dado

English

WOTD – 26 January 2007    

An architectural dado in the Taj Mahal.

Wikipedia

Etymology

First attested in 1664. From Italian dado.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdeɪdəʊ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdeɪdoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdəʊ

Noun

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.

Translations

section of pedestal

lower portion of interior wall

groove in a tongue and groove board

• Finnish: naaraspontti (fi)

Verb

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.

Translations

to furnish with a dado

to cut a dado

• Finnish: pontata (fi)

Derived terms

• dado rail

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Galician

Verb

dado

1. past participle of dar

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Hiligaynon

Noun

dadô

1. a young fish

Related terms

• haloán
• haroán

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Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

dado m (plural dadi)

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

Anagrams

• Addo

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Ladino

Noun

dado m (Latin spelling; plural dados)

1. (gaming) die

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Classical Arabic اعداد (’aʕdād), numbers.

Noun

dado m (plural dados)

1. (gaming) A die.

Etymology 2

see dar.

Verb

dado

1. past participle of dar, to give

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdaðo/

Etymology 1

From Arabic اعداد (’aʕdād), numbers.

Noun

dado m (plural dados)

1. (gaming) A die or dice.

Etymology 2

see dar.

Verb

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

1. Past participle of dar.

Derived terms

• dado que