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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

case.

a phone case

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkej.zi/Brazil[ˈkeɪ̯.zi]Brazil
  1. a phone case

    Brazil
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Italic *kapsos Latin capsa Old Northern French cassebor. Middle English case English caseubor. Portuguese case Unadapted borrowing from English case. Doublet of caixa.

noun/ˈkej.zi/Brazil[ˈkeɪ̯.zi]Brazil
  1. a marketing case study

    Brazil · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-der.? Proto-Italic *kazēō Latin careō Latin cāssus Latin cāsus Old French casbor. Middle English cas English case English case studyder. Portuguese case Pseudo-anglicism, derived from case study. Doublet of caso.

verb/ˈka.zi/Brazil/ˈka.zɨ/Portugal
  1. inflection of casar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of casar: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
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