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noun, masculine

coffre

/kɔfʁ/

noun, masculine/kɔfʁ/plural: coffres

chest, box; boot (UK), trunk (US) (luggage storage compartment of a vehicle, i.e. car)

From Middle French, from Old French cofre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of couffin.