caixa
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin capsa. Doublet of capsa. Compare Occitan caissa and Sicilian cascia.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈka.ʃə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkaj.ʃa/
Audio (file)
Noun
caixa f (plural caixes)
- box
- (finance) savings bank
- 2019, “Sento”, in Energia fosca, performed by El Petit de Cal Eril:
- Coses inútils com les caixes o els bancs / Coses terribles com les bales o els tancs
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- (woodworking) mortise
Usage notes
There is a semantical difference in the usage of caixa and capsa according to their size. Boxes larger than a shoebox are usually called caixa, while boxes smaller than a shoebox (e.g. for matches, confectioneries, pills) are capsa.
Derived terms
- caixa forta
- caixa i metxa
- caixa negra
Related terms
- capsa f
Descendants
- → Asturian: caxa
- → Leonese: caixa
- → Old Portuguese: cajxa
- Galician: caixa
- Portuguese: caixa
- → Old Spanish: caxa
- Spanish: caja
- → Sardinian: cascia
- → Sicilian: cascia
Further reading
- “caixa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cajxa~qajxa (compare Portuguese caixa), probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkajʃa̝/
Noun
caixa f (plural caixas)
- box
- 1426, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, XI, nº Adicións-1.1, pages 79-92:
- iten outras duas cruzes; a hua pequena, en que esta lyno domini, cuberta de follas douro, que adoran esta feyra mayor, et esta gardada en hua cayxa de madeyro; et a outra cruz mays grande, en que esta haun cruçifiçio con duas omajees, et dous escudos de armas de bendaña, et outros dous escudos con dous leoos, et o pee byrtado dela, et he toda de prata dourada
- item, two more crosses: a small one, in which is "lyno domini", covered with gold leaf, that they adore this major feast, and is kept in a wooden box; an another larger cross, in which is a crucifix with two images, and two coat of arms of the Bendaña family, and another two coats with two lions, and its foot is broken, and is made of gilded silver
- iten outras duas cruzes; a hua pequena, en que esta lyno domini, cuberta de follas douro, que adoran esta feyra mayor, et esta gardada en hua cayxa de madeyro; et a outra cruz mays grande, en que esta haun cruçifiçio con duas omajees, et dous escudos de armas de bendaña, et outros dous escudos con dous leoos, et o pee byrtado dela, et he toda de prata dourada
- 1426, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, XI, nº Adicións-1.1, pages 79-92:
- coffin
- Synonyms: ataúde, cadaleito, féretro
- (music) drum
- Synonym: tambor
- cash desk
- cash box, cash register
- gearbox
- savings bank
Derived terms
- caixón
- encaixar
Related terms
- couso
- cousela
- couselo
- queixo (“chin”)
- requeixo
References
- “cajxa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “caixa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “caixa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “caixa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese cajxa~qajxa, probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaj.ʃɐ/ [ˈkaɪ̯.ʃɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaj.ʃa/ [ˈkaɪ̯.ʃa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkaj.ʃɐ/
Audio (Oporto, Portugal) (file) - Hyphenation: cai‧xa
Noun
caixa f (plural caixas)
- box
- (music) Ellipsis of caixa de guerra; snare drum (Brazilian percussion instrument used in a samba bateria)
Derived terms
- caixão
- caixa-negra
Noun
caixa m or f by sense (plural caixas)
- cashier (one who works at a till handling payments)
- Aquele caixa trabalha bem. ― That cashier works well.
- Synonym: caixeiro
Noun
caixa m (plural caixas)
- ledger
- a cash register and the counter upon which it resides
References
- “caixa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “caixa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- The Oxford Paperback Portuguese Dictionary, 1996