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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|cakken}}, from {{inh|en|ang|*cacian}}, from {{der|en|ang|cac|t=dung; excrement}}, of uncertain origin and relation. Cognate with {{cog|en|cack}}. Compare {{cog|la|cacō||to defecate}}, {{cog|fr|caca||excrement}}, {{cog|eu|kaka||excrement}}, {{cog|lt|kaka||excrement}}, {{cog|hu|kaka||excrement}}, {{cog|it|cacca}}, {{cog|grc|κάκκη|t=dung}}, {{cog|de|kacken}}, {{cog|ga|cac}}, {{cog|cy|cach}}, {{cog|kw|caugh}}, {{cog|br|cac'h}}, {{cog|rup|cac}}, {{cog|gd|cac}}, {{cog|ro|căca}}, {{cog|es|caca||excrement}}.
From {{inh|en|enm|cakken}}, from {{inh|en|ang|*cacian}}, from {{der|en|ang|cac|t=dung; excrement}}, of uncertain origin and relation. Cognate with {{cog|en|cack}}. Compare {{cog|la|cacō||to defecate}}, {{cog|fr|caca||excrement}}, {{cog|eu|kaka||excrement}}, {{cog|lt|kaka||excrement}}, {{cog|hu|kaka||excrement}}, {{cog|it|cacca}}, {{cog|grc|κάκκη|t=dung}}, {{cog|de|kacken}}, {{cog|ga|cac}}, {{cog|cy|cach}}, {{cog|kw|caugh}}, {{cog|br|cac'h}}, {{cog|rup|cac}}, {{cog|gd|cac}}, {{cog|ro|căca}}, {{cog|es|caca||excrement}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{rfp|en}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-caca.wav|a=US}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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* {{anagrams|en|a=aacc|AACC|ACCA|CAAC|CCAA|acca}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=aacc|AACC|ACCA|CAAC|CCAA|acca}}


==Fijian==
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===Etymology===
From {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*qasam}}, from {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*qaʀsam}}.

===Noun===
{{head|fj|noun}}

# [[shrubby]] [[fern]]
#: {{syn|fj|borete}}


==French==
==French==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{der|fr|la|cacō|t=I [[defecate]]}}.
From {{der|fr|la|cacō|cacāre|t=to [[defecate]]}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-caca.ogg|Audio}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-caca.ogg}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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===Further reading===
===Further reading===
* {{R:TLFi}}
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}


{{cln|fr|reduplications}}
{{cln|fr|reduplications}}
{{C|fr|Feces}}
{{C|fr|Feces}}

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==Galician==
==Galician==
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* {{R:TLPGP}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}
<references/>
<references/>

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==Irish==
==Irish==
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{{head|ga|noun form}}
{{head|ga|noun form}}


# {{genitive singular of|ga|cac}}
# {{infl of|ga|cac||gen|s}}


===Mutation===
===Mutation===
{{ga-mut}}
{{ga-mut}}

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==Italian==
==Italian==
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===Etymology 1===
===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|it|en|kaka}}, itself a borrowing from {{der|it|mi|kākā||parrot}}.
{{bor+|it|en|kaka}}, itself a borrowing from {{der|it|mi|kākā||parrot}}.


====Noun====
====Noun====
{{it-noun|m|#}}
{{it-noun|m|#}}


# {{vern|New Zealand kaka}} (''[[Nestor meridionalis]]'')
# {{vern|New Zealand kaka}} ({{taxfmt|Nestor meridionalis|species}})
#: {{syn|it|caca dei Maori}}
#: {{syn|it|caca dei Maori}}
#: {{hyper|it|nestore}}
#: {{hyper|it|nestore}}
#: {{cot|it|chea}}
#: {{cot|it|chea}}


====References====
====Further reading====
* {{R:it:Trec|sense=2}}
* {{R:it:Trec|sense=2}}


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{{C|it|Parrots}}
{{C|it|Parrots}}

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==Latin==
==Latin==


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{la-verb-form|cacā}}
{{head|la|verb form|head=cacā}}


# {{inflection of|la|cacō||2|s|pres|impr}}
# {{inflection of|la|cacō||2|s|pres|impr}}
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* {{R:NLW}}
* {{R:NLW}}
* {{R:Smith's Persons}}
* {{R:Smith's Persons}}

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==Portuguese==
==Portuguese==
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====Descendants====
====Descendants====
* {{desc|srn|kaka|bor=1}}
* {{desc|srn|kaka|bor=1}}

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==Romanian==
==Romanian==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{bor|ro|fr|caca}}.
{{bor+|ro|fr|caca}}.


