cardan
Portuguese, noun/kaʁˈdɐ̃/
cardan is spelled C-A-R-D-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 95,562nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cardan is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of cardã” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cardan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of cardã
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cardan
- cardans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cardan?
- Brazil /kaʁˈdɐ̃/
- Brazil [kaɦˈdɐ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cardan in Portuguese?
cardan appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).