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caddy
English
Alternative forms
- caddie
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kædi/
- Rhymes: -ædi
- Homophones: cattie, catty (in dialects with flapping)
Etymology 1
From Scots caddie, from the French cadet. Doublet of cadet, caudillo, and capitellum.
Noun
caddy (plural caddies)
- (golf) One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.
- "Caddy, pass me my five iron."
Translations
Verb
caddy (third-person singular simple present caddies, present participle caddying, simple past and past participle caddied)
- (intransitive, golf) To serve as a caddy, carrying golf clubs etc.
- I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malay kati, a weight.
Noun
caddy (plural caddies)
- A small box, can, or chest to keep things in.
- 1990, The Washingtonian (volume 25, page 121)
- A sauce caddy brought with the tacos offers a choice of salsa cruda, a thin puree of tomatillos, and an emulsion of red chilies.
- 2019, Nancy E. Davis, The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America:
- The Carneses imported lacquer teapoys in sets. These sets could be easily stacked in a corner of the drawing room and brought out at teatime to hold a teacup, a set, or a caddy. The Carneses purchased lacquered teapoys sets for four dollars in China and probably sold them for twice that amount in America.
- 1990, The Washingtonian (volume 25, page 121)
- A movable tray or other mechanism for holding, securing, and transporting a removable component within a piece of machinery or equipment.
- Place the disc in the DVD caddy.
Derived terms
- desk caddy
- tea caddy
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “caddy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “caddie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English caddy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.di/
Noun
caddy m (plural caddies or caddys)
- (golf) caddy
- 2016, Nora Roberts, Crime en fête.
- 2016, Nora Roberts, Crime en fête.
- golf cart
- supermarket trolley
- 2013, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Délivrance. La troisième enquête du département V.
- 2013, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Délivrance. La troisième enquête du département V.
Further reading
- “caddy” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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candy
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?n'di, IPA(key): /?kændi/
- Rhymes: -ændi
Etymology 1
From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic ?????? ???????? (sukkar qand?), from Arabic ?????? (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian ???? (kand); likely from Sanskrit ???? (kha??a, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root ????? (kha??, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *ka??u; compare Tamil ????? (ka??u, “hard candy”).
Noun
candy (countable and uncountable, plural candies)
- (uncountable, chiefly Canada, US) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
- (countable, chiefly Canada, US) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
- (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.
Synonyms
- (confection): confectionery, sweets (British), lollies (Australia), sugar candy (US)
- (piece of candy): sweet (British), lolly (Australia)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ????? (kai???)
- ? Hopi: kyenti
Translations
Verb
candy (third-person singular simple present candies, present participle candying, simple past and past participle candied)
- (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
- (intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on.
- Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
- (intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
Translations
See also
- ???? (Unicode candy symbol)
References
Etymology 2
From Marathi ???? (kha???), from Sanskrit ????? (kha??ana), from root ????? (kha??, “to divide, break into pieces”).
Alternative forms
- candee
- candie
- kandy
Noun
candy (plural candies)
- (obsolete) A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
Synonyms
- maunee
Translations
Anagrams
- Dancy, dancy
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