coffre

See also: coffré and côffre

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French cofre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of couffin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔfʁ/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

coffre m (plural coffres)

1. chest, box
2. boot (UK), trunk (US) (luggage storage compartment of a vehicle, i.e. car)

Derived terms

• coffre au trésor
• coffre-fort

Verb

coffre

1. inflection of coffrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

coffre

1. Alternative form of cofre

Middle French

Noun

coffre m (plural coffres)

1. box; chest