Cadillac

English

Etymology

From French Cadillac, from Occitan Cadilhac. Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkædɪlæk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun

Cadillac

  1. A brand of luxury automobile, now part of the General Motors group
  2. A surname from French.
  3. A placename
    1. An urban area of Quebec, Canada
    2. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada
    3. A commune of the Gironde department, France
    4. A city, the county seat of Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
    5. A mountain in Maine

Derived terms

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See also

Adjective

Cadillac (comparative more Cadillac, superlative most Cadillac)

  1. (US) Describing a brand representing the most luxurious or highest quality example in its class. (derived from the GM car brand Cadillac)

Derived terms

Noun

Cadillac (plural Cadillacs)

  1. (archaic) A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking.

References

    Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
    (See the entry for Cadillac in     Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

    French

    Etymology

    Occitan Cadilhac.

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): /ka.di.jak/, (Car brand, Quebec) /ka.di.lak/
    • Audio(file)
    • Rhymes: -ak

    Proper noun

    Cadillac ?

    1. a surname
    2. a placename
      1. a commune in Gironde, France
      2. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
      3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada
    3. a brand of luxury cars, part of General Motors

    Derived terms
    • Cadillacois, Cadillacoise
    • Cadillac-en-Fronsadais

    Descendants
    • → English: Cadillac
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