cascade
waterfall
noun kas-KAD Rare
Origin: Italian cascata, from cascare 'to fall'
Also means
cascade
Usage Note
Cascade also appears in figurative use, as in une cascade de problèmes ('a cascade of problems'). The verb cascader means to fall in cascades. In film, a cascadeur is a stuntman, someone who performs dangerous falls.
Examples
"La cascade tombe de vingt mètres de haut."
Natural Translation
The waterfall falls from twenty metres high.

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