"caoutchouc" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ka.ut.ʃu/ Audio: Fr-caoutchouc.ogg Forms: caoutchoucs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cauchuc (an early variant of caucho), from Quechua kawchu. The final -c was formerly variably pronounced or silent, but is now always silent. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|es|cauchuc}} Borrowed from Spanish cauchuc, {{der|fr|qu|kawchu}} Quechua kawchu Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} caoutchouc m (plural caoutchoucs)
  1. rubber (natural and synthetic) Tags: masculine Synonyms: gomme
    Sense id: en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-1~opcIw7
  2. (Louisiana, Cajun) plastic Tags: Louisiana, masculine Synonyms: plastique
    Sense id: en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-cvfIlK1s Categories (other): Cajun French, Louisiana French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 26 23 2 4 7
  3. a rubber tree, hevea (Hevea brasiliensis) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-Cn~DqplX
  4. the rubber fig, a tropical tree often used ornamentally (Ficus elastica) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-yJW40ELw Categories (other): French terms with irregularly silent consonant Disambiguation of French terms with irregularly silent consonant: 6 22 15 27 4 11 16
  5. a raincoat Tags: masculine Synonyms: imperméable, K-way
    Sense id: en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-plkRJ4Gy
  6. (in the plural) waterproof rubber boots Tags: in-plural, masculine Synonyms: bottes de pluie
    Sense id: en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-b-UvWRQe
  7. a rubber band Tags: masculine Synonyms: élastique
    Sense id: en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-GIfWCv77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caoutchouter, caoutchouteux, caoutchoutier, caoutchoutique

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "caoutchouter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "caoutchouteux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "caoutchoutier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "caoutchoutique"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "ка́учук",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: ка́учук (káučuk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: ка́учук (káučuk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "shu",
            "2": "كوشو",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kawšu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chadian Arabic: كوشو (kawšu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chadian Arabic: كوشو (kawšu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "kaučuk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: kaučuk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: kaučuk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Kautschuk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Kautschuk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Kautschuk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "caoutchouc",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: caoutchouc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: caoutchouc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "kaŭĉuko",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: kaŭĉuko",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: kaŭĉuko"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "caucciù",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: caucciù",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: caucciù"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cauciuc",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cauciuc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cauciuc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "каучу́к",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: каучу́к (kaučúk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: каучу́к (kaučúk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kauçuk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: kauçuk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: kauçuk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "کائوچو",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kâ'uču"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: کائوچو (kâ'uču)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: کائوچو (kâ'uču)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "cao su",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: cao su",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: cao su"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "cauchuc"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish cauchuc",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "qu",
        "3": "kawchu"
      },
      "expansion": "Quechua kawchu",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish cauchuc (an early variant of caucho), from Quechua kawchu. The final -c was formerly variably pronounced or silent, but is now always silent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caoutchoucs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "caoutchouc m (plural caoutchoucs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rubber (natural and synthetic)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-1~opcIw7",
      "links": [
        [
          "rubber",
          "rubber"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gomme"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cajun French",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Louisiana French",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 33 26 23 2 4 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plastic"
      ],
      "id": "en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-cvfIlK1s",
      "links": [
        [
          "plastic",
          "plastic"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Louisiana, Cajun) plastic"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "plastique"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a rubber tree, hevea (Hevea brasiliensis)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-Cn~DqplX",
      "links": [
        [
          "rubber tree",
          "rubber tree"
        ],
        [
          "hevea",
          "hevea"
        ],
        [
          "Hevea brasiliensis",
          "Hevea brasiliensis#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 22 15 27 4 11 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms with irregularly silent consonant",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the rubber fig, a tropical tree often used ornamentally (Ficus elastica)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-yJW40ELw",
      "links": [
        [
          "rubber fig",
          "rubber fig"
        ],
        [
          "tropical",
          "tropical"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a raincoat"
      ],
      "id": "en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-plkRJ4Gy",
      "links": [
        [
          "raincoat",
          "raincoat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "imperméable"
        },
        {
          "word": "K-way"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "waterproof rubber boots"
      ],
      "id": "en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-b-UvWRQe",
      "links": [
        [
          "waterproof",
          "waterproof"
        ],
        [
          "boot",
          "boot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) waterproof rubber boots"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bottes de pluie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a rubber band"
      ],
      "id": "en-caoutchouc-fr-noun-GIfWCv77",
      "links": [
        [
          "rubber band",
          "rubber band"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "élastique"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ka.ut.ʃu/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-caoutchouc.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/Fr-caoutchouc.ogg/Fr-caoutchouc.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Fr-caoutchouc.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caoutchouc"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 3-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Spanish",
    "French terms derived from Quechua",
    "French terms derived from Spanish",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with irregularly silent consonant",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "caoutchouter"
    },
    {
      "word": "caoutchouteux"
    },
    {
      "word": "caoutchoutier"
    },
    {
      "word": "caoutchoutique"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "ка́учук",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: ка́учук (káučuk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: ка́учук (káučuk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "shu",
            "2": "كوشو",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kawšu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chadian Arabic: كوشو (kawšu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chadian Arabic: كوشو (kawšu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "kaučuk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: kaučuk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: kaučuk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Kautschuk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Kautschuk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Kautschuk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "caoutchouc",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: caoutchouc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: caoutchouc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "kaŭĉuko",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: kaŭĉuko",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: kaŭĉuko"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "caucciù",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: caucciù",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: caucciù"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cauciuc",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cauciuc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cauciuc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "каучу́к",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: каучу́к (kaučúk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: каучу́к (kaučúk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kauçuk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: kauçuk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: kauçuk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "کائوچو",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kâ'uču"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: کائوچو (kâ'uču)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: کائوچو (kâ'uču)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "cao su",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: cao su",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: cao su"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "cauchuc"
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish cauchuc",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "qu",
        "3": "kawchu"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish cauchuc (an early variant of caucho), from Quechua kawchu. The final -c was formerly variably pronounced or silent, but is now always silent.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "caoutchouc m (plural caoutchoucs)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rubber (natural and synthetic)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rubber",
          "rubber"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gomme"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cajun French",
        "Louisiana French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plastic"
      ],
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          "plastic"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Louisiana, Cajun) plastic"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "plastique"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a rubber tree, hevea (Hevea brasiliensis)"
      ],
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        [
          "rubber tree",
          "rubber tree"
        ],
        [
          "hevea",
          "hevea"
        ],
        [
          "Hevea brasiliensis",
          "Hevea brasiliensis#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the rubber fig, a tropical tree often used ornamentally (Ficus elastica)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rubber fig",
          "rubber fig"
        ],
        [
          "tropical",
          "tropical"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a raincoat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "raincoat",
          "raincoat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "imperméable"
        },
        {
          "word": "K-way"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "waterproof rubber boots"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waterproof",
          "waterproof"
        ],
        [
          "boot",
          "boot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) waterproof rubber boots"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bottes de pluie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a rubber band"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rubber band",
          "rubber band"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "élastique"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ka.ut.ʃu/"
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      "audio": "Fr-caoutchouc.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "caoutchouc"
}

Download raw JSONL data for caoutchouc meaning in French (4.9kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Louisiana, Cajun",
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