caser

See also: càser

English

Etymology

Possibly from Yiddish כּתר (keser, “crown”), from Hebrew כֶּתֶר (keter)

Pronunciation

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Noun

caser (plural casers)

1. (slang, UK) A crown, a five-shilling coin.

Derived terms

• case
• case quarter

Anagrams

• CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, sacre, scare, serac, sérac

French

Etymology

From case +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ze/, /kɑ.ze/

Verb

caser

1. to fit
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, colloquial) to settle down

Conjugation

Conjugation of caser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	caser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	casant /ka.zɑ̃/ or /kɑ.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		casé /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	case /kaz/ or /kɑz/	cases /kaz/ or /kɑz/	case /kaz/ or /kɑz/	casons /ka.zɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zɔ̃/	casez /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/	casent /kaz/ or /kɑz/
	imperfect	casais /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/	casais /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/	casait /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/	casions /ka.zjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zjɔ̃/	casiez /ka.zje/ or /kɑ.zje/	casaient /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/
	past historic2	casai /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/	casas /ka.za/ or /kɑ.za/	casa /ka.za/ or /kɑ.za/	casâmes /ka.zam/ or /kɑ.zam/	casâtes /ka.zat/ or /kɑ.zat/	casèrent /ka.zɛʁ/ or /kɑ.zɛʁ/
	future	caserai /kaz.ʁe/ or /kɑz.ʁe/	caseras /kaz.ʁa/ or /kɑz.ʁa/	casera /kaz.ʁa/ or /kɑz.ʁa/	caserons /kaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɑz.ʁɔ̃/	caserez /kaz.ʁe/ or /kɑz.ʁe/	caseront /kaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɑz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	caserais /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/	caserais /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/	caserait /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/	caserions /ka.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	caseriez /ka.zə.ʁje/ or /kɑ.zə.ʁje/	caseraient /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	case /kaz/ or /kɑz/	cases /kaz/ or /kɑz/	case /kaz/ or /kɑz/	casions /ka.zjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zjɔ̃/	casiez /ka.zje/ or /kɑ.zje/	casent /kaz/ or /kɑz/
	imperfect2	casasse /ka.zas/ or /kɑ.zas/	casasses /ka.zas/ or /kɑ.zas/	casât /ka.za/ or /kɑ.za/	casassions /ka.za.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.za.sjɔ̃/	casassiez /ka.za.sje/ or /kɑ.za.sje/	casassent /ka.zas/ or /kɑ.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	case /kaz/ or /kɑz/	—	casons /ka.zɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zɔ̃/	casez /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “caser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• âcres, César, crase, créas, races, sacre, sacré, scare

Middle English

Noun

caser

1. (Early Scots) Alternative form of casere

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²kɛɪ̯.sər/, /²kæɪ̯.sər/
• Homophone: keiser

Noun

caser m or n

1. indefinite plural of case

Anagrams

• acres

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Latin Caesar. The original, older spelling of cāsere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.ser/, [ˈkɑː.zer]

Noun

cāser m

1. Alternative form of cāsere

Declension

Declension of caser (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cāser	cāseras
accusative	cāser	cāseras
genitive	cāseres	cāsera
dative	cāsere	cāserum