caos

Borrowed from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈka.us]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈka.os]

caos m (uncountable)

1. chaos

• caòtic

From Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

caos m

1. chaos

• cao, caosse

Borrowed from Latin chaos from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.os/
• Rhymes: -aos
• Hyphenation: cà‧os

caos m (invariable)

1. chaos

   Synonyms: confusione, disordine, casino

• caotico

• caos in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Cosa, caso, cosa, cosà, osca

Learned borrowing from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos). Doublet of gás.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aws, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -awʃ
• Hyphenation: ca‧os

caos m (invariable)

1. chaos (the unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony)
2. chaos (state of disorder)

• “caos”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “caos”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

An uncommon spelling of haos, from Latin chaos.

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.os]

caos n (plural caosuri)

1. (rare) chaos

• haos (common spelling)

From Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

caos m

1. chaos

• caotic

Borrowed from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaos/ [ˈka.os]
• Rhymes: -aos
• Syllabification: ca‧os

caos m (plural caos)

1. chaos
2. mayhem, havoc, turmoil, pandemonium, bedlam
3. mess, shambles, disarray

• “caos”, 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