cardumen

== Spanish == === Alternative forms === cardume === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese *cardume (not attested before the 16th century), from carda (“card for textiles”) +‎ -ume, a collective suffix. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɾˈdumen/ [kaɾˈð̞u.mẽn] Rhymes: -umen Syllabification: car‧du‧men === Noun === cardumen m (plural cardúmenes) school, shoal (a group of fish) Synonym: banco (Uruguay) any large group Synonym: grupo === References === === Further reading === “cardumen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025