Chad

chad English + (name) Pronunciation en /t͡ʃæd/ RP,GA,AU en En-us-Chad.ogg US en /t͡ʃad/ SSB,Northern England,Scotland,Wales en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Chad.wav SSB en /t͡ʃɛd/ NZ en æd 1 en chad Etymology 1 From en enm Chadde, from en ang Ċeadda, of obscure meaning; name of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon saint, revived in the 20th century. The sense of “alpha male” originates from an apparent stereotype that men with such a name tend to bear that temperament, c late 1990s in Chicago, Illinois (specifically "successful white man, yuppie") late 2010s via 4chan and California slang 1. Proper noun en male Old English ; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names. en 1993 w:Jonathan Kellerman Devil's Waltz 26 Random House 1998 0345460715 "What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth.""All Cs," I said. "Sounds like they like order." en 1995 w:Hanif Kureishi The Black Album 88, 90 Faber and Faber 0571150861 'He used to be called Trevor Buss.''Chad? I don't believe you.' 'He changed his name into Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah.''No!''He'd insist on the whole name. He played football and his mates got fed up saying, "Pass the ball, Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah" No one passed to him. So he became Chad.' en Nicole Acevedo How a city in Nebraska is recovering after the state's largest worksite immigration raid w:NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/omaha-immigration-workplace-raid-aftermath-rcna212931 2025-06-15 The scene gave the company’s president, Chad Hartmann, a glimmer of hope amid the chaos that ensued after Tuesday's raid purged roughly half of his staff — many of whom had been longtime employees of the company, which has been processing boxed beef for more than 15 years. en Q597180en British The British version of the "Kilroy was here" graffiti. Noun + (slang) en incelslang en internet slang seduction community incel slang A very handsome, genetically gifted and sexually active man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group. en Chadlite gigachad Tyrone stud en Stacy Trixie Jock en 2018-04-25 Alex Hern https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/25/what-is-incel-movement-toronto-van-attack-suspect Who are the 'incels' and how do they relate to Toronto van attack? w:The Guardian They are united by the fact that women will not have sex with them, usually attributed to shallow obsessions with looks or superficial personality, and by their hatred of “Chads” and “Stacys”, the men and women who have sex. en 2018-04-28 Kate Wilson https://www.straight.com/life/1067306/last-week-tech-sex-robots Last week in tech: sex robots w:The Georgia Straight Short for “female humanoid”, it’s used in place of the word “woman” to depict how, in an incel’s view, women are not entirely human, but are instead robot-like androids who only crave sex with Chads. https://web.archive.org/web/20241211040611/https://www.straight.com/life/1067306/last-week-tech-sex-robots 11 December 2024 Alternative forms en chad Derived terms en Chaddam Chadfish Chadfishing Chadlite chadmaxx Chadpreet Chadriguez gigachad Chaddy Chadette Chavril Gigachad landchad Etymology 2 thumb|right|Chad Believed to be from en kr tsade lake. The country is named after Lake Chad the lake. Proper noun en Q657en country r/Central Africa Republic of Chad. en David McKenzie Chad’s migrant workers pay price for Libya conflict w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/18/business/chad-libya-economy-oil 2012-04-18 Though foreigners did play some part in fighting as mercenaries for Gadhafi during the bloody Libyan war, the IOM and