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Etymology

From French cadre, from Italian quadro (“‘square’”), from Latin quadrum, from quatuor (“‘four’”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɑː.də/, /ˈkɑː.dɹə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkæd.ɹi/, /ˈkɑ.dɹi/, /ˈkɑ.dɹeɪ/

Noun

cadre (plural cadres)

1. A frame or framework.
2. (military) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
   • 2002, Barry M. Stentiford, Chapter 9, The American Home Guard: the State Militia in the Twentieth Century, ISBN 1585441813, page 202:

     From the original plan, thirty-four cadre battalions, with a total of 116 companies, had actually been formed, a total of about 700 officers and another 600 key enlisted men.

3. (chiefly in communism) The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
   • 1986, Robert Elsie, Dictionary of Albanian Literature^[1], page 101:

     After the war, he was a party cadre and worked as a correspondent for the daily newspaper Zeri i Popullit (The People's Voice).

   • 2006, Financial Times, China airbrushes Chen:

     Party cadres must guard against the temptations of power, money and sex.

Translations

Anagrams

• Anagrams of acder
• acred
• arced
• cared
• cedar, Cedar
• ecard
• raced

French

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Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kɑdʀ/

Noun

cadre m. (plural cadres)

1. The frame of a door or picture.
2. The backbone of an organization.
3. An imprinted box on a page.
4. An executive.
5. The scope or framework.
6. A list of military officers

Derived terms

• cadrage
• cadrer
• dans le cadre de...

Anagrams

• Anagrams of acder
• carde
• crade