coffer

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Kiste

Truhe

Kasten

Schatulle

Grat

Kassettenfeld

Kassetten

Koffer

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

coffre

arca

kist

📦

sandık

cofre

cassa

scrigno

kasa

kutu

📦

cofre

caisse

📦

cassettone

koffer

cassetó

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈkɒfə/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: 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”).