cadeau

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cadeau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kado/, [kʰaˈd̥o]

Noun

cadeau

1. accolade, praise, props.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cadeau.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /kaˈdoː/, /kɑˈdoː/
• Hyphenation: ca‧deau
• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

cadeau n (plural cadeaus, diminutive cadeautje n)

1. present; gift

   Synonym: geschenk

Alternative forms

• kado (superseded, informal)

Derived terms

• cadeaubon
• cadeaudochter
• cadeaukaart
• cadeautip
• sinterklaascadeau
• verjaardagscadeau

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kado
• → Aukan: kadoo
• → Caribbean Hindustani: kádo
• → Indonesian: kado

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan capdel (“ornament”), from Latin capitellum. Doublet of chapiteau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.do/

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Noun

cadeau m (plural cadeaux)

1. present, gift

Derived terms

• cadeau empoisonné
• faire cadeau
• ne pas être un cadeau

Descendants

• → Danish: cadeau
• → Dutch: cadeau
  • Afrikaans: kado
  • → Aukan: kadoo
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: kádo
  • → Indonesian: kado
• Haitian Creole: kado
• → Lombard: cadò
• → Persian: کادو (kâdo)
• → Romanian: cadou

Further reading

• “cadeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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