Kaskade

See also: kaskade

German

Große Kaskaden at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe

Etymology

From earlier Cascade (17th century), from French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (to fall), from Vulgar Latin *casicāre, from Latin cadō (to fall).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kasˈkaːdə]
  • Hyphenation: Kas‧ka‧de
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (hydrology) cascade (a series of waterfalls, often artificial)
  2. (figurative) cascade (a sequence of events or things)
  3. (juggling) cascade (a juggling pattern)
  4. (acrobatics) a daredevil stunt (a sequential series of daring leaps and jumps performed by acrobats)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

Hypernyms

  • 3-Ball-Kaskade
  • 5-Ball-Kaskade
  • Kaskadelle
  • Kaskadenanordnung
  • Kaskadenbewässerung
  • Kaskadeneffekt
  • Kaskadenschaltung
  • Kaskadensturz
  • Kaskadenwirkung
  • Kaskadeur
  • Rückwärtskaskade
  • Wortkaskade

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