caisse
Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French caisse, ultimately from Latin capsa (“box”).
Noun edit
caisse f (plural caisses)
Synonyms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French caisse, borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. Compare the etymological doublets châsse and casse.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kɛs/, /kɛːs/
Audio (France); [yn kɛs]: (file) Audio (Quebec, Gaspésie, formal); [kɛːs]: (file) Audio (Quebec, formal); [kæɪ̯s]: (file) Audio (Ontario, informal); [kʰaɪ̯s]: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛs
Noun edit
caisse f (plural caisses)
- box, crate
- cash register
- checkout (in a supermarket)
- fund
- bank (establishment managing such funds)
- (colloquial) car
- 1987, “Joe le taxi”, Étienne Roda-Gil (lyrics), Franck Langolff (music), performed by Vanessa Paradis:
- Dans sa caisse / La musique à Joe / C’est la rumba
- In his car / Joe's music / Is rumba
- (vulgar) fart
- body (of a car)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “caisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa.
Noun edit
caisse f (plural caisses)
- chest (large storage box)
Descendants edit
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