cadet

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cadet, from Gascon capdet, from Late Latin capitellum (“small head”). Attested in English from 1634. Doublet of caddie, cadeau, cadel, capital, capitellum, and caudillo. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kəˈdɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt Hyphenation: ca‧det === Noun === cadet (plural cadets) A student at a military school who is training to be an officer. (chiefly history) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would. (in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.) (archaic, US, slang) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. (New Zealand, historical) A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station. (Australia) A participant in a cadetship. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== cadette ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === cadet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === acted, ectad == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Occitan capdet, from Late Latin capitellum (“small head”). Doublet of chapiteau, cadeau, and caudillo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.dɛ/ === Adjective === cadet (feminine cadette, masculine plural cadets, feminine plural cadettes) (family) younger, youngest le fils cadet ― the youngest son mon frère cadet ― my younger brother === Noun === cadet m (plural cadets, feminine cadette) cadet, student officer junior sportsperson, young player a younger sibling Synonym: puîné Coordinate terms: aîné, benjamin ==== Derived terms ==== cadet des soucis de ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: kadet → English: cadet → Cebuano: kadete (with Spanish cadete) → Dutch: kadee, kadet → German: Kadett→ Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic script: кадетLatin script: kadet→ Vilamovian: kadet → Finnish: kadetti → Indonesian: kadet → Italian: cadetto → Polish: kadet → Portuguese: cadete → Russian: каде́т (kadét) → Scots: caddie→ English: caddie, caddy, cad → Spanish: cadete → Cebuano: kadete (with English cadet) === See also === benjamin === Further reading === “cadet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === cédât == Latin == === Verb === cadet third-person singular future active indicative of cadō == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cadet. === Noun === cadet m (plural cadeți) cadet ==== Declension ====