casc

See also: CASC, Cásc, and časć

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish casco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkask]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

casc m (plural cascs or cascos)

1. helmet (protective headgear)
2. (anatomy) crown
3. (heraldry) helmet (feature on a coat of arms)
4. hood dryer (hairdryer which covers the entire head)
5. (in the plural) headphones
6. cask, bottle

   casc d'arengades ― herring barrel

7. hoof (of equids)
8. town centre

   casc antic ― old town centre

Synonyms

• (helmet): elm
• (crown of the head): copa
• (headphones): auriculars
• (cask): barril
• (hoof): peülla

Derived terms

• casc blau
• casc d'astronauta
• casquet
• casqueta

Further reading

• “casc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “casc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “casc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “casc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Verb

casc

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of căsca

Romansch

Etymology

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Noun

casc m (plural cascs)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) helmet

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) chapellina
• (Sutsilvan) tgaplegna
• (Surmiran) capeligna