cadeau
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cadeau
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cadeau n (plural cadeaus, diminutive cadeautje n)
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- kado (superseded, informal)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Occitan capdel (“ornament”), from Latin capitellum. Doublet of cadet, caudillo, and chapiteau.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cadeau m (plural cadeaux)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Danish: cadeau
- → Dutch: cadeau
- Haitian Creole: kado
- → Lombard: cadò
- → Persian: کادو (kâdo)
- → Romanian: cadou
Further reading edit
- “cadeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.