local leaders in Chad say the vast majority of Chadians, like Mohammed, were working to send remittances home. https://web.archive.org/web/20260101082235/https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/18/business/chad-libya-economy-oil 1 January 2026 en Q125309en freshwater lake at the junction of c/Nigeria,Niger,Chad,Cameroon in r/Central Africa Lake Chad. Alternative forms en Tchad dated Hypernyms en Subsahara Derived terms en Chadian, en Chadic en Chado- Related terms en Chad Basin en Lake Chad Descendants 1 cy Tsiad Translations Q657 country Afrikaans: af Tsjad Amharic: am ቻድ Arabic: ar تْشَاد m Chadian Arabic: shu تشاد tšād Hijazi Arabic: acw تْشَاد f tšād Armenian: hy Չադ Asturian: ast Chad Azerbaijani: az Çad Belarusian: be Чад m Bengali: bn চাদ Breton: br Tchad Bulgarian: bg Чад Bura Mabang: mde Burmese: my ချဒ် Catalan: ca Txad m Cherokee: chr ᏣᏗ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 乍得 Zhàdé Czech: cs Čad m Danish: da Tchad Dinka: din Cad Dutch: nl Tsjaad Esperanto: eo Ĉado Estonian: et Tšaad Faroese: fo Kjadd n, fo Kjad n Finnish: fi Tšad French: fr Tchad Georgian: ka ჩადი German: de Tschad Greek: el Τσαντ Hausa: ha Cadi f Cādì Hebrew: he צ׳אד chad Hindi: hi चाड Hungarian: hu Csád Icelandic: is Tsjad n Interlingua: ia Chad Irish: ga Sead m Italian: it Ciad m Japanese: ja チャド Chado Kalenjin: kln Chad Kamba: kam Chad Kazakh: kk Чад, kk Ташад Khmer: km ឆាដ Kikuyu: ki Chad Korean: ko ^차드, ko ^챠드 North Korea Kyrgyz: ky Чад Lao: lo ຊາດ Latvian: lv Čada f Limburgish: li Tchad Lithuanian: lt Čadas m Luhya: luy Chad Luo: luo Chad Macedonian: mk Чад m Malayalam: ml ഛാഡ് Maltese: iċ-mt Ċad m Māori: mi Kāta Meru: mer Chad Mongolian: mn Чад Mundang: mua Norman: nrf Tchad m Norwegian: no Tsjad Persian: fa چاد čâd Polish: pl Czad m Portuguese: pt Chade Romanian: ro Ciad n Russian: ru Чад m Sango: sg Sâde Sar: mwm Scottish Gaelic: gd Siad Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ча̑д m Latin: sh Čȃd m Shan: shn မိူင်းၶျၢတ်ႈ Sicilian: scn Ciad m Sinhalese: si චෑඩ් Slovak: sk Čad m Slovene: sl Čád m Spanish: es Chad Swahili: sw Chadi Swedish: sv Tchad Tagalog: tl Tsad Tajik: tg Чад Tamil: ta சாட் Telugu: te Thai: th ชาด Tigrinya: ti ቻድ Turkish: tr Çad Turkmen: tk Çad Ukrainian: uk Чад m Urdu: ur چاڈ cāḍ Uyghur: ug چاد Uzbek: uz Chad Vietnamese: vi Sát Welsh: cy Tsiad f Wolaytta: wal Chaadde Yoruba: yo Ṣáàdì Q125309 lake Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 乍得湖 French: fr Tchad Irish: ga Loch Shead Lithuanian: lt Čadas Macedonian: mk Чад m Polish: pl Czad m Portuguese: pt Chade m Russian: ru Чад m Tamil: ta சாட், ta சாட் ஏரி See also Countries of the world en diminutives of male given names placeholder terms en Incel community Male people Asturian ast: Etymology ast Proper noun m ast Chad Q657 Cebuano Etymology 1 ceb From ceb en Chad, from ceb ang -. Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb male English < Old English Etymology 2 From ceb en Chad, believed to be from ceb kr tsade ("lake", after Lake Chad). Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb Chad Q657,Q125309 Central Huasteca Nahuatl Proper noun nch proper noun nch Chad Q657 Central Nahuatl Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Chad Q657 Maltese mt: Pronunciation mt /t͡ʃaːt/ mt LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-Chad.wav Gozo mt aːt 1 Proper noun proper noun m Iċ-Chad mt Chad Q657 mt:Repubblika taċ-Chad See also Spanish es: Etymology es Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Chad.wav> Proper noun es Chad Q657 Related terms es chadiano chadiana Swahili sw: Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Chad.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Chad Q657 See also