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Definition: Cachou |
CachouNoun1. A scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cachou" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
Etymology: Cachou \Ca`chou"\, noun. [French expression See Cashoo.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Cachou |
| Etymologies containing "cachou": Cashoo. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cachou" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (cachou). |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Dante gave him a cachou every time he brought her a piece of tissue paper. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cachou | 9 |
cachou milano | 2 |
cachou marceau | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cachou"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | حبة سكرية. (various references) | |
Chinese | 儿茶. (various references) | |
French | cachou. (various references) | |
Hebrew | סוכרי" (candy, sweet, sweetmeat, toffee). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kascukor. (various references) | |
Italian | caucciu\, catecù (catechu), pasticca aromatica per profumare l'alito. (various references) | |
Manx | cooyroge. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | achoucay.(various references) | |
Russian | конфета (bon-bon, candy, candy bar, comfit, goody goody, piece of candy, sweet, sweetmeat). (various references) | |
Spanish | caramelo perfumado. (various references) | |
Turkish | kaşu (cashew), ağız kokusu pastili. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | kẹo caosu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cachou": cachous. (additional references) | |
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"Cachou" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accou, Ashou, Cacho, Cachuma, cashout, Cashu, Cassou, Cichon, Gachui, Kachru, Kacou, scachorum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-o-u" | |
-1 letter: coach, couch. | |
-2 letters: chao, coca, ouch. | |
-3 letters: hao, oca. | |
-4 letters: ah, ha, ho, oh, uh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-h-o-u" | |
+1 letter: cachous, capouch, pachuco. | |
+2 letters: cartouch, chubasco, couchant, muchacho, outcatch, outcoach, pachucos. | |
+3 letters: capouches, cartouche, chancrous, chubascos, muchachos, succotash, touchback. | |
+4 letters: accoucheur, caoutchouc, cartouches, outcatches, outcoached, outcoaches, scaramouch, touchbacks. | |
+5 letters: accoucheurs, anacoluthic, cacophonous, caoutchoucs, chiaroscuro, churchwoman, euchromatic, outcatching, outcoaching, scaramouche, succotashes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 63 68 6F 75 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- -.-. .... --- ..- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01100011 01101000 01101111 01110101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a c h o u |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0063 0068 006F 0075 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376769748187 |
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