Chad
See also: chad
EnglishEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
From Old English Ċeadda, from Welsh cad (“battle”); name of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon saint, revived in the 20th century.
The sense of “alpha male” originates from a stereotype in Anglosphere cultures that men with such a name tend to bear that temperament.
Proper nounEdit
Chad
- A male given name from Old English. Also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names
- 1993, Jonathan Kellerman, Devil's Waltz, Random House, published 1998, →ISBN, page 26:
- "What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth."
"All Cs," I said. "Sounds like they like order."
- 1995, Hanif Kureishi, The Black Album, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, pages 88, 90:
- 'He used to be called Trevor Buss.'
'Chad? I don't believe you.' […]
'He changed his name into Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah.'
'No!'
'He'd insist on the whole name. He played football and his mates got fed up saying, "Pass the ball, Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah" […] No one passed to him. So he became Chad.'
- (Britain) The British version of the "Kilroy was here" graffiti.
NounEdit
Chad (plural Chads)
- (Internet slang, seduction community, incel slang) A very handsome, usually tall, man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group.
- 2018 April 25, Alex Hern, “Who are the 'incels' and how do they relate to Toronto van attack?”, in The Guardian[1]:
- They are united by the fact that women will not have sex with them, usually attributed to shallow obsessions with looks or superficial personality, and by their hatred of “Chads” and “Stacys”, the men and women who have sex.
- 2018 April 28, Kate Wilson, “Last week in tech: sex robots”, in The Georgia Straight[2]:
- Short for “female humanoid”, it’s used in place of the word “woman” to depict how, in an incel’s view, women are not entirely human, but are instead robot-like androids who only crave sex with Chads.
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Etymology 2Edit
Believed to be from Kanuri tsade (“lake”). The country is named after the lake.
Proper nounEdit
Chad
- A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad.
Alternative formsEdit
- Tchad (dated)
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country
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lake
See alsoEdit
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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CebuanoEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From English Chad, from Old English.
Proper nounEdit
Chad
- a male given name from Old English
Etymology 2Edit
From English Chad, believed to be from Kanuri tsade ("lake", after Lake Chad).
Proper nounEdit
Chad
- A country in Central Africa
- A lake in Central Africa
Central Huasteca NahuatlEdit
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Chad
Central NahuatlEdit
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Chad
- Chad (country)
See alsoEdit
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]