English
Etymology 1
From Middle English cas < Old English cas (us) (noun case) < Old French cas (an event) < Latin casus (a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case), perfect passive participle of cadere (to fall, sink, drop) < Proto-Indo-European base *kad- (to fall).
Noun
case (cases)
- A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
- One of several similar instances or events which are being studied and compared.
- (grammar): A grammatical concept in many languages, used to classify an inflected form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective as serving a particular role in a sentence. Its applicability to English is limited.
Translations
- Arabic: دَعْوَى (dáʕwa) m (1), دَعَاوَى (daʕáːwa) pl; حَالَةٌ (ħáːla) f, حَالاَتٌ (ħaláːt) pl (2,3)
- Belarusian: склон (sklon) m (3)
- Bulgarian: падеж (padéž) m (3)
- Czech: pád m (3)
- Danish: fald (3)
- Dutch: naamval m (3), casus m (3)
- Finnish: oikeusjuttu (1); tapaus (2); sijamuoto (3)
- French: cause f (1); cas m (2,3)
- German: Fall m (1,2); Kasus m (3)
- Greek: δίκη (díki) f (1); περίπτωσις (períptosis) f (2); πτώσις (ptósis) f (3)
- Hebrew: יחסה (yakhasah) f (3)
- Hungarian: eset (3)
- Japanese: 事件 (じけん , jíken) (2); 格 (かく, kakú) (3)
- Korean: 경우 (gyeong-u) (2); 격 (gyeok) (3)
- Latin: causa f (1); casus m (2,3)
- Portuguese: causa f (1); caso m (2,3)
- Russian: судебное дело (sudébnoje délo) n (1); случай (slúčaj) m (2); падеж (padéž) m (3)
- Slovak: pád m (3)
- Spanish: causa f (1); caso m (2,3)
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle English cas < Old North French casse , Old French chasse (box, chest, case) < Latin capsa (box, bookcase), from capere (to take, seize, hold).
Noun
case (cases)
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine .
- A suitcase.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- In typography, the nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a "capital" (upper case) or "small" (lower case) letter.
Translations
- Arabic: عُلْبَةٌ (ʕúlba) f, عُلَب (ʕúlab) pl (1)
- Bulgarian: сандък (sandäk) m (1)
- Croatian: sanduk m (1)
- Czech: bedna f (1)
- Danish: kasse (1)
- Dutch: kist f (1)
- Finnish: pakkaus (1); laukku (2,3); kotelo (5); isot kirjaimet (versaali) (uppercase), pienet kirjaimet (gemena) (lowercase) (6)
- French: écrin m (1); casse f (6)
- German: Kiste f (1); Koffer m (2,3); Vitrine f (4); Gehäuse n (5); Kasten , Schriftkasten m (6)
- Greek: κιβώτιον (kivótion) n (1)
- Hungarian: láda (1)
- Italian: cassetta (1)
- Japanese: 箱 (はこ , hakó) (1)
- Korean: 상자 (sangja) (1)
- Norwegian: kiste (1)
- Polish: skrzynia (1)
- Portuguese: caixa f (1,5,6)
- Romanian: ladă (1)
- Russian: ящик (jáščik) m (1); наборная касса (nabórnaja kássa) f (6)
- Serbian: сандук (sanduk) m (1)
- Slovak: debna f (1)
- Spanish: caja f (1,5,6)
- Swedish: lår c
- Turkish: sandık
- Ukrainian: скриня (skrynja) f (1)
Related Terms
Transitive verb
case (cases, cased , casing )
- To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment. (especially case and cased )
- (colloquial): To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery. (Especially cases and casing .)
Translations
- Finnish: panna koteloon (1)
- German: einpacken (1)
Italian
Noun
case f plural
- (plural of casa) houses
