Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cad

/kæd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
cad
IPA
/kæd/
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Acronym of computer-aided design.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of computer-aided drafting.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of control alt delete.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of cash against documents, an arrangement where the purchaser must pay the total price in cash in order to get shipping papers from the seller or (usually) a third party.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of coronary artery disease.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of computer-aided diagnosis.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of cold agglutinin disease.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of computer-aided dispatch.

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

Short for caddie, from Scots, from French cadet, from Occitan capdet (“chief, captain”), from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput (“head”).

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Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

CADs (plural) cads (present, singular) cadding (participle, present) cadded (participle, past) cadded (past)

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Questions

How do you pronounce cad?
The recorded pronunciation is /kæd/.
What does cad mean?
Acronym of computer-aided design.
Where does cad come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce cad

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