caisse

See also: Caisse and caísse

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Middle French caisse, ultimately from Latin capsa (“box”).

Noun

caisse f (plural caisses)

1. pan
2. box

Synonyms

• caissôt
• poile

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French caisse, borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. Compare the etymological doublets châsse and casse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛs/, /kɛːs/

• Audio (France); “une caisse” [yn kɛs]:

  (file)

• Audio (Quebec, Gaspésie, formal); [kɛːs]:

  (file)

• Audio (Quebec, formal); [kæɪ̯s]:

  (file)

• Audio (Ontario, informal); [kʰaɪ̯s]:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

caisse f (plural caisses)

1. box, crate
2. cash register
3. checkout (in a supermarket)
4. fund
5. bank (establishment managing such funds)
6. (colloquial) car

   Synonyms: voiture, chiotte

   • 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

7. (vulgar) fart
8. body (of a car)

Derived terms

• à fond la caisse
• caisse à outils
• caisse claire
• caisse de résonance
• caisse d’épargne
• caisse enregistreuse
• caisse noire
• caisson
• en faire des caisses
• encaisser
• 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)

1. chest (large storage box)

Descendants

• French: caisse
• → Bourguignon: caisse
• → English: cash