casa

See also: Casa, casá, casà, casã, casă, cașă, cåsa, časa, čaša, and ca. sa.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish casa. Doublet of chez.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːsə/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːsə

Noun

casa (plural casas)

(slang) house
- 1896, Bret Harte, Stories in Light and Shadow
  I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance.
- 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:
  Chuffy: WHAT? No, no, no, no, no. My casa is your casa, what?
Get out of my casa!

Anagrams

A.A.C.S., AACS, AACs, ACAS, ACAs, ASAC, ASCA, CAAs

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin casa.

Noun

casa f (plural casas)

house

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin casa.

Noun

casa f (plural cases)

house

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈka.zə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.za/
Rhymes: -aza

Etymology 1

From Latin casa.

Noun

casa f (plural cases)

house

Derived terms

a casa d'un penjat no hi anomenis cordes
caseta
casolà
mestressa de casa

Related terms

casella
casera

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

casa

third-person singular present indicative form of casar
second-person singular imperative form of casar

Corsican

Una casa.

Etymology

From Latin casa. Cognates include Italian casa and Spanish casa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.za/
Hyphenation: ca‧sa

Noun

casa f (plural case)

house
Synonym: domu

References

“casa” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.za/

Verb

casa

third-person singular past historic of caser

Galician

A cabin and a house (casa), northern Galicia

Casa palloza or palloza ("thatched house"), eastern Galicia

Casa torre ("tower house"), Vigo, southern Galicia

ESTAS CASAS MANDIU FAZER VASCO DA COSTA, ERA DE MCCCLXXVII ("These houses were ordered by Vasco da Costa, era 1377 (= 1339 CE))

Alternative forms

cas

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese casa, from Latin casa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkas̺ɐ]

Noun

casa f (plural casas)

house
1. structure serving as an abode of human beings
2. farmhouse
3. noble family; lineage
  Casa de Andrade ― House of Andrade
  Synonym: dinastía
4. company, firm
home (one’s own dwelling place)
Synonyms: fogar, lar
(board games) a cell which may be occupied by a piece (such as a square in a chessboard)

Usage notes

When preceding the preposition de the apocopated form cas, rather than casa, is frequently used.

Derived terms

casa baixa
Casabranca
casa cuberta
Casa de Naia
casa do concello
Casa do Monte
Casa do Vento
Casa Grande
Casagrande
casa grande
casa indiana
Casa Lousada
Casanova
Casa Nova
Casas Baratas
Casas do Monte
Casas Novas
Casasoá
Casasoa
Casas Vellas
casa terrea
casa torre
Casavella
caseiro
Casela
Caselas
caseño
caseta

Related terms

casal
casarío
casil

References

“casa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“casa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“casa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“casa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“casa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.sa/

Noun

casa (plural casas)

house
home

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsˠə/
(Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkasˠə/

Adjective

casa

nominative/vocative/dative and strong genitive plural of cas

Verb

casa

inflection of cas:
1. present subjunctive analytic
2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
casa	chasa	gcasa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin casa (“house”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.za/, (traditional) /ˈka.sa/[1]
Audio (Northern) (file)
Rhymes: -aza, (traditional) -asa
Hyphenation: cà‧sa

Noun

casa f (plural case, diminutive casìna or casétta or casettìna, augmentative casóna or casóne m, pejorative casàccia, endearing-derogatory casùccia)

house
Synonyms: abitazione, dimora
home
family, dynasty, descent, stock, lineage, birth, origin
Synonyms: casato, stirpe, dinastia
è di casa nobile ― he is of noble descent
homeland, fatherland
Synonym: patria
1. (figurative) one's customs
  A casa mia queste cose non si fanno.
  We don't do these things where I come from.
(board games) square
Synonym: casella
structure for public use
1. structure for a collective or plurality or people
  casa rifugio ― safe house
  casa da gioco ― casino (literally, “game house”)
2. place of religious gathering
  Synonyms: chiesa, convento, monastero
  casa di Dio ― house of God
  casa religiosa ― religious institution
3. institution for punishment or corrections
  casa di correzione ― corrections facility
  casa di cura e custodia ^Wp ― psychiatric institution (literally, “care and custody facility”)
  casa di pena ― prison (literally, “house of punishment”)
4. company, firm, shop
  Synonyms: ditta, azienda, società
  casa editrice ― publishing house
  casa di spedizioni ― shipments company
5. (colloquial, euphemistic) brothel, whorehouse

