cardume

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈdume/
  • Rhymes: -ume
  • Hyphenation: car‧du‧me

Noun

cardume m (plural cardumes)

  1. school (a group of fish)
    Synonyms: banco, manda

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cardumen”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -umɨ, (most of Brazil) -ũmi, (Southern Brazil) -ume
  • Hyphenation: car‧du‧me

Noun

cardume m (plural cardumes)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈdume/
  • Rhymes: -ume
  • Syllabification: car‧du‧me

Noun

cardume m (plural cardumes)

  1. school, shoal (group of fish)
    Synonym: bandada

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