cardigan

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːdɪɡən/

• Audio (UK)

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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.

Synonyms

• cardi, cardie, cardy

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

Bulgarian: плетена жилетка (pletena žiletka) Catalan: càrdigan 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) Czech: kardigan 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 (kādigan), ジレー (jirē) Korean: 카디건 (ko) (kadigeon) Malay: kardigan Maltese: kardigan 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 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 English cardigan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.di.ɡɑ̃/

• Audio

  (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.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cardigã

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cardigan.

Noun

cardigan m (plural cardigans)

1. cardigan (type of sweater)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French cardigan, from English cardigan.

Noun

cardigan n (plural cardigane)

1. cardigan

Declension

Declension of cardigan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cardigan	cardiganul	(niște) cardigane	cardiganele
genitive/dative	(unui) cardigan	cardiganului	(unor) cardigane	cardiganelor
vocative	cardiganule		cardiganelor

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Swedish

Noun

cardigan c

1. a cardigan

Declension

Declension of cardigan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cardigan	cardiganen	cardiganer	cardiganerna
Genitive	cardigans	cardiganens	cardiganers	cardiganernas

References

• cardigan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• cardigan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)