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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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