caserna

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French caserne, from Occitan cazerna, from Vulgar Latin *quaderna. Doublet of quaderna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈzɛr.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈzɛɾ.na]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

caserna f (plural casernes)

1. barracks

Derived terms

• casernari

Further reading

• “caserna”, 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

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: casernas, casernât

Verb

caserna

1. third-person singular past historic of caserner

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈzɛʁ.nɐ/ [kaˈzɛɦ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈzɛʁ.nɐ/ [kaˈzɛɦ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈzɛɾ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈzɛʁ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈzɛɻ.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈzɛɾ.nɐ/

Noun

caserna f (plural casernas)

1. garrison (post)

   Synonym: guarnição

Further reading

• “caserna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “caserna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈseɾna/ [kaˈseɾ.na]
• Rhymes: -eɾna
• Syllabification: ca‧ser‧na

Noun

caserna f (plural casernas)

1. garrison

Further reading

• “caserna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024