cadeau

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kado (superseded, informal)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

cadeaubon
cadeaudochter
cadeaukaart
cadeautip
sinterklaascadeau
verjaardagscadeau

Descendants

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cadeau m (plural cadeaux)

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.

Anagrams

audace

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