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noun, feminine

caisse

/kɛs/

noun, feminine/kɛs/plural: caisses

box, crate; cash register; checkout (in a supermarket); fund; bank (establishment managing such funds)

Dans sa caisse / La musique à Joe / C'est la rumbaIn his car / Joe's music / Is rumba

Synonyms: voiture, chiotte

Inherited from Middle French caisse, borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. Compare the etymological doublets châsse and casse.