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English
Etymology
From French casse (literally “breakage”), from casser (“to break”).
Noun
casse (uncountable)
- A fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown, or white to yellow, on exposure to air.
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Anagrams
French
Etymology 1
From casser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kas/, /kɑs/ (/ɑ/ in dialects with this phoneme)
- Rhymes: -ɑs
Verb
casse
- inflection of casser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Derived terms
Noun
casse m (plural casses)
- (slang) burglary, break-in
Derived terms
Noun
casse f (plural casses)
- breakage (act of breaking)
- breaker's yard, wreck yard
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian cassa, from Latin capsa. Doublet of châsse and caisse.
Noun
casse f (plural casses)
- (typography, informatics) case
- sensible à la casse ― case-sensitive
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Italian
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
casse
- feminine plural of casso
Participle
casse f pl
- feminine plural of casso
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
casse f pl
- plural of cassa
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
casse
- vocative masculine singular of cassus
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Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan , from Vulgar Latin *cassanus (attested in Medieval Latin as casnus), probably from Gaulish cassanos. Compare French chêne (Old French chesne, chasne), Franco-Provençal châno. See also Aragonese caixico, Spanish quejigo.
Pronunciation
Noun
casse m (plural casses)
- oak
Derived terms
Dialectal variants
Synonyms
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Northern variant of central Old French chasse, from Latin capsa.
Pronunciation
Noun
casse oblique singular, f (oblique plural casses, nominative singular casse, nominative plural casses)
- (Old Northern French) case (box; container, etc.)
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Portuguese
Verb
casse
- inflection of cassar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative