(masculine) nut (intended to be screwed onto a bolt)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
dà‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈda.do/
Etymology
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.