caisse
See also: Caisse and caísse
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Middle French caisse, ultimately from Latin capsa (“box”).
Noun
caisse f (plural caisses)
- pan
- box
Synonyms
- caissôt
- poile
French
Etymology
From Middle French caisse, borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. Compare the etymological doublets châsse and casse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛs/, /kɛːs/
France [yn kɛs] (file) Quebec, formal [kɛːs] (file) Quebec, formal [kæɪ̯s] (file) Ontario, informal [kʰaɪ̯s] (file) - Rhymes: -ɛs
Noun
caisse f (plural caisses)
- box, crate
- cash register
- checkout (in a supermarket)
- fund
- bank (establishment managing such funds)
- (colloquial) car
- 1987, Étienne Roda-Gil (lyrics), Franck Langolff (music), “Joe le taxi”, performed by Vanessa Paradis:
- Dans sa caisse / La musique à Joe / C'est la rumba
- In his car / Joe's music / Is rumba
- Synonyms: voiture, chiotte
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- (vulgar) fart
Derived terms
- à fond la caisse
- caisse à outils
- caisse claire
- caisse d'épargne
- caisse de résonance
- caisse enregistreuse
- caisse noire
- caisson
- encaisser
- en faire des caisses
- lâcher une caisse
- ticket de caisse
- grosse caisse
Related terms
- capsule
Further reading
- “caisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- cessai
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa.
Noun
caisse f (plural caisses)
- chest (large storage box)
Descendants
- French: caisse
- → Bourguignon: caisse
- → English: cash