cardume

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *cardume (not attested before 16th century), from carda (“card for textiles”) +‎ -ume, a collective suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaɾˈðumɪ]

Noun

cardume m (plural cardumes)

1. school (a group of fish)

   Synonyms: banco, manda

References

• “cardume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cardume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cardume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Carda +‎ -ume.

Noun

cardume m (plural cardumes)

1. school (a group of fish)

Descendants

• Galician: cardume
• Portuguese: cardume
• → Spanish: cardumen

Portuguese

cardume

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cardume.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈdũ.mi/ [kaɦˈdũ.mi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈdũ.mi/ [kaɦˈdũ.mi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈdũ.mi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈdũ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻˈdu.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈdu.mɨ/ [kɐɾˈðu.mɨ]

• Hyphenation: car‧du‧me

Noun

cardume m (plural cardumes)

1. (collective) school (a group of fish)

Spanish

Noun

cardume m (plural cardumes)

1. school, shoal (group of fish)

   Synonym: bandada

Further reading

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