cadeau
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kado/, [kʰaˈd̥o]
Noun
cadeau
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - IPA(key): /kaːˈdoː/, /kɑˈdoː/
- Hyphenation: ca‧deau
- Rhymes: -oː
Noun
cadeau n (plural cadeaus, diminutive cadeautje n)
Alternative forms
- kado (superseded, informal)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kado
- → Aukan: kado
- → Caribbean Hindustani: kádo
- → Indonesian: kado
- → Javanese: ꦏꦝꦺꦴ (kadho)
- → Saramaccan: kadó
- → Sranan Tongo: kado
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan capdel (“ornament”), from Latin capitellum. Doublet of cadet, caudillo, and chapiteau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.do/
Audio: (file)
Noun
cadeau m (plural cadeaux)
Derived terms
- cadeau empoisonné
- cadeauter
- faire cadeau
- ne pas être un cadeau
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: kado
- → Danish: cadeau
- → Dutch: cadeau, kado (superseded, informal)
- → Hausa: kado
- → Lombard: cadò
- → Moroccan Arabic: كادو (kādu)
- → Persian: کادو (kâdo)
- → Romanian: cadou
Further reading
- “cadeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.