cadeau

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cadeau.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kado/, [kʰaˈd̥o]

Noun

cadeau

accolade, praise, props.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cadeau.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /kaːˈdoː/, /kɑˈdoː/
Hyphenation: ca‧deau
Rhymes: -oː

Noun

cadeau n (plural cadeaus, diminutive cadeautje n)

present; gift
Synonym: geschenk

Alternative forms

kado (superseded, informal)

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: kado
→ Aukan: kado
→ Caribbean Hindustani: kádo
→ Indonesian: kado
→ Javanese: ꦏꦝꦺꦴ (kadho)
→ Saramaccan: kadó
→ Sranan Tongo: kado

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.do/
Audio: (file)

Noun

cadeau m (plural cadeaux)

present, gift

Derived terms

Descendants

Haitian Creole: kado
→ Danish: cadeau
→ Dutch: cadeau, kado (superseded, informal)
- Afrikaans: kado
- → Aukan: kado
- → Caribbean Hindustani: kádo
- → Indonesian: kado
- → Javanese: ꦏꦝꦺꦴ (kadho)
- → Saramaccan: kadó
- → Sranan Tongo: kado
→ Hausa: kado
→ Lombard: cadò
→ Moroccan Arabic: كادو (kādu)
→ Persian: کادو (kâdo)
→ Romanian: cadou

Further reading

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

Anagrams

audace

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