cardigan

See also: Cardigan and cárdigan

English

A cardigan

Etymology

Named after British military commander James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːdɪɡən/

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.

Synonyms

• cardi, cardie, cardy

Translations

type of sweater

• Bulgarian: плетена жилетка (pletena žiletka)
• Catalan: càrdigan m, rebeca f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: kardigan m
• Esperanto: kardigano
• Finnish: villatakki
• French: cardigan (fr) m, veste (fr) f
• German: Strickjacke (de) f
• 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 (kādigan), ジレー (jirē)
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• Korean: 카디건 (ko) (kadigeon)
• Malay: kardigan
• Maltese: kardigan
• Navajo: éénééz
• Norman: blianchet m
• Persian: ژاکت (fa) (žâkat)
• Polish: sweter (pl) m
• Portuguese: cardigã m, cardigan m
• Russian: кардига́н (ru) m (kardigán), ко́фта (ru) f (kófta)
• Spanish: chaqueta de punto f, cárdigan m, rebeca (es) f
• Swedish: cardigan (sv), kofta (sv) c
• Turkish: hırka (tr)
• Venetian: xachetina (vec) f
• Welsh: cardigan (cy) f, cardiganau f pl

See also

• Cardiganshire
• pullover

Anagrams

• Draganić, arcading, carangid

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English cardigan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.di.ɡɑ̃/

Noun

cardigan m (plural cardigans)

1. cardigan

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cardigã

Noun

cardigan m (plural s)

1. cardigan (type of sweater)