caute

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin cautus.

Adjective

caute (comparative plus caute, superlative le plus caute)

prudent, cautious

Anagrams

acute

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈu.te/
Rhymes: -ute
Hyphenation: ca‧ù‧te

Adjective

caute

feminine plural of cauto

Anagrams

acute

Latin

Etymology 1

From cautus (“cautious”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.teː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.te/,

Adverb

cautē (not comparable)

cautiously
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobit.2.4:
  tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte ut dum sol occubuisset caute sepeliret eum
  And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.te/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.te/,

Adjective

caute

vocative masculine singular of cautus

References

“caute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“caute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
caute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.u.te/

Verb

caute

third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of căuta

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