caca in English

IPA: /ˈkɑːkə/ [UK], /ˈkɑkə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-caca.wav

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Rhymes: -ɑːkə Etymology: From cack (“to defecate in (one's clothes), crap one's pants”), or from Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from Old English cac (“dung; excrement”); either way, ultimately from Latin cacare (“to shit, defecate”). 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cakken}} Middle English cakken, {{inh|en|ang|*cacian}} Old English *cacian, {{der|en|ang|cac|t=dung; excrement}} Old English cac (“dung; excrement”), {{der|en|la|cacare|t=to shit, defecate}} Latin cacare (“to shit, defecate”), {{cog|en|cack}} English cack, {{cog|la|cacō||to defecate}} Latin cacō (“to defecate”), {{cog|fr|caca||excrement}} French caca (“excrement”), {{cog|eu|kaka||excrement}} Basque kaka (“excrement”), {{cog|lt|kaka||excrement}} Lithuanian kaka (“excrement”), {{cog|hu|kaka||excrement}} Hungarian kaka (“excrement”), {{cog|it|cacca}} Italian cacca, {{cog|grc|κάκκη|t=dung}} Ancient Greek κάκκη (kákkē, “dung”), {{cog|de|kacken}} German kacken, {{cog|ga|cac}} Irish cac, {{cog|cy|cach}} Welsh cach, {{cog|kw|caugh}} Cornish caugh, {{cog|br|cac'h}} Breton cac'h, {{cog|rup|cac}} Aromanian cac, {{cog|gd|cac}} Scottish Gaelic cac, {{cog|ro|căca}} Romanian căca, {{cog|es|caca||excrement}} Spanish caca (“excrement”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} caca (uncountable)

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"caca" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms