casier
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.zje/ ~ /kɑ.zje/
- Homophone: casiers
Etymology 1
Noun
casier m (plural casiers)
- locker (for storage)
- lobster pot, lobster trap
- (informal) ellipsis of casier judiciaire (“criminal record”)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old French chasier, casier (“wicker basket in which cheese was left to dry”), formed as a masculine derivative of chasiere, casiere, itself from an abbreviation of a syntagma involving Latin forma (“form”), cratis (“wickerwork”), cista (“trunk, chest, casket”), or sporta (“basket, hamper”) and Late Latin cāseāria, feminine of cāseārius (“relating to cheese”), from cāseus (“cheese”). Alternatively but less likely directly from cāseārius, although this may apply to the old sense of one who makes cheese.
Alternative forms
- chasier (obsolete)
Noun
casier m (plural casiers)
- a wooden basket, bin or chest in which dairy products such as cheese and butter were stored in the past
- (archaic) a cheesemaker, especially of parmesan
Related terms
- chasière
Further reading
- “casier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cassiere.
Noun
casier m (plural casieri)