chad

== English == === Etymology 1 === Uncertain; possibly from the English slang term chat (“louse”). The word predates the chadless punch, which therefore cannot be its origin, and a derivation from Scots chad (“river gravel”) stated in some dictionaries is now thought to be nothing more than guesswork. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American, Australian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃæd/ (Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /t͡ʃad/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛd/ Rhymes: -æd Homophone: Chad ==== Noun ==== chad (countable and uncountable, plural chad or chads) (uncountable) Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc. (countable) One of these pieces of paper. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year === Etymology 2 === From ch- +‎ had, from ich + had. ==== Contraction ==== chad (West Country, obsolete) I had === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== chad (plural chads) (Internet slang, seduction community, incel slang) Alternative spelling of Chad (“alpha-male; a virile man”). ===== Derived terms ===== chadmaxx === References === == Middle English == === Etymology === See ch-. === Verb === chad I had == Palauan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔað/ === Etymology 1 === From Pre-Palauan *qaða, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀta (“outsiders, alien people”). Cognate with Laboya ata, Cebuano agta and Tagalog agta. ==== Noun ==== chad person === Etymology 2 === From Pre-Palauan *qaðe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay (“liver”). Cognate with Tagalog atay, Malay hati and Māori ate. ==== Noun ==== chad liver === References === chad in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com. chad in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com. chad in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 33. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Chad. === Noun === chad m (plural chads) (Internet slang) a Chad == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /χaːd/ === Noun === chad aspirate mutation of cad === Mutation ===