===Noun===
===Noun===
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* {{l|ro|căca}}
* {{l|ro|căca}}


{{c|ro|Feces}}
{{C|ro|Feces}}

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==Scottish Gaelic==
==Scottish Gaelic==
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{{head|gd|adjective}}
{{head|gd|adjective}}


# [[dirty]], [[filthy]], [[foul]], [[nasty]], [[unpleasant]], [[yukky]]
# [[dirty]], [[filthy]], [[foul]], [[nasty]], [[unpleasant]], [[yucky]]

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==Spanish==
==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{es-noun|f}}
{{es-noun|f}} {{lb|es|childish|colloquial}}


# {{lb|es|childish|colloquial}} [[poo]]
# [[poo]]
# An object that is dirty, unsanitary, or that should not be touched.
## {{lb|es|by extension}} An expression of disapproval used to tell children not to touch or handle something.


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es|caca de luna|caca de vaca}}
{{col3|es
|caca de luna
|caca de vaca
}}


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
* {{l|es|encacado}}
{{col-auto|es|encacado|cagar}}
* {{l|es|cagar}}


===Further reading===
===Further reading===
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{{C|es|Feces}}
{{C|es|Feces}}

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==Xhosa==
==Xhosa==

Latest revision as of 15:53, 23 October 2024

See also: Caca, caça, caçà, cáca, cacà, căca, ćaća, and čača

English

Etymology

From Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from Old English cac (“dung; excrement”), of uncertain origin and relation. Cognate with English cack. Compare Latin cacō (“to defecate”), French caca (“excrement”), Basque kaka (“excrement”), Lithuanian kaka (“excrement”), Hungarian kaka (“excrement”), Italian cacca, Ancient Greek κάκκη (kákkē, “dung”), German kacken, Irish cac, Welsh cach, Cornish caugh, Breton cac'h, Aromanian cac, Scottish Gaelic cac, Romanian căca, Spanish caca (“excrement”).

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

caca (uncountable)

  1. (childish) Excrement; feces.

Synonyms

Anagrams

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *qasam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀsam.

Noun

caca

  1. shrubby fern
    Synonym: borete

French

Etymology

From Latin cacāre (“to defecate”).

Pronunciation

Noun

caca m (plural cacas)

  1. (childish) poo (childish word for excrement)
    Pipi, caca, popo : histoire anecdotique de la scatologie. (Book title)

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic;[1] or either from a substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *kakkā. Compare Welsh cach and English caca.

Pronunciation

Noun

caca m (plural cacas)

  1. (childish) poo
  2. (childish) filth
  3. (figurative) crap

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “caca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Irish

Noun

caca

  1. genitive singular of cac

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caca chaca gcaca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: cà‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English kaka, itself a borrowing from Maori kākā (“parrot”).

Noun

caca m (invariable)

  1. New Zealand kaka (Nestor meridionalis)
    Synonym: caca dei Maori
    Hypernym: nestore
    Coordinate term: chea

Further reading

  • caca2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

caca

  1. inflection of cacare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cacā

  1. second-person singular present imperative of cacō

References

  • caca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • caca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “caca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caca in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “caca”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ca

Noun

caca f (plural cacas)

  1. (childish or euphemistic) crap; excrement
    Synonyms: bosta, merda

Descendants

  • → Sranan Tongo: kaka

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caca.

Noun

caca f (uncountable)

  1. (childish) poop, poo
  2. (childish) something dirty

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

caca

  1. genitive singular of cac

Adjective

caca

  1. dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, unpleasant, yucky

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaka/ [ˈka.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: ca‧ca

Noun

caca f (plural cacas) (childish, colloquial)

  1. poo
  2. An object that is dirty, unsanitary, or that should not be touched.
    1. (by extension) An expression of disapproval used to tell children not to touch or handle something.

Derived terms

Further reading

Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

-caca

  1. to be clear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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