cardigan
French, noun/kaʁ.di.ɡɑ̃/
cardigan is spelled C-A-R-D-I-G-A-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cardigan is a French masculine noun meaning “cardigan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Veste tricotée, boutonnée par devant, sans col”.
What does cardigan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecardigan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Veste tricotée, boutonnée par devant, sans col.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cardigan
- cardigans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cardigan?
- /kaʁ.di.ɡɑ̃/
- \kaʁ.di.ɡɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cardigan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cardigan in French?
cardigan appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).