cao

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

• CAO (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seː.aːˈoː/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. Initialism of collectieve arbeidsovereenkomst. (collective bargaining)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cao m (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of caos

Anagrams

• oca

Mandarin

Romanization

cao

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

Usage notes

• 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

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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

Noun

cao

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

Further reading

• “cao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [kaːw˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Chinese 膏.

Noun

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

From Chinese 高 (gāo).

Adjective

cao (高)

1. high

References

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (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]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Venetan

Alternative forms

• cavo

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus, masculinization of Latin caput.

Noun

cao m (plural cai)

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

Synonyms

• testa

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 高.

Adjective

cao • (高, 髙)

1. high or tall

   Antonyms: thấp, lùn

   núi cao ― high mountains

   nhà cao tầng ― a multistory building

See also

Derived terms

• cao cả
• cao cấp
• cao cường
• cao đẳng
• cao điểm
• cao học
• cao hứng
• cao kều
• cao lớn
• cao ngạo
• cao nguyên
• cao niên
• cao ốc
• cao quý
• cao ráo
• cao sang
• cao tay
• cao tăng
• cao tần
• cao thủ
• cao thượng
• cao to
• cao tốc
• cao trào
• cao vút
• chiều cao
• đỉnh cao
• làm cao
• nâng cao
• thanh cao
• tối cao

 

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• cao hổ cốt (“tiger bone tonic”)
• cao lương mỹ vị (膏粱美味, “a luxurious delicacy; gourmet food”)
• cao lương (膏粱, “sorghum; rich food”)
• thạch cao (石膏, “plaster; gypsum”)