dado

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An architectural dado in the Taj Mahal.

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First attested in 1664. From Italian dado.

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Singular
dado

Plural
dados or dadoes

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 groove in a tongue and groove board.

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Infinitive
to dado

Third person singular
dadoes

Simple past
dadoed

Past participle
dadoed

Present participle
dadoing

to 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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dado

  1. past participle of dar.

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dadô

  1. a young fish

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[edit] Italian

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

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dado m. (plural dadi)

  1. (gaming) A die or dice.
  2. A stock cube.

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From Classical Arabic اعداد (’aʕdād), numbers.

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dado m. (plural dados)

  1. (gaming) A die.

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dado

  1. past participle of dar, to give

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[edit] Etymology

From Classical Arabic اعداد (’aʕdād), numbers.

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dado m. (plural dados)

Singular
dado m.

Plural
dados m.

  1. (gaming) A die or dice.

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

  1. Past participle of dar.