Derived terms

casa barca
Casa Bianca
casa colonica
casa costruttrice
casa da gioco
casa d'appuntamenti
casa dello studente
casa di bambole
casa di correzione
casa di cura
casa di moda
casa di pena
casa di piacere
casa di riposo
casa discografica
casa di tolleranza
casa, dolce casa
casa editrice
casa famiglia
casa farmaceutica
casa generalizia
casa madre
casa popolare
casa reale
casina
fatto in casa
padrona di casa
vino della casa

Related terms

casale
casalinga
casalingo
casamatta
casamento
casareccio
casata
casato
caseggiato
casino
casolare
casotto
rincasare

References

casa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from either Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together; chain, net”) (compare catēna (“chain”)), or Proto-Indo-European *ket- (“hut, shed”) (compare Old English heaþor (“restraint, confinement, enclosure, prison”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀‎ (kata, “chamber”), Mazanderani کَت‎ (kat, “wall”)), likely through borrowing from another Indo-European language rather than inheritance due to the presence of the medial -s-.[1] Ultimately may be of substrate or wanderwort origin; more at cot, and see Proto-Uralic *kota.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.sa/, [ˈkäs̠ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.sa/, [ˈkäːs̬ä]
(Classical)
Audio (file)

Noun

casa f (genitive casae); first declension

hut, cottage, cabin
Synonyms: aedēs, domus, domicilium, habitātiō, mānsiō, sēdēs, tēctum
rural property, small farm
(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) dwelling, residence, house

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	casa	casae
Genitive	casae	casārum
Dative	casae	casīs
Accusative	casam	casās
Ablative	casā	casīs
Vocative	casa	casae

Derived terms

casāles
casālis
casānicus
casāria
casārius
casella
casellula
casula

Descendants

descendants of Latin casa

Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: casã
- Istro-Romanian: cåsĕ
- Romanian: casă
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: casa
- Asturian: casa
- Mirandese: casa
- Old Portuguese: casa
  - Fala: casa
  - Galician: casa, cas
  - Portuguese: casa, caza
    - Guinea-Bissau Creole: kasa, kaza
    - Indo-Portuguese: casa
    - Kabuverdianu: kasa
    - Karipúna Creole French: kaz
    - Kristang: kaza
    - Macanese: casa
    - Papiamentu: kas (partly)
- Old Spanish: casa
  - Spanish: casa
    - → Cebuano: kasa
    - → English: casa
    - → Papiamentu: kas (partly)
Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: chèṡa, cà
- Ligurian: câza
- Lombard: cà
- Piedmontese: ca
- Romagnol: ca
  Sammarinese: chêsa, ca’
- Venetian: caxa, ca’
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: casa, ca
- Occitan: casa, cò
- Old French: chiese, chese
  - French: chez
    - → English: chez
  - ⇒ Norman: caisèye, Norman: quieux (preposition), Norman: ciez (Coutance, preposition)
Italo-Dalmatian:
- Dalmatian: cuosa
- Istriot: casa
- Italian: casa, ca’
- Sicilian: casa
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: cjase, čhase
- Ladin: cèsa, cesa
- Romansch: chasa
Sardinian:
- càsa
→ Interlingua: casa (and from Italian and Spanish)

References

“casa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“casa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
casa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
casa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“casa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sasa/

Noun

casa

inflection of cas:
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/accusative dual

Macanese

Noun

casa (plural casa-casa)

house

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin casa.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

casa f (plural cases)

house

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

cassa

Etymology

From Latin casa (“cottage”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaza/

Noun

casa f (plural casas)

house
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 42v.
  dixo eliſeu_s q́t fare di q́ as entu caſſa. la maceba nulla coſa en caſa. ſi nó una oliera de olio
  Elisha said, “What can I do for you? Tell [me], what do you have in your house?” [She said,] “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
- Idem, f. 80r.
  por aq́l logar dixo nŕo ſeńor a ieremias, ve a caſa del orcero e ẏ fablare cótigo.
  Around that place Our Lord said to Jeremiah, “Go to the potter's house, and I will speak to you there.”

