caisse

From Latin capsa.

caisse f (plural caisses)

1. pan
2. box

• caissôt
• poile

Borrowed from Old Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. Compare the etymological doublets châsse, casse.

• IPA^(key): /kɛs/
• (France, une caisse) IPA^(key): [yn kɛs]
• (Quebec, Canada, formal) IPA^(key): [kɛːs]
• (Quebec, Canada, formal) IPA^(key): [kæɪ̯s]
• (Ontario, Canada, informal) IPA^(key): [kʰaɪ̯s]

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

caisse f (plural caisses)

1. box
2. cash register
3. fund
4. bank
5. (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

6. (vulgar) fart

• caisson
• encaisser

• capsule

• “caisse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• cessai

caisse f (plural caisses)

1. chest (large storage box)