"caca" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑːkə/ [UK], /ˈkɑkə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-caca.wav
Rhymes: -ɑːkə 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”). 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”), {{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)
  1. (childish) Excrement; feces. Tags: childish, uncountable Synonyms: cack, feces
    Sense id: en-caca-en-noun-Tlk5upGe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      },
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    {
      "word": "cack"
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}

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