Cadillac

English

Etymology

From French Cadillac, from Occitan Cadilhac. Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkædɪlæk/

Proper noun

Cadillac

1. A brand of luxury automobile, now part of the General Motors group
2. A surname from French
3. A placename
   1. An urban area of Quebec, Canada
   2. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada
   3. A commune of the Gironde department, France
   4. A city, the county seat of Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
   5. A mountain in Maine

Derived terms

• Lake Cadillac
• Cadillac Mountain
• Cadillac-en-Fronsadais

See also

• (GM car brand): Cadillac on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

a brand of luxury automobile

• Arabic: كَادِيلَاك m (kadilāk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凱迪拉克／凯迪拉克 (zh), 凯迪拉克 (zh) (Kǎidílākè)

• French: Cadillac
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• Japanese: キャデラック (Kyaderakku)
• Korean: 캐딜락 (Kaedillak)
• Russian: Кадилла́к (ru) m (Kadillák)

a surname

• French: Cadillac
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Adjective

Cadillac (comparative more Cadillac, superlative most Cadillac)

1. (US) Describing a brand representing the most luxurious or highest quality example in its class. (derived from the GM car brand Cadillac)
   • WKRP in Cincinnati:

     Red Wiggler, the Cadillac of worms.

Derived terms

• Cadillac plan

Noun

Cadillac (plural Cadillacs)

1. (archaic) A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Cadillac”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

Occitan Cadilhac.

Proper noun

Cadillac ?

1. a surname
2. A placename
   1. A commune in Gironde, France
   2. A former municipality of Quebec, Canada
   3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada
3. A brand of luxury cars, part of General Motors

Derived terms

• Cadillac-en-Fronsadais

Descendants

• → English: Cadillac