cao
See also: CAO and Appendix:Variations of "cao"
Dutch
Alternative forms
- CAO (superseded)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seː.aːˈoː/
Audio (file)
Noun
cao f (plural cao's, diminutive cao'tje n)
- Initialism of collectieve arbeidsovereenkomst. (collective bargaining)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.o/
- Rhymes: -ao
- Hyphenation: cà‧o
Noun
cao m (invariable)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of caos
Anagrams
- oca
Mandarin
Romanization
cao
- Nonstandard spelling of cāo.
- Nonstandard spelling of cáo.
- Nonstandard spelling of cǎo.
- Nonstandard spelling of cào.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Spanish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
cao
- (Dominican Republic) palm crow (Corvus palmarum)
Further reading
- “cao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian
Alternative forms
- cavo
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus, masculinization of Latin caput.
Noun
cao m (plural cai)
- head (all senses)
- shoot of a vine
Synonyms
- testa
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 高.
Adjective
cao
- high or tall
- Antonyms: thấp, lùn
- núi cao ― high mountains
- nhà cao tầng ― a multistory building
See also
Derived terms
- cao cả
- cao cấp
- cao cường
- cao đẳng
- cao điểm
- cao học
- cao hứng
- cao kều
- cao lớn
- 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 vút
- chiều cao
- đỉnh cao
- làm cao
- nâng cao
- thanh cao
- tối cao
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 膏 (“fat; grease; oil”)
Noun
cao
- (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”)