different between cassowary vs casque

English

Etymology

From Malay kasuari.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæs.?.?w??.i/

Noun

cassowary (plural cassowaries)

1. A large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• cassowary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Casuarius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Casuarius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French casque.

Noun

casque (plural casques)

1. A helmet.
   • 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, I:

     He beheld his child dashed to pieces, and almost buried under an enormous helmet, an hundred times more large than any casque ever made for human being, and shaded with a proportionable quantity of black feathers.

2. A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as the hornbill or cassowary.

Translations

Anagrams

• sacque

French

Etymology

From Spanish casco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kask/
• Homophone: casques

Noun

casque m (plural casques)

1. helmet
2. hard hat
3. headphones
4. (zoology) casque

Derived terms

• casque bleu

Verb

casque

1. first-person singular present indicative of casquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of casquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of casquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of casquer
5. second-person singular imperative of casquer

Further reading

• “casque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• casque on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Anagrams

• caques

Spanish

Verb

casque

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cascar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cascar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cascar.