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