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From Middle French caisse, ultimately from Latin capsa (“box”).
caisse f (plural caisses)
Inherited from Middle French caisse, borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. Compare the etymological doublets châsse and casse.
caisse f (plural caisses)
- box, crate
- cash register
- checkout (in a supermarket)
- fund
- bank (establishment managing such funds)
- (colloquial) car
- (vulgar) fart
- body (of a car)
- “caisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa.
caisse f (plural caisses)
- chest (large storage box)