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)

small thistle
(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

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