cad

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Short for caddie, from Scots, from French cadet, from dialectal capdet (chief, captain), from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput (head).

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Noun [edit]

cad (plural cads)

  1. A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.
  2. A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, a seducer.

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Aromanian [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin cadō. Compare Daco-Romanian cădea, cad.

Verb [edit]

cad (third-person singular present indicative cadi/cade, past participle cãdzutã)

  1. I fall.

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Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Irish cid, from Proto-Celtic *kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, cf. *kʷis.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /kad̪ˠ/

Pronoun [edit]

cad

  1. (interrogative, Connacht, Ulster) what

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Rafsi [edit]

cad

  1. rafsi of cando.

Romanian [edit]

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cad

  1. first-person singular present tense form of cădea.
  2. first-person singular subjunctive form of cădea.
  3. third-person plural present tense form of cădea.

Welsh [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Celtic *katus (compare Old Irish cath)

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Noun [edit]

cad f (plural cadau or cadoedd

  1. battle, army

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Mutation [edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cad gad nghad chad