# EuroLex/F/Cascade

* Original language: French
* Original form and meaning: cascade - 1. cascade (meaning a) waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks; b) something, such as lace, thought to resemble a waterfall or series of small waterfalls, especially an arrangement or fall of material)
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | kaskade | ... | 'meaning 1. a)' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | cascade | ... | 'meaning 1. a)' | '...' | ... |
| English | noun: cascade; verb: to cascade | noun: 17c verb: 18c | 'meaning 1. a) and b); and also c) succession of stages, processes, operations, or units; d) electronics: a series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next; e) biochemistry: a series of reactions catalyzed by enzymes that are activated sequentially by successive products of the reactions, resulting in an amplification of the initial response; f) a type of firework resembling a waterfall in effect; g) chemistry: a series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas; verb: h) to fall or cause to fall in or as a cascade; i) electricity: to arrange (components) in a cascade' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | kaskaad | ... | 'meaning 1. a)' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Kaskade | ... | 'meaning 1.a) and b) and also: a) chemistry: a series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas; b) electronics: a series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next; c) risky jump in artistry d) physics: process taking place in stages with quickly increasing particle number' | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | noun: cascata, verb: cascare | ... | 'meaning 1; and also: verb: to fall or cause to fall in or as a cascade' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | kaskāde | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | kaskada | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | noun: cascata; Brazil, verb: cascatear | ... | 'meaning 1; and also verb: to fall or cause to fall in or as a cascade' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | cascada | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | kaskad | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |

### Annotations

Etymology: from F, from I cascata "waterfall", from cascare "to fall", from VL *casicare, from L casum, pp. of cadere "to fall". The verb is attested from 1702.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com

### Information on Other Languages

meaning 1:
Czech: vodopád
Finnish: vesiputous
Hungarian: vízesés
Norwegian: foss
Polish: wodospad
Slovak: vodopád
Slovenian: slap