dado

Meaning

1. (masculine) die, dice
2. (broadly, masculine) any small cube-shaped object
3. (masculine) stock cube
4. (masculine) nut (intended to be screwed onto a bolt)

Concepts

die

💀

nut

dice

cube

plaid

stock cube

die dice

game die

block

game die

bouillon cube

cubes

dado

Synonyms

cubo

madrevite

cuboide

sorteggio

sorte

bullone

plinto

💀

Translations

Würfel

💀

dado

écrou

dé

💀

dau

💀

dobbelsteen

κύβος

dado

💀

porca

tuerca

ζάρι

Mutter

👩‍🍼

zar

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.