cardine

\kaʁ.din\

/\kaʁ.din\/ noun

The verdict

“cardine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poisson plat osseux marin, voisin des soles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cardine · cardine · French

cardine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for cardine
PropertyValue
Headwordcardine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.din\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cardine » en français

cardinereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cardine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.din\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poisson plat osseux marin, voisin des soles.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cardine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cardine, spelled C-A-R-D-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poisson plat osseux marin, voisin des soles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cardine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les principales captures en volume et en valeur ont été le merlu, la cardine, la baudroie et le chinchard.
  2. On donne parfois à la cardine le nom de fausse limande, ou même de limande tout court, au risque de provoquer des confusions. Certes les cardines ressemblent beaucoup à des limandes, mais avec une différence essentielle : elles sont gauchères, alors que les limandes sont droitières.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cardine"?
"cardine" is spelled C-A-R-D-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.din\.
What does "cardine" mean?
As a noun, "cardine" means: Poisson plat osseux marin, voisin des soles.
How do you pronounce "cardine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cardine" is \kaʁ.din\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cardine" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list