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dau

Pronunciation: [ˈdaw]

“dau” is a Catalan word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)
  2. synonym of vent (“position in the pinya”)

In Catalan

  1. Objecte en forma de políedre, normalment cúbic, amb una xifra a cada cara que serveix per determinar la sort en caure aleatòriament mostrant una de les cares.
  2. Cada una de les parts d'allò que s'ha tallat en diverses parts d'hexaedres.
  3. Conjunt de dos quadrilàters adjacents de dos a tres metres per costat marcats en el camp del rest d'un trinquet, al costat dret de l'escala, l'un al frontó de baix i l'altre a terra, dintre el qual ha d'anar a parar la pilota en ferir en la modalitat d'escala i corda.
  4. vent

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; perhaps of Arabic origin, cf. أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād), or alternatively from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dare (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Compare French dé, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese dado.

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