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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čędo.
Pronunciation
Noun
čȅdo n (Cyrillic spelling че̏до)
- child (one’s son or daughter)
Declension
Further reading
- “čedo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Etymology 2
From četnik (English: chetnik; Serbian royalist troop), in turn from četa (military unit). Reinforced by a Čedo, a common nickname for Čedomir, a stereotypically Serbian first name.
Pronunciation
Noun
čédo m (Cyrillic spelling че́до)
- (derogatory, Croatia) a chetnik
- (by expansion, derogatory, Croatia) an ethnic Serb (especially from rural mountainous Croatia)
- (by expansion, politics, Croatia) Serbian ultranationalist
Declension
Further reading
- “čedo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024