (kāijīn máoyī), 對襟毛衣 / 对襟毛衣 (duìjīn máoyī), 開衫 / 开衫 (kāishān)

• Czech: kardigan m
• Dutch: cardigan (nl) m
• Esperanto: kardigano
• Estonian: kampsun, kardigan
• Finnish: villatakki
• French: cardigan (fr) m, veste (fr) f
• German: Strickjacke (de) f, Cardigan (de) m
• Greek: ζακέτα (el) f (zakéta)
• Hebrew: מִקְטוֹרָה (he) (míktora), קְרְדִיגָן (he) m (kárdigan)
• Hungarian: kardigán (hu)
• Irish: cairdeagan m
• Italian: cardigan (it)
• Japanese: カーディガン (ja) (kādigan), ジレー (jirē)
• Korean: 카디건 (ko) (kadigeon)
• Malay: kardigan
• Maltese: kardigan
• Māori: kātikena
• Navajo: éénééz
• Norman: blianchet m
• Persian: ژاکت (fa) (žâkat)
• Plautdietsch: Woljak f
• Polish: kardigan (pl) m
• Portuguese: cardigã m, cardigan m
• Russian: кардига́н (ru) m (kardigán), ко́фта (ru) f (kófta)
• Spanish: chaqueta de punto f, cárdigan (es) m, rebeca (es) f
• Swedish: cardigan (sv), kofta (sv) c
• Turkish: hırka (tr)
• Venetan: xachetina (vec) f
• Welsh: cardigan (cy) f

See also

• Cardiganshire
• pullover

Anagrams

• Draganić, arcading, carangid

French

Etymology

English cardigan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.di.ɡɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

cardigan m (plural cardigans)

1. cardigan

Descendants

• → Romanian: cardigan

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cardigã

Etymology

Borrowed from English cardigan.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃/ [kaɦ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃/ [kaɦ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃/

Noun

cardigan m (plural cardigans)

1. cardigan (type of sweater)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cardigan, from English cardigan.

Noun

cardigan n (plural cardigane)

1. cardigan

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cardigan	cardiganul	cardigane	cardiganele
genitive-dative	cardigan	cardiganului	cardigane	cardiganelor
vocative	cardiganule		cardiganelor

Swedish

Noun

cardigan c

1. a cardigan

Declension

Declension of cardigan

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	cardigan	cardigans
	definite	cardiganen	cardiganens
plural	indefinite	cardiganer	cardiganers
	definite	cardiganerna	cardiganernas

References

• “cardigan”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “cardigan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Welsh

Etymology

From English cardigan, from the place name Cardigan, from Welsh Ceredigion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkardɪɡan/

Noun

cardigan f (plural cardiganau or cardigans)

1. cardigan (type of sweater)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cardigan

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cardigan	gardigan	nghardigan	chardigan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cardigan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cardigan”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin