cardume
Portuguese, noun/kaʁˈdũ.mi/
cardume is spelled C-A-R-D-U-M-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cardume is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “school (a group of fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coletivo de peixes”.
What does cardume mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineschool (a group of fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coletivo de peixes
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cardume
- cardumes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cardume?
- Brazil /kaʁˈdũ.mi/
- Brazil [kaɦˈdũ.mi]
- /kaɾˈdũ.mi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cardume
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cardume in Portuguese?
cardume appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).