EuroLex/F/Cascade
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: cascade - 1. cascade (meaning a) waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks; b) something, such as lace, thought to resemble a waterfall or series of small waterfalls, especially an arrangement or fall of material)
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Danish | kaskade | ... | 'meaning 1. a)' | '...' | ... |
Dutch | cascade | ... | 'meaning 1. a)' | '...' | ... |
English | noun: cascade; verb: to cascade | noun: 17c
verb: 18c | 'meaning 1. a) and b);
and also c) succession of stages, processes, operations, or units; d) electronics: a series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next; e) biochemistry: a series of reactions catalyzed by enzymes that are activated sequentially by successive products of the reactions, resulting in an amplification of the initial response; f) a type of firework resembling a waterfall in effect; g) chemistry: a series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas; verb: h) to fall or cause to fall in or as a cascade; i) electricity: to arrange (components) in a cascade' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
Estonian | kaskaad | ... | 'meaning 1. a)' | '...' | ... |
Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
German | Kaskade | ... | 'meaning 1.a) and b)
and also: a) chemistry: a series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas; b) electronics: a series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next; c) risky jump in artistry d) physics: process taking place in stages with quickly increasing particle number' | '...' | ... |
Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Italian | noun: cascata, verb: cascare | ... | 'meaning 1;
and also: verb: to fall or cause to fall in or as a cascade' | '...' | ... |
Latvian | kaskāde | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Lithuanian | kaskada | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Norwegian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Portuguese | noun: cascata; Brazil, verb: cascatear | ... | 'meaning 1;
and also verb: to fall or cause to fall in or as a cascade' | '...' | ... |
Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Spanish | cascada | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Swedish | kaskad | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Annotations
editEtymology: from F, from I cascata "waterfall", from cascare "to fall", from VL *casicare, from L casum, pp. of cadere "to fall". The verb is attested from 1702.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages
editmeaning 1:
Czech: vodopád
Finnish: vesiputous
Hungarian: vízesés
Norwegian: foss
Polish: wodospad
Slovak: vodopád
Slovenian: slap