"caduc" meaning in French

See caduc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ka.dyk/ Audio: Fr-caduc.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-caduc.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-caduc.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-caduc.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: caduque [feminine], caducs [masculine, plural], caduques [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French caduc, itself a learned borrowing from Latin cadūcus (“falling; transitory”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|caduc|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French caduc, {{inh+|fr|frm|caduc}} Inherited from Middle French caduc, {{learned borrowing|fr|la|cadūcus||falling; transitory|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from Latin cadūcus (“falling; transitory”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} caduc (feminine caduque, masculine plural caducs, feminine plural caduques)
  1. (botany) deciduous (relating to trees that shed their leaves in winter)
    Sense id: en-caduc-fr-adj-L4xGmwUl Categories (other): Botany Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. obsolete
    Sense id: en-caduc-fr-adj-uAzYYQUa
  3. null and void
    Sense id: en-caduc-fr-adj-YGr4BSQv Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 3 23 1 3 2 16 0 47 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 23 1 2 1 15 0 55 0 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 1 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: e caduc

Inflected forms

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