cad

See also Appendix:Variations of “cad”, and Appendix:ISO 639-3 language codes

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kæd/, X-SAMPA: /k{d/
• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (vulgar seducer): villain, womanizer, dog

Translations

person who stands at door

• Dutch: kaartjesverkoper (nl) m, kaartjesknipper (nl) m, controleur (nl) m

mean fellow

• Bulgarian: простак (bg) (prostak) m, грубиян (bg) (grubijan) m
• Dutch: vlerk (nl) m

• Russian: грубиян (ru) (grubiján) m

See also

• no way to treat a lady

Anagrams

• ADC
• CDA
• DAC
• DCA

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cadu

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. I fall.

Related terms

• cãdeare/cãdeari
• cãdzut
• cãdzui
• scad

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kad̪ˠ/

Pronoun

cad

1. (interrogative, Connacht, Ulster) what

Synonyms

• céard
• cad é
• caidé

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Lojban

Rafsi

cad

1. rafsi of cando.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kad/

Verb

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.

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Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɑːd/, X-SAMPA: /kA:d/

Noun

cad f (plural cadau or cadoedd) 

1. battle, army

Derived terms

• Cadan

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cad	gad	nghad	chad