cassis
See also: Cassis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French cassis (“black currant”), probably from Latin cassia, from Hebrew קציעה (qetzi'ah).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]cassis (usually uncountable, plural cassises)
- A 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
References
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “cassis”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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]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, 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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