catho
French
Etymology
Clipping of catholique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.to/
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Noun
catho m or f by sense (plural cathos)
- (informal) Catholic, often one who is overly pontifical
- 2015, Alain Rémond, Que sont tes rêves devenus?, Le Seuil, →ISBN:
- Loin de toi l'idée de dénier aux cathos de droite le droit d'être de droite. Les cathos sont comme tout le monde : ils votent pour leurs idées, qu'elles soient de droite ou de gauche (ou du centre). Ce qui te déprime, ce qu'ils soient majoritairement, pour ainsi dire naturellement, de droite.
- Far be it from you to deny right-wing Catholics the right to be right-wing. Catholics are like everyone else: they vote according to their opinions, be they right-wing or left-wing (or centrist). What depresses you is that they are predominantly – naturally, so to speak – right-wing.
- (informal) abbreviation for Institut Catholique de Paris
Adjective
catho (plural cathos)
- (informal) Catholic
Further reading
- “catho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaθo/
Noun
catho
- genitive singular/dual of cath
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| catho | chatho | catho pronounced with /ɡ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.