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Is cadet a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cadet is a Scrabble US word. The word cadet is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is cadet a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cadet is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3A1D2E1T1

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Yes. The word cadet is a Words With Friends word. The word cadet is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

ACTED,CADET,

4-letter words (9 found)

ACED,CADE,CATE,DACE,DATE,ECAD,TACE,TAED,TEAD,

3-letter words (13 found)

ACE,ACT,ATE,CAD,CAT,DAE,EAT,ETA,TAD,TAE,TEA,TEC,TED,

2-letter words (10 found)

AD,AE,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,ET,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 35 words from cadet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cadet

cadet acdet cdaet dcaet adcet dacet caedt acedt ceadt ecadt aecdt eacdt cdeat dceat cedat ecdat decat edcat adect daect aedct eadct deact edact cadte acdte cdate dcate adcte dacte catde actde ctade tcade atcde tacde cdtae dctae ctdae tcdae dtcae tdcae adtce datce atdce tadce dtace tdace caetd acetd ceatd ecatd aectd eactd cated acted ctaed tcaed atced taced cetad ectad ctead tcead etcad tecad aetcd eatcd atecd taecd etacd teacd cdeta dceta cedta ecdta decta edcta cdtea dctea ctdea tcdea dtcea tdcea cetda ectda cteda tceda etcda tecda detca edtca dteca tdeca etdca tedca adetc daetc aedtc eadtc deatc edatc adtec datec atdec tadec dtaec tdaec aetdc eatdc atedc taedc etadc teadc detac edtac dteac tdeac etdac tedac

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Definitions and meaning of cadet

cadet

Etymology

Borrowed from French cadet, from Gascon capdet, from Late Latin capitellum (“small head”). Attested in English from 1634.

Doublet of caddie, cadel, capitellum, caudillo, and Kadet.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kəˈdɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Hyphenation: ca‧det

Noun

cadet (plural cadets)

  1. A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
  2. (chiefly history) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
  3. (in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.)
  4. (archaic, US, slang) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.
  5. (New Zealand, historical) A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
  6. (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)

  1. (family) youngest
    le fils cadet ― the youngest son

Noun

cadet m (plural cadets)

  1. cadet, student officer
  2. junior sportsperson, young player
  3. a younger sibling

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: кадет
      • Latin script: kadet
    • → Vilamovian: kadet
  • → Finnish: kadetti
  • → Indonesian: kadet
  • → Italian: cadetto
  • → Polish: kadet
  • → Portuguese: cadete
  • → Russian: кадет (kadet)
    • → English: Kadet
  • → 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

  1. third-person singular future active indicative of cadō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cadet.

Noun

cadet m (plural cadeți)

  1. cadet

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org