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caja

(Engels)

  1. (feminine) box, case
  2. (feminine) bank
  3. (feminine) cash desk
  4. (feminine) cash register, register, cash box
  5. (feminine) gearbox
  6. (feminine) snare drum
  7. (feminine) case

Frequentie

A2
Met koppelteken als
ca‧ja
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈkaxa/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Probably borrowed from Catalan caixa or Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. (Latin /-ps-/ yields palatal outcomes in the latter two, but not in Spanish; cf. Latin ipse > Sp. ese, Catalan eixe.) Related to English case and cash and, more distantly, Spanish quijada.

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