cao

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Chácobo.

Symbol

cao

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chácobo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chácobo terms

Dutch

Alternative forms

• CAO (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seː.aːˈoː/

• Audio:

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Noun

cao f (plural cao's, diminutive cao'tje n)

1. initialism of collectieve arbeidsovereenkomst (collective bargaining)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.o/
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: cà‧o

Noun

cao m (invariable)

1. (obsolete) alternative form of caos

Anagrams

• oca

Mandarin

Romanization

cao

1. nonstandard spelling of cāo
2. nonstandard spelling of cáo
3. nonstandard spelling of cǎo
4. nonstandard spelling of cào

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkao/ [ˈka.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: ca‧o

Noun

cao

1. (Dominican Republic) palm crow (Corvus palmarum)

Further reading

• “cao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [kaːw˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Chinese 膏.

Noun

cao

1. (alternative medicine) a tonic made from animal flesh or bone

   da cao ― tonic medicine

   tức cao slưa ― to apply tiger (bone) balm

Etymology 2

From Chinese 高 (gāo).

Adjective

cao (高)

1. high

References

• Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[3] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910), Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Venetan

Alternative forms

• cavo

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus, masculinization of Latin caput.

Noun

cao m (plural cai)

1. head (all senses)
2. shoot of a vine

Synonyms

• testa

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 高.

Adjective

cao • (高, 髙)

1. high or tall

   Antonyms: thấp, lùn

   núi cao ― high mountains

   nhà cao tầng ― a multistory building

Derived terms

• cao bay xa chạy
• cao cả
• cao cấp
• cao chạy xa bay
• cao cường
• cao đẳng
• cao điểm
• cao độ
• cao học
• cao hứng
• cao kều
• cao lớn
• cao minh
• cao ngạo
• cao nguyên
• cao niên
• cao ốc
• cao quý
• cao ráo
• cao sang
• cao tay
• cao tăng
• cao tần
• cao thủ
• cao thượng
• cao to
• cao tốc
• cao trào
• cao trình
• cao vút
• cao xa
• chiều cao
• đỉnh cao
• làm cao
• nâng cao
• thanh cao
• to cao
• tối cao

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 膏 (“fat; grease; oil”).

Noun

cao

1. (alternative medicine) a tonic, balm or cream made from animal flesh or bone

   cao mèo ― cat tonic

   cao hổ cốt ― tiger-bone tonic

   Bạch Hổ Hoạt Lạc Cao ― the White Tiger Smooth Balm

Derived terms

• cao hổ cốt (“tiger bone tonic”)
• cao lương mỹ vị (膏粱美味, “a luxurious delicacy; gourmet food”)
• cao lương (膏粱, “sorghum; rich food”)
• thạch cao (石膏, “plaster; gypsum”)