Descendants

Spanish: casa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.zɐ/

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -azɐ
Hyphenation: ca‧sa

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese casa, from Latin casa (“cottage”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together; chain, net; hut, shed”).

casa

Alternative forms

caza (obsolete)

Noun

casa f (plural casas)

house
1. structure serving as an abode of human beings
  - 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:
    Ele agora tem uma casa nas montanhas.
    He now has a house in the mountains.
  Aquela casa é grande. ― That house is big.
2. building or institution serving as something other than residence, such as a shop
  Casa de carnes. ― Butcher’s shop.
3. noble family
  Synonym: dinastia
  Casa de Bragança ― House of Braganza
home (one’s own dwelling place)
Synonym: lar
Estou em casa. ― I'm at home.
(board games) a cell which may be occupied by a piece (such as a square in a chessboard)
O peão está uma casa à direita do cavalo. ― The pawn is one square to the right of the knight.
a digit position
No número 12345, o algarismo 3 ocupa a casa das centenas. ― In the number 12345, the digit 3 is in the hundreds’ place.
(slang) a destined place for shows or festive meetings
A casa encheu por causa do espetáculo dele. ― The place was full because of his show.

Derived terms

casa civil
casa da mãe Joana
casa de banho
casa de câmara e cadeia
casa de campo
casa de cômodos
casa de correção
casa de despejo
casa de orates
casa noturna
casa onde não há pão, todos ralham e ninguém tem razão
casa roubada, trancas à porta
casão
casarão
casaréu
casebre
caseiro
casinha (diminutive)
casita
casona (augmentative)
casucha
em casa de ferreiro, o espeto é de pau
ô de casa
quem casa quer casa
santa casa
sentir-se em casa
ser de casa

Descendants

Guinea-Bissau Creole: kasa, kaza
Indo-Portuguese: casa
Kabuverdianu: kasa
Karipúna Creole French: kaz
Kristang: kaza
Macanese: casa
Papiamentu: kas (partly)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

casa

inflection of casar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:casar.

Romanian

Noun

casa

definite nominative/accusative singular of casă

Etymology 2

From French casser.

Verb

a casa (third-person singular present casează, past participle casat) 1st conj.

to annul a court decision

Conjugation

conjugation of casa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a casa
gerund			casând
past participle			casat
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	casez	casezi	casează	casăm	casați	casează
	imperfect	casam	casai	casa	casam	casați	casau
	simple perfect	casai	casași	casă	casarăm	casarăți	casară
	pluperfect	casasem	casaseși	casase	casaserăm	casaserăți	casaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să casez	să casezi	să caseze	să casăm	să casați	să caseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		casează			casați
	negative		nu casa			nu casați

Romansch

Alternative forms

chasa (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)
tgea, tgeasa (Sutsilvan)
tgesa, tga (Surmiran)
chesa (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin casa.

Noun

casa f (plural casas)

(Sursilvan) house

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin casa.

Noun

casa f (plural casi)

house

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkasa/ [ˈka.sa]
Audio (Bolivia) (file)
Audio (Latin America) (file)
Rhymes: -asa
Syllabification: ca‧sa
Homophone: (Latin America) caza

Etymology 1

From Latin casa (“cottage”).

casa

Noun

casa f (plural casas)

house

Derived terms

(diminutives): casilla, casita
(augmentatives): caserón, casona, casota
(pejoratives): casucha

Derived terms

a casa (“home, homewards”, adverb)
alegría de la casa
ama de casa
amo de casa
caérsele la casa encima
Casa Blanca
casa consistorial
casa cuna
casa cural
casa de bolsa
casa de cambio
casa de campo
casa de citas
casa de Dios
casa de empeño
casa de fieras
casa de huéspedes
casa de juego
casa de locos
casa de moneda
casa de putas
casa de vecindad
casa discográfica
casa embrujada
casa encantada
casa mía, casa mía, por pequeña que tú seas, me pareces una abadía
casa móvil
casa móvil
casa paterna
casar
casa real
casa rodante
casa rural
casería
caserío
casero
caseta
casino
criada de casa
de entrecasa
de la casa
echar la casa por la ventana; tirar la casa por la ventana
el casado casa quiere
empezar la casa por el tejado
en casa (“at home, home”, adverb)
en casa de herrero, cuchara de palo
invita la casa
marca de casa
mi casa es su casa, mi casa es tu casa
mi casa y mi hogar cien doblas val
para andar por casa
por la casa (“on the house”)
zapatilla de estar por casa

Descendants

→ Cebuano: kasa
→ English: casa
→ Papiamentu: kas (partly)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

casa

inflection of casar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian cassa

Noun

casa f (plural case)

case
cash desk
fund
coffin

Descendants

→⇒ Cimbrian: kèssle

casa

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

Noun

Asturian

Etymology

Noun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Corsican

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

French

Pronunciation

Verb

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Noun

Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

Verb

Mutation

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

Macanese

Noun

Occitan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Descendants

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1