cassis
See also: Cassis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]cassis (usually uncountable, plural cassises)
- The blackcurrant plant, Ribes nigrum; the flavor of its berries.
- A liqueur made from these berries, especially crème de cassis.
- Cassis and soda is a popular drink.
- 1972, Evan Hunter, Every Little Crook and Nanny, page 132:
- The bartender looked at her malevolently for a moment, shook his head, and walked away to mix the drink. "I never had one of those, those vermouth cassises," Freddie said.
- (chiefly US) A wine flavor note, suggesting the fruity and full-bodied characteristics of the fruit; mostly referred to as simply blackcurrant in the UK, where the fruit is common.
Derived terms
[edit]- cream de cassis (“creme de cassis”)
Translations
[edit]The blackcurrant plant, Ribes nigrum
A wine flavor note, suggesting the fruity and full-bodied characteristics of the fruit
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Etruscan
[edit]Romanization
[edit]cassis
- romanization of 𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌔𐌉𐌔
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Latin cassia, from Hebrew קציעה (qetzi'ah), meaning incense cassia or the cassia tree.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ka.sis/
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Noun
[edit]cassis m (invariable)
- blackcurrant (fruit)
- the shrub of this fruit
- liqueur made with this fruit; crème de cassis
- (slang) head
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cassis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”), and cognate with Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), whence English hat. Related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌔𐌉𐌔 (cassis).[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkas.sɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkas.sis]
Noun
[edit]cassis f (genitive cassidis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cassis | cassidēs |
| genitive | cassidis | cassidum |
| dative | cassidī | cassidibus |
| accusative | cassidem | cassidēs |
| ablative | casside | cassidibus |
| vocative | cassis | cassidēs |
Derived terms
[edit]- cassidārius
- cassidīle (Mediaeval Latin), -dīlis (New Latin)
- cassidolābrum (New Latin)
- cassīta
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cassis, -idis 'metal helmet'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97
Further reading
[edit]- “cassis¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cassis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "cassis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “1 cassĭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “271/1”
- “cassis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cassis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “cassis¹” on page 281/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
[edit]The origin is uncertain. Probably connected with catēna (“chain”).[1]
Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together”).[2]
Martirosyan connects cassis and catēna with Old Armenian ցանց (cʻancʻ, “casting-net”) and derives all from a Mediterranean substrate.[3]
Noun
[edit]cassis m (genitive cassis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cassis | cassēs |
| genitive | cassis | cassium |
| dative | cassī | cassibus |
| accusative | cassem | cassēs cassīs |
| ablative | casse | cassibus |
| vocative | cassis | cassēs |
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cassis 'hunting-net'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 534
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2016), “Mediterranean substrate words in Armenian: two etymologies”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander & Birgit Anette Olsen, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon. Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft, Copenhagen, 17-22 September 2012[1], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 294
Further reading
[edit]- “cassis²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cassis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cassĭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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