casier

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.zje/, /kɑ.zje/
  • Homophone: casiers

Etymology 1

From case + -ier.

Noun

casier m (plural casiers)

  1. locker (for storage)
  2. lobster pot, lobster trap
  3. (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

Noun

casier m (plural casiers)

  1. a wooden basket, bin or chest in which dairy products such as cheese and butter were stored in the past
  2. (archaic) a cheesemaker, especially of parmesan
  • chasière

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cassiere.

Noun

casier m (plural casieri)

  1. cashier

Declension

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