different between cassie vs cassis

English

Etymology

From French cassie.

Noun

cassie (countable and uncountable, plural cassies)

1. (US) A thorny shrub with fragrant yellow flowers, Vachellia farnesiana; the needle bush.
2. A perfume obtained from this plant.

Anagrams

• Caisse, acises, essiac, saices

French

Etymology

From Occitan cacìo, from acacia. Doublet of acacia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.si/

Noun

cassie f (plural cassies)

1. needle bush, cassie
2. cassie (perfume)

Further reading

• “cassie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

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.

   • 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.

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

French

Etymology

Probably from Latin cassia, from Hebrew ?????? (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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• cassida

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kas.sis/, [?käs???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kas.sis/, [?k?s?is]

Noun

cassis f (genitive cassidis); third declension

1. a plumed metal helmet

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• cassid?rius
• cassid?le (Mediaeval Latin), -d?lis (New Latin)
• cassidol?brum (New Latin)
• cass?ta

Descendants

• 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, 1883–1887)
• 1 cass?s 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 cat?na (“chain”).

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

Martirosyan connects cassis and cat?na with Old Armenian ???? (c?anc?, “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
• cass?s in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette