"cascade" meaning in French

See cascade in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kas.kad/ Audio: Fr-cascade.ogg Forms: cascades [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|it|cascata}} Borrowed from Italian cascata Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} cascade f (plural cascades)
  1. cascade (waterfall) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Waterfalls Synonyms: chute d'eau
    Sense id: en-cascade-fr-noun-ms0sn7I2 Disambiguation of Waterfalls: 40 1 10 9 24 16
  2. cascade (series of event) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cascade-fr-noun-XP0WstUs
  3. (juggling) cascade Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Juggling
    Sense id: en-cascade-fr-noun-~Xgq1qfT Topics: arts, hobbies, juggling, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports
  4. a stunt performed for cinematic imitation or entertainment Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cascade-fr-noun-WsRnQ54A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cascader
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kas.kad/ Audio: Fr-cascade.ogg
Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} cascade
  1. inflection of cascader:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: cascader
    Sense id: en-cascade-fr-verb-9lZyFj7M Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 17 1 1 4 4 4 11 4 1 2 1 4 0 1 0 5 5 10 5 17 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 1 1 5 5 4 12 5 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 6 5 12 6 14 1 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 23 19 37 18
  2. inflection of cascader:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: cascader
    Sense id: en-cascade-fr-verb-9H5TGZao
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "entertainment",
          "entertainment"
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