CAO
French, noun/se.a.o/
CAO is spelled C-A-O (3 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). CAO is a French feminine noun meaning “CAD: initialism of conception assistée par ordinateur (“computer-aided design”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conception assistée par ordinateur”.
What does CAO mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineCAD: initialism of conception assistée par ordinateur (“computer-aided design”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conception assistée par ordinateur.
noun: 1. Commission d’appel d’offres, instance impliqué dans l’attribution des marchés publics.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of CAO
- C.A.O.
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce CAO?
- /se.a.o/
- \se.a.o\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is CAO in French?
CAO appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).