caduc

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cadūcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈðuk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈðuk]

Adjective

caduc (feminine caduca, masculine plural caducs, feminine plural caduques)

1. caducous; transient, fleeting
2. lapsed, expired, obsolete
3. (botany) deciduous

   Synonym: decidu

4. senile, decrepit

   Synonym: decrèpit

Derived terms

• caducar
• caducitat

Noun

caduc m (plural caducs)

1. lapse, senior moment
2. drivel

   Synonym: catúfol

Further reading

• “caduc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “caduc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

FWOTD – 9 August 2019

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French caduc, from Latin cadūcus (“falling; transitory”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.dyk/

• Audio:

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Adjective

caduc (feminine caduque, masculine plural caducs, feminine plural caduques)

1. (botany) deciduous (relating to trees that shed their leaves in winter)
   • 2005, Revue horticole:

     Le Weigela possède un feuillage caduc, qui peut être vert, rouge, jaune ou panaché.

     The Weigela has a deciduous foliage that can be green, red, yellow or variegated.

2. obsolete
   • 2004, Pékin 2003. Science et progrès humain. Strasbourg 2003. Construction de l'Europe, page 210:

     N’ayant pas pu le trouver dans les dictionnaires, je ne sais pas s’il s’agit d’un mot caduc ou inventé par l’auteur

     Not having been able to find it in the dictionaries, I do not know whether it is an obsolete word or one invented by the author

3. null and void

Derived terms

• e caduc

Descendants

• → Turkish: kadük

Further reading

• “caduc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caduc, from Latin caducus.

Adjective

caduc m or n (feminine singular caducă, masculine plural caduci, feminine and neuter plural caduce)

1. caducous
2. obsolete

Declension

Declension of caduc

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	caduc		caducă	caduci	caduce
	definite	caducul		caduca	caducii	caducele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	caduc		caduce	caduci	caduce
	definite	caducului		caducei	caducilor	caducelor