coffer

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

cofre

arca

baúl

cajón

caja

📦

cafre

arcas

baúl ropero

caja de caudales

caja fuerte

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

coffre

Kiste

Truhe

cassa

sandık

kist

📦

scrigno

kutu

📦

kasa

caisse

📦

Kasten

cassettone

cofre

forziere

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɒfə/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: 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”).