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cassis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cassis.
Noun
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.
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)
- blackcurrant (fruit)
- the shrub of this fruit
- liqueur made with this fruit; crème de cassis
- (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
- 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
- hunting net, snare, toil
- spider web
- (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
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blackberries
English
Noun
blackberries
- plural of blackberry
Verb
blackberries
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackberry
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