caser
See also: càser
English
Etymology
Possibly from Yiddish כּתר (keser, “crown”), from Hebrew כֶּתֶר (keter)
Pronunciation
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Noun
caser (plural casers)
- (slang, UK) A crown, a five-shilling coin.
Derived terms
- case
- case quarter
Anagrams
- CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, sacre, scare, serac, sérac
French
Etymology
case + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ze/, /kɑ.ze/
Verb
caser
- to fit
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, colloquial) to settle down
Conjugation
Conjugation of caser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | caser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | casant /ka.zɑ̃/ or /kɑ.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | casé /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | case /kaz/ or /kɑz/ | cases /kaz/ or /kɑz/ | case /kaz/ or /kɑz/ | casons /ka.zɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zɔ̃/ | casez /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/ | casent /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
| imperfect | casais /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/ | casais /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/ | casait /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/ | casions /ka.zjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zjɔ̃/ | casiez /ka.zje/ or /kɑ.zje/ | casaient /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | casai /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/ | casas /ka.za/ or /kɑ.za/ | casa /ka.za/ or /kɑ.za/ | casâmes /ka.zam/ or /kɑ.zam/ | casâtes /ka.zat/ or /kɑ.zat/ | casèrent /ka.zɛʁ/ or /kɑ.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | caserai /kaz.ʁe/ or /kɑz.ʁe/ | caseras /kaz.ʁa/ or /kɑz.ʁa/ | casera /kaz.ʁa/ or /kɑz.ʁa/ | caserons /kaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | caserez /kaz.ʁe/ or /kɑz.ʁe/ | caseront /kaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | caserais /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/ | caserais /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/ | caserait /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/ | caserions /ka.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | caseriez /ka.zə.ʁje/ or /kɑ.zə.ʁje/ | caseraient /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | case /kaz/ or /kɑz/ | cases /kaz/ or /kɑz/ | case /kaz/ or /kɑz/ | casions /ka.zjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zjɔ̃/ | casiez /ka.zje/ or /kɑ.zje/ | casent /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
| imperfect2 | casasse /ka.zas/ or /kɑ.zas/ | casasses /ka.zas/ or /kɑ.zas/ | casât /ka.za/ or /kɑ.za/ | casassions /ka.za.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ | casassiez /ka.za.sje/ or /kɑ.za.sje/ | casassent /ka.zas/ or /kɑ.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | case /kaz/ or /kɑz/ | — | casons /ka.zɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zɔ̃/ | casez /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “caser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- âcres, César, crase, créas, races, sacre, sacré, scare
Middle English
Noun
caser
- (Early Scots) Alternative form of casere
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²kɛɪ̯.sər/, /²kæɪ̯.sər/
- Homophone: keiser
Noun
caser m or n
- indefinite plural of case
Anagrams
- acres
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Latin Caesar. The original, older spelling of cāsere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.ser/, [ˈkɑː.zer]
Noun
cāser m
- Alternative form of cāsere
Declension
Declension of caser (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cāser | cāseras |
| accusative | cāser | cāseras |
| genitive | cāseres | cāsera |
| dative | cāsere | cāserum |