dado

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EnglishEdit

WOTD – 26 January 2007

An architectural dado in the Taj Mahal.

EtymologyEdit

First attested in 1664. From Italian dado.

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪdəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪdoʊ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪdəʊ

NounEdit

dado (plural dados or dadoes)

1. (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
2. (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
3. (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.

TranslationsEdit

section of pedestal

lower portion of interior wall

groove in a tongue and groove board

• Finnish: naaraspontti

VerbEdit

dado (third-person singular simple present dadoes, present participle dadoing, simple past and past participle dadoed)

1. (transitive) To furnish with a dado.
2. (transitive) To cut a dado.

TranslationsEdit

to furnish with a dado

to cut a dado

• Finnish: pontata

Derived termsEdit

• dado rail

AnagramsEdit

• odda

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese dado, from Latin dātus.

VerbEdit

dado m (feminine singular dada, masculine plural dados, feminine plural dadas)

1. past participle of dar

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HiligaynonEdit

NounEdit

dadô

1. a young fish

Related termsEdit

• haloán
• haroán

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Uncertain. Perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, itself either from Latin datum (“thrown, given”), or from Arabic أَعْدَاد‏ (ʾaʿdād, “numbers”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese dado, Catalan dau, French dé.

PronunciationEdit

• Hyphenation: dà‧do
• Rhymes: -ado

NounEdit

dado m (plural dadi)

1. (gaming) A die or dice.
2. A stock cube.
3. nut (intended to be screwed onto a bolt)

AnagramsEdit

• Addo

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LadinoEdit

NounEdit

dado m (Latin spelling, plural dados)

1. (gaming) die

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Old PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *dadu, itself either from Arabic أَعْدَاد‏ (ʾaʿdād, “numbers”), or from Latin dātum.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.do/

NounEdit

dado m

1. die
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

DescendantsEdit

• Galician: dado
• Portuguese: dado

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PortugueseEdit

dado

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ðu/
• Hyphenation: da‧do
• Rhymes: -adu

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese dado, itself from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; possibly from Classical Arabic أَعْدَاد‏ (ʾaʿdād, “numbers”), or more from Latin dātum. Compare Spanish dado, Catalan dau, Italian dado, French dé.

NounEdit

dado m (plural dados)

1. (gaming) A die.

   Alguns jogos utilizam um dado que vai até 100.

   Some games use a die numbered up to 100.

DescendantsEdit

• Malay: dadu
  • Indonesian: dadu

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Portuguese dado, from Latin dātus. See dar.

AdjectiveEdit

dado m (feminine singular dada, masculine plural dados, feminine plural dadas, comparable)

1. offered
2. granted, conceded (given)
3. given, fixed

   Em um dado momento.

   At a given moment.

4. friendly, sociable

   Eles são muito dados.

   They are very friendly.

5. prone, inclined

NounEdit

dado m (plural dados)

1. (computing, sciences) data; datum (item of information)

   Não encontrei nenhum dado no sistema.

   I did not find any data from the system.

SynonymsEdit

• (offered): oferecido
• (conceded): concedido
• (fixed): determinado
• (friendly): afável
• (prone): propenso, inclinado

PronounEdit

dado m (plural dados, feminine dada, feminine plural dadas)

1. a given; a particular; a specific

   Em dado momento, os morcegos sairão da caverna.

   The bats will leave the cave in a given moment.

   A família mora em uma dada localidade no vale.

   The family lives in a given location in the valley.

Usage notesEdit

Optionally used with an article.

VerbEdit

dado

1. past participle of dar

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈdado/, [ˈd̪aðo]
• Hyphenation: da‧do

• Audio (Latin America)

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Etymology 1Edit

From a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; perhaps from Arabic أَعْدَاد‏ (ʾaʿdād, “numbers”), or alternatively from Latin dātum. Compare Portuguese dado, Catalan dau, Italian dado. Cf. also French dé.

NounEdit

dado m (plural dados)

1. (gaming) A die or dice.

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin dātus. See dar.

VerbEdit

dado m (feminine singular dada, masculine plural dados, feminine plural dadas)

1. Past participle of dar.

Derived termsEdit

• dado que