Wiktionary

cao

See also: CAO and Appendix:Variations of "cao"

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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  • CAO (superseded)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /seː.aːˈoː/
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Noun

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cao f (plural cao's, diminutive cao'tje n)

  1. Initialism of collectieve arbeidsovereenkomst. (collective bargaining)

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.o/
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Hyphenation: cà‧o

Noun

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cao m (invariable)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of caos

Anagrams

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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cao

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cāo.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cáo.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of cǎo.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of cào.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkao/ [ˈka.o]
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Syllabification: ca‧o

Noun

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cao

  1. (Dominican Republic) palm crow (Corvus palmarum)

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Tày

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Chinese 膏.

Noun

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cao

  1. (alternative medicine) a tonic made from animal flesh or bone
    da cao ― tonic medicine
    tức cao slưa ― to apply tiger (bone) balm

Etymology 2

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From Chinese 高 (gāo).

Adjective

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cao (高)

  1. high

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Venetian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus, masculinization of Latin caput.

Noun

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cao m (plural cai)

  1. head (all senses)
  2. shoot of a vine

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 高.

Adjective

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cao • (高, 髙)

  1. high or tall
    Antonyms: thấp, lùn
    núi cao ― high mountains
    nhà cao tầng ― a multistory building
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 膏 (“fat; grease; oil”).

Noun

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cao

  1. (alternative medicine) a tonic, balm or cream made from animal flesh or bone
    cao mèo ― cat tonic
    cao hổ cốt ― tiger-bone tonic
    Bạch Hổ Hoạt Lạc Cao ― the White Tiger Smooth Balm
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