catho

French

Etymology

Clipping of catholique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.to/

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Noun

catho m or f by sense (plural cathos)

1. (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.

2. (informal) abbreviation for Institut Catholique de Paris

Adjective

catho (plural cathos)

1. (informal) Catholic

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cahot, tchao

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaθo/

Noun

catho

1. genitive singular/dual of cath

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
catho	chatho	catho pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.