coffer

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
2. An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
3. A cofferdam.
4. A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
5. A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.

Verb

1. (transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer
2. (transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.

Conceptes

cofre

cassetó

caixó

bagul

caixa forta

maletar

caixa

📦

Sinònims

chest

box

📦

trunk

case

casket

safe

strongbox

treasury

caisson

ark

lacuna

strong box

cofferdam

bin

groin

lockbox

magazine

pontoon

purse

👛

repository

shrine

small box

taping

coffering

small chest

firing chamber

gun chamber

reclamation dam

retaining dike

basket

🧺

caddy

cage

cartridge

cascet

cash desk

cash register

cassette

cassette tape

clip

coffin

⚰️

coop

footlocker

Traduccions

coffre

Truhe

kist

📦

cassa

scrigno

arca

cofre

sandık

Kiste

cassettone

kasa

Kasten

caisse

📦

cofre

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkɒfə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: cofre

In summary

From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a suitcase”).