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cachou.

A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkæʃuː/
  1. A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath.

  2. A small metallic ball used as edible decoration on cakes etc.

Where this word comes from

From French cachou, from Portuguese cachu, from Malay kacu (“type of acacia”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.