dado
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[edit] English
An architectural dado in the Taj Mahal.
[edit] Etymology
First attested in 1664. From Italian dado.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
- (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
- (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
- (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
[edit] Translations
section of pedestal
lower portion of interior wall
groove in a tongue and groove board
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[edit] Verb
dado (third-person singular simple present dadoes, present participle dadoing, simple past and past participle dadoed)
- (transitive) To furnish with a dado.
- (transitive) To cut a dado.
[edit] Translations
to furnish with a dado
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Galician
[edit] Verb
dado
- past participle of dar
[edit] Hiligaynon
[edit] Noun
dadô
- a young fish
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin datum, thrown, or from Arabic اعداد (’aʕdād), numbers.
[edit] Noun
dado m. (plural dadi)
- (gaming) A die or dice.
- A stock cube.
- nut (intended to be screwed onto a bolt)
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[edit] Ladino
[edit] Noun
dado m. (Latin spelling; plural dados)
[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Etymology
From Classical Arabic اعداد (’aʕdād), numbers.
[edit] Noun
dado m. (plural dados)
[edit] Verb
dado
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdaðo/
[edit] Etymology
From Classical Arabic اعداد (’aʕdād), numbers.
[edit] Noun
dado m. (plural dados)
[edit] Verb
dado m. (feminine dada, masculine plural dados, feminine plural dadas, infinitive dar)
- Past participle of dar.
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