cadeau

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French cadeau.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kado/, [kʰaˈd̥o]

Noun[edit]

cadeau

accolade, praise, props.

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French cadeau.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

cadeau n (plural cadeaus, diminutive cadeautje n)

present; gift
Synonym: geschenk

Alternative forms[edit]

kado (superseded, informal)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Afrikaans: kado
→ Aukan: kadoo
→ Caribbean Hindustani: kádo
→ Indonesian: kado
→ Javanese: ꦏꦝꦺꦴ (kadho)

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

cadeau m (plural cadeaux)

present, gift

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

audace

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