caserma

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caserne, itself borrowed from Old Occitan cazerna, from Latin quaterna (“four each”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈzɛr.ma/, (traditional) /kaˈsɛr.ma/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrma
  • Hyphenation: ca‧sèr‧ma
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Noun

caserma f (plural caserme)

  1. barracks

Descendants

  • → German: Kasarme

References

  1. ^ caserma in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • casèrma+ in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

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