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dado.

die, dice

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈda.do/
  1. die, dice

    masculine
    giocare a dadi
  2. any small cube-shaped object

    broadly · masculine
  3. stock cube

    masculine
    minestra di dadi
  4. nut (intended to be screwed onto a bolt)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, itself either from Latin datum (“thrown, given”), or from Arabic أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād, “numbers”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese dado, Catalan dau, French dé (whence English die).

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