cascade

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
  2. noun a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
  3. noun a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower

Etymology

From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.

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