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caixa

Pronunciation: [ˈka.ʃə]

“caixa” is a Catalan word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. box
  2. savings bank
  3. mortise

In Catalan

  1. Receptacle rígid relativament gran destinat a guardar-hi objectes, embalar-los o transportar-los, normalment és de fusta de forma rectangular o quadrada.
  2. caixa clara
  3. capsa
  4. Conjunt de vuit feixos de paper o setze raimes, vuit mil fulls.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Doublet of capsa. Compare Aragonese caixa, Occitan caissa and Sicilian caxa.

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