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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024