cardina

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine diminutive of cardo (“thistle”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈdina/ [kaɾˈð̞i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: car‧di‧na

Noun

cardina f (plural cardinas)

1. small thistle
2. (architecture) a thistle-like decoration, found in Gothic architecture

Further reading

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