cadière

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan cadera, cadieira, from Latin cathedra (“chair”). Doublet of cathèdre, chaire, and chaise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.djɛʁ/

Noun

cadière f (plural cadières)

1. (numismatics, historical) French coinage issued in the time of Philippe de Valois, where the monarch is pictured seated

Further reading

• “cadière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.