different between caddie vs caddis

English

Alternative forms

• caddy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kædi/
• Rhymes: -ædi
• Homophones: cattie, catty (in some dialects)

Etymology 1

From Scots caddie, from the French cadet.

Noun

caddie (plural caddies)

1. (golf) A golfer's assistant and adviser.
2. Alternative form of cadie (Scottish errand boy)

Derived terms

• forecaddie

Translations

Verb

caddie (third-person singular simple present caddies, present participle caddying or caddieing, simple past and past participle caddied)

1. (intransitive) To serve as a golf caddie.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Malay kati.

Noun

caddie (plural caddies)

1. A small tray with a handle and compartments for holding items.
2. A lightweight freestanding rack designed to hold accessories.
3. A lightweight wheeled cart, often fitted with shelves or racks, or attached to a bicycle as a conveyance for a child.
4. A tea caddy.

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “caddy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “caddie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Eddaic, addice

Finnish

Noun

caddie

1. caddie

Declension

French

Alternative forms

• (golf) caddy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.di/

Noun

caddie m (plural caddies)

1. shopping cart (conveyance used to carry items while shopping)
2. (golf) caddie

Synonyms

• (shopping cart): chariot

Further reading

• “caddie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• décadi
• décida

Scots

Etymology

From French cadet.

Noun

caddie (plural caddies)

1. caddie
2. A youth or boy who does odd jobs.

Descendants

• ? English: caddie, caddy, cad

Spanish

Noun

caddie m or f (plural caddies)

1. caddie (in golf)

Swedish

Noun

caddie c

1. (golf) caddie; a golfer's assistant

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French cadis, from Old French cadaz, from Old Occitan, from Old Catalan cadirs, cadins.

Noun

caddis (countable and uncountable, plural caddises)

1. The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
2. A rough woolen cloth; caddice.
3. A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
   • c. 1610,, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act IV, Scene 4, First Folio, London, 1623, p. 293,^[1]

     Hee hath Ribbons of all the colours i’ th Rainebow; Points, more then all the Lawyers in Bohemia, can learnedly handle, though they come to him by th’ grosse: Inckles, Caddysses, Cambrickes, Lawnes:

References

• “caddis”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN