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6-letter words (1 found)

CASSIS,

5-letter words (1 found)

SAICS,

4-letter words (7 found)

ASCI,SACS,SAIC,SAIS,SASS,SICS,SISS,

3-letter words (7 found)

AIS,ASS,CIS,SAC,SAI,SIC,SIS,

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AI,AS,IS,SI,

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Definitions and meaning of cassis

cassis

Etymology

Borrowed from French cassis.

Noun

cassis (usually uncountable, plural cassises)

  1. The blackcurrant plant, Ribes nigrum; the flavor of its berries
  2. A liqueur made from these berries, especially crème de cassis.
    Cassis and soda is a popular drink.
  3. (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.

Translations

See also

  • kir

Anagrams

  • cissas

Etruscan

Romanization

cassis

  1. Romanization of 𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌔𐌉𐌔

French

Etymology

Probably from Latin cassia, from Hebrew קציעה (qetzi'ah), meaning incense cassia or the cassia tree.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.sis/

Noun

cassis m (plural cassis)

  1. blackcurrant (fruit)
  2. the shrub of this fruit
  3. liqueur made with this fruit; crème de cassis
  4. (slang) head

Derived terms

  • crème de cassis

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology 1

From the Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”). Cognate with the Old English hætt (“head-covering, hat”). More at the English hat. Related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌔𐌉𐌔 (cassis).

Alternative forms

  • cassida

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.sis/, [ˈkäs̠ːɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.sis/, [ˈkäsːis]

Noun

cassis f (genitive cassidis); third declension

  1. a plumed metal helmet
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms
  • cassidārius
  • cassidīle (Mediaeval Latin), -dīlis (New Latin)
  • cassidolābrum (New Latin)
  • cassīta
Descendants
  • → Hebrew: קסדה (kasdá)
  • Italian: casside, cassida

References

  • “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

The origin is uncertain. Probably connected with catēna (“chain”).

Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together”).

Martirosyan connects cassis and catēna with Old Armenian ցանց (cʻancʻ, “casting-net”) and derives all from a Mediterranean substrate.

Noun

cassis m (genitive cassis); third declension

  1. hunting net, snare, toil
  2. spider web
  3. (in the plural) snares, plots
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

References

  • “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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