different between cassis vs cassid

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

English

Noun

cassid (plural cassids)

1. (zoology) Any gastropod in the family Cassidae.

Anagrams

• ascids

Manx

Etymology

From cass +? -id.

Noun

cassid m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. recrimination

   Synonym: aachassid

Mutation