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[Chad]
** English
[2016]
*** Etymology 1
[Chad (paper)] Uncertain; possibly from the English slang term [en]. The word
predates the chadless punch, which therefore cannot be its origin,[1] and a
derivation from [sco] stated in some dictionaries is now thought to be nothing
more than guesswork.[2]
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Noun
[~][3]
1. [en] Small pieces of paper punch ed out from the edge s of continuous stationery , or from ballot paper s, paper tape , punched card s, etc.
2. * [en]
3. [en] One of these pieces of paper.
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[small pieces of paper punched out]
- Chinese:
- German: [de] , [de]
- Mandarin: [cmn]
[trans-bottom]
[one of these pieces of paper]
- Chinese:
- German: [de] , [de]
- Mandarin: [cmn]
[trans-bottom]
***** See also
- Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en] + [en].
**** Contraction
[en-cont]
1. [en] I had
2. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=1839 |title=An Exmoor Scolding |location=London|publisher=John
Russell Smith |page=11
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/exmoorscoldingin00lond/page/n23 |passage=
CHAD et in my meend, and zo chave still. Bet chawnt drow et out bevore tha
begen'st agen, and than chell. }}
*** Etymology 3
[Chad (slang)]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] .
***** Derived terms
- [en]
*** References
References:
[1]. [author=David P. Mikkelson] .
[2]. [author=William Safire] .
[3]. [chad]
[en]
** Middle English
*** Etymology
See _ch-_.
*** Verb
[enm]
1. I had
** Palauan
*** Pronunciation
- [pau]
*** Etymology 1
From Pre-Palauan _*qaða_, from [pau]. Cognate with [lmy], [ceb] and [tl].
**** Noun
[pau]
1. person
*** Etymology 2
From Pre-Palauan _*qaðe_, from [pau], from [pau]. Cognate with [tl], [ms] and
[mi].
**** Noun
[pau]
1. liver
*** References
- [R:pau:PLD]
[pau]
** Spanish
*** Etymology
[es]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [es] a Chad
[es]
** Welsh
*** Pronunciation
- [cy]
*** Noun
[cy]
1. [cy]
*** Mutation
[cad]