Cadillac

English <dab> thumb|Cadillac badge on a car's grille thumb|1959 Cadillac Coupe Deville Etymology From en fr Cadillac, from en oc Cadilhac. Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan. Pronunciation en /ˈkædɪlæk/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cadillac.wav Southern England en /ˈkædəˌlæk/ GA en Ca dil lac en æk 3 Proper noun en Q27436 A brand of luxury automobile (founded as an independent but since 1909 a marque of General Motors). en Q104540482 en French. A placename. en Q2932691 en urban area p/Quebec c/Canada. en Q1999463 en village p/Saskatchewan c/Canada. en Q333571 en commune dept/Gironde c/France. en Q658573 en commune dept/Gironde c/France. en Q1025149 en city/county seat co/Wexford County s/Michigan c/USA. Former name: en Clam Lake. en Q1025202 en mountain s/Maine. Derived terms en Cadillac converter Cadillac-en-Fronsadais Cadillac Mountain Cadillac of poker Cadillac plan Cadillac problem Cadillac tax Lake Cadillac Translations a brand of luxury automobile Arabic: ar كَادِيلَاك m kadilāk Bulgarian: bg Ка́дилак m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 凱迪拉克 Kǎidílākè French: fr Cadillac Japanese: ja キャデラック Kyaderakku Korean: ko ^캐딜락 Marathi: mr कॅडिलॅक f Russian: ru Кадилла́к m a surname Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 卡迪亞克 Kǎdíyàkè French: fr Cadillac Marathi: mr कादिला See also GM car brand en Cadillac Adjective en US Describing a brand representing the most luxurious or highest quality example in its class. derived from the GM car brand Cadillac en Derived terms en Cadillac plan en Cadillac tax Noun An automobile of this marque. Often used as an example of a luxury car or luxuriousness in general. en Caddy#Noun en luxury car, luxuriousness Rolls-Royce#Noun Lexus#Noun en the Cadillac of [product category] en the Cadillac of microwave ovens en a parking lot full of Cadillacs, Lexuses, and BMWs en She cryin’ poormouth but she pull up in a brand new Cadillac? Who fallin’ for that? en 1968 w:Rumer Godden fr:L’Élégance Swans & Turtles: Stories London; Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne, Vic. Macmillan 159 https://archive.org/details/swansturtlesstor0000rume/page/159/mode/1up 38669 ‘What is the most expensive car?’ she had once asked Stan. ‘A cad – Cadillac or a Rolls,’ Stan had said, and sometimes Raoul had a Cadillac, sometimes a Rolls-Royce. WKRP in Cincinnati: Red Wiggler, the Cadillac of worms. en archaic en Catillac. A large variety of cooking pear. References en eponyms en Automobiles Pear cultivars French fr: Etymology fr :bor oc:Cadilhac fr oc Cadilhac. Pronunciation + Cadi_llac Car brand, Quebec fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Cadillac.wav France fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Cadillac.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Cadillac.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) fr ak 3 Proper noun fr a placename a commune in Gironde, France fr neighbourhood/and/former municipality rcm/Rouyn-Noranda r/Abitibi-Témiscamingue p/Quebec c/Canada fr village p/Saskatchewan c/Canada a brand of luxury cars, part of General Motors Derived terms fr Cadillacois, fr Cadillacoise fr Cadillac-en-Fronsadais Descendants en Cadillac 1 zh 卡迪亞克 Kǎdíyàkè 1