dado

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English [edit]

An architectural dado in the Taj Mahal.
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Etymology [edit]

First attested in 1664. From Italian dado.

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Noun [edit]

dado (plural dados or dadoes)

  1. (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
  2. (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
  3. (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.

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Verb [edit]

dado (third-person singular simple present dadoes, present participle dadoing, simple past and past participle dadoed)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a dado.
  2. (transitive) To cut a dado.

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Galician [edit]

Verb [edit]

dado

  1. past participle of dar

Hiligaynon [edit]

Noun [edit]

dadô

  1. a young fish

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Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin datum, thrown, or from Arabic اعداد (’aʕdād), numbers.

Noun [edit]

dado m (plural dadi)

  1. (gaming) A die or dice.
  2. A stock cube.
  3. nut (intended to be screwed onto a bolt)

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Ladino [edit]

Noun [edit]

dado m (Latin spelling; plural dados)

  1. (gaming) die

Portuguese [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Classical Arabic اعداد (’aʕdād), numbers.

Noun [edit]

dado m (plural dados)

  1. (gaming) A die.

Etymology 2 [edit]

see dar.

Verb [edit]

dado

  1. past participle of dar, to give

Spanish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈdaðo/

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Arabic اعداد (’aʕdād), numbers.

Noun [edit]

dado m (plural dados)

  1. (gaming) A die or dice.

Etymology 2 [edit]

see dar.

Verb [edit]

dado m (feminine dada, masculine plural dados, feminine plural dadas, infinitive dar)

  1. Past participle of dar.
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