casier

French

Etymology 1

case +‎ -ier

Noun

casier m (plural casiers)

1. locker (for storage)
2. lobster trap

Etymology 2

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 (“of or pertaining 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)

Pronunciation

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

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

Related terms

• chasière

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• aciers, caries, cariés, craies, créais, écrias, sciera