dado

See also: Dado

English

WOTD – 26 January 2007
An architectural dado in the Taj Mahal.
Dado in carpentry: a through dado (left) and a stopped dado.

Etymology

From Italian dado, first attested in 1664.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪdəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪdoʊ/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪdəʊ

Noun

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.

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Verb

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

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dado, from Latin dātus.

Verb

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

  1. masculine singular past participle of dar

Hiligaynon

Noun

dadô

  1. a young fish

Italian

Etymology

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 .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.do/
  • Hyphenation: dà‧do
  • Rhymes: -ado

Noun

dado m (plural dadi)

  1. (gaming) die, dice
    giocare a dadito play dice
  2. (by extension) any small cube-shaped object
  3. (cooking) stock cube
    minestra di dadi(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (engineering) nut (intended to be screwed onto a bolt)

Anagrams


Ladino

Noun

dado m (Latin spelling, plural dados)

  1. (gaming) die

Old Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.do/

Noun

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.

Descendants


Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

dado

  1. second-person singular imperfect active of dadāti (to give)

Portuguese

dado

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.

Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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

  1. offered
    Synonym: oferecido
  2. granted, conceded (given)
    Synonym: concedido
  3. given, fixed
    Em um dado momento.
    At a given moment.
    Synonym: determinado
  4. friendly, sociable
    Eles são muito dados.
    They are very friendly.
    Synonym: afável
  5. prone, inclined
    Synonyms: propenso, inclinado

Noun

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.

Pronoun

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 notes

Optionally used with an article.

Verb

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

  1. masculine singular past participle of dar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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 .

Noun

dado m (plural dados)

  1. (gaming) A die or dice.

Etymology 2

From Latin dātus. See dar.

Verb

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

  1. Masculine singular past participle of dar.
Derived terms
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