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- kado (superseded, informal)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
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