caisse

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

caisse f (plural caisses)

1. pan
2. box

• caissôt
• poile

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

• IPA^(key): /kɛs/, /kɛːs/

• France [yn kɛs]

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• Quebec, formal [kɛːs]

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• Quebec, formal [kæɪ̯s]

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• Ontario, informal [kʰaɪ̯s]

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

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
   • 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

7. (vulgar) fart

• grosse caisse

• capsule

• “caisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• cessai

Borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa.

caisse f (plural caisses)

1. chest (large storage box)

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