caserne

See also: caserné

English

Noun

caserne (plural casernes)

1. Alternative form of casern.

Dutch

Noun

caserne f (plural casernen or casernes, no diminutive)

1. obsolete spelling of kazerne

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan cazerna, from Latin quaterna (neuter plural of Latin quaternus). Doublet of cahier, inherited from Latin, and quaterne, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.zɛʁn/

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• Homophone: casernes

Noun

caserne f (plural casernes)

1. barracks

Derived terms

• caserne de pompiers
• encaserner

Descendants

• → Catalan: caserna
• → Dutch: kazerne
• → German: Kaserne, Kasarme
  • → Czech: kasárna
  • → Polish: kasarnia
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kasarna
• → Italian: caserma
  • → German: Kasarme
• → Polish: kazarma (through German or Russian)
• → Portuguese: caserna
• → Russian: казарма (kazarma) (through German or Polish)
• → Swedish: kasarm (through German)
  • → Finnish: kasarmi

Further reading

• “caserne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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