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Meaning of "casque" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CASQUE

From French, from Spanish casco.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CASQUE

casque  [kæsk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CASQUE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Casque is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CASQUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Casque

Casque is a French word for helmet. It can refer to: ▪ Casque, an enlargement on the beaks of some species of birds, including many hornbills ▪ Hornbill ivory, the casque of the Helmeted Hornbill, collected as a decorative material ▪ A large growth on the skulls of Cassowaries ▪ S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis, a motor-racing journalist who used the pen name CasqueCasque-class destroyer, French Navy ships built between 1910 and 1912...

Definition of casque in the English dictionary

The definition of casque in the dictionary is a helmet or a helmet-like process or structure, as on the bill of most hornbills.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CASQUE


basque
bæsk
bourasque
buːˈræsk
fantasque
ˌfænˈtæsk
hask
hæsk
Monegasque
ˌmɒnəˈɡæsk
monotask
ˈmɒnəˌtæsk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CASQUE

casita
cask
casket
caskstand
casky
Caslon
Caspar
Casparian strip
Caspian
Caspian Sea
casqued
cassaba
Cassandra
cassareep
cassata
cassation
Cassatt
cassava

WORDS THAT END LIKE CASQUE

antimasque
arabesque
bisque
brusque
burlesque
gigantesque
grotesque
humoresque
Kafkaesque
lasque
masque
mosque
pas de basque
picaresque
picturesque
risque
Romanesque
Rubenesque
Titanesque
usque

Synonyms and antonyms of casque in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «casque» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CASQUE

Find out the translation of casque to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of casque from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «casque» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

casque
570 millions of speakers

English

casque
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टोप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نتوء (غطاء)
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шлем
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

elmo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিরস্ত্রাণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

casque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Casque
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Helm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カスク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

투구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Casque
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mu quan vo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீர்ர்கள் அணியும் தலைக் கவசம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅस्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

miğfer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

casque
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kask
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шолом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

casque
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

casque
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snawelrif
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

casque
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

casque
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of casque

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CASQUE»

The term «casque» is very widely used and occupies the 21.782 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of casque
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CASQUE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «casque» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «casque» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about casque

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CASQUE»

Discover the use of casque in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to casque and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Casque d'or: (Jacques Becker, 1952)
Casque d'or's tragic love story of a golden-haired prostitute's attempt to escape a world of crime is a classic of 1950s French cinema.
Sarah Leahy, 2007
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99 Cent Adventure Time Stories Casque of Death
Casque. of. Death. by. Clifford. D. Clevenger. Eternity was a split-second to Detective Nick Chant when the arms of the dim past combated the murder method of a twentieth Century assassin. SMALL CROWD waited on the platform at Clyde, ...
Clifford D. Clevenger, 2014
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Adventure, Horror, Mystery Classics Best Seller's for 99 ...
Casque. of. Death. by Clifford D. Clevenger Eternity was a splitsecond to Detective Nick Chant when the arms of the dim past combated the murder method of a twentieth Century assassin. A SMALL CROWD “Why, Nick Chant, you old rascal, ...
Clifford D. Clevenger, 2014
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Casques: Manuel de Sécurité Routière À L'intention Des ...
Les études relatives au casque de vélo ont aussi fait d'objet d'un examen systématique quant à l'efficacité dudit casque pour ce qui est d'éviter les traumatismes crâniens et faciaux chez les cyclistes de tous âges ou d'en réduire la gravité (voir ...
World Health Organization, UNAIDS, 2007
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A descriptive catalogue of a general collection
Aver: un hibou R casque, couronné de laurier. CORNALINE. ~ ITAZAAIA. CAMÉE, dc Mr. \War-tin, à Londres. casque orné d'un sphinx. *_CAMÉE. (Lipp. I. 125.) Buste; Casque orné dc feuillage. CAMÊE. SOL'F'RE, dc SEQ/ich. Casque orné ...
Rudolf Erich Raspe
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Asiatick Researches: Or Transactions Of The Society ...
The mature female's bill and casque are shaped like those of the old male, but are both smaller in proportion. The young have the bill much less arched, and thicker in proportion to the length; the cutting edges are entire, void of brittle ...
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Asiatic researches or transactions of the Society instituted ...
The mature female's bill and casque are shaped like those of the old male, but are both smaller in proportion. The young have the bill much less arched, and thicker in proportion to the length ; the cutting edges are entire, void of brittle ...
Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1833
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The Ecology and Conservation of Asian Hornbills: Farmers of ...
The relationship between bill length (millimeters) and the linear casque index ( millimeters) for Asian forest hornbills (black diamonds and solid regression line) and African Tockus and Bucorvus hornbills (open squares and dotted regression  ...
Margaret F. Kinnaird, Timothy G. O'Brien, 2007
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Journal
tail-feathers on each side, with more or less of the next pair: bill and part of the casque yellowish- white, having a flesh-coloured spot at the base of the lower mandible, spreading on the throat, which is bare of feathers except along its middle ...
Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1843
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
tail-feathers on each side, with more or less of the next pair: bill and part of the casque yellowish-white, having a flesh-coloured spot at the base of the lower mandible, spreading on the throat, which is bore of feathers eXcept along its middle ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CASQUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term casque is used in the context of the following news items.
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Researcher Study Anatomy of Newly Discovered Casque-Headed …
Researcher in a recent study studied the anatomy and life of a newly discovered casque-headed lizard. Fossils studied by researchers are said ... «NYC Today, Jul 15»
2
Casque ROCCAT Kave XTD 5.1 Analogique
Au niveau du bundle, le casque est livré avec un bundle que Roccat a augmenté. En effet, si dernièrement, nous n'avions plus qu'un unique ... «Cowcotland, Jul 15»
3
Les confidences de la soeur d'Isabelle Richer lors de son passage à …
Elle est tombée directement sur son casque», raconte la sœur d'Isabelle Richer. «Ses vertèbres cervicales se sont télescopées les unes dans ... «Le Journal de Montréal, Jul 15»
4
Des tétraplégiques guident un robot par la pensée
Un casque électroencéphalographe permet de piloter le robot motorisé imaginé par les chercheurs de l'École polytechnique fédérale de ... «RFI, Jul 15»
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Short ou jupe à scooter ? En cas de chute, la peau est scalpée
alexismbx : Sans un casque à la rigueur la peau peut être scalpée, vu ce terme est valable QUE pour le cuir chevelu. Le 04/07/2015 à 14h13. «TF1, Jul 15»
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Nord du Mali : six Casques bleus tués dans une attaque
Outre un Casque bleu bangladais tué par balles le 25 mai près de l'aéroport de Bamako dans des circonstances encore non élucidées, ... «Jeune Afrique, Jul 15»
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Six mois sur tous les fronts: Les policiers «préparés et équipés …
Pour assurer une meilleure sécurité de ses hommes, la police vient tout juste d'équiper ses troupes anti-émeutes d'un «nouveau casque ... «Luxemburger Wort - Edition Francophone, Jul 15»
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Les étoiles de la critique : "Les minions", "Magic Mike XXL"...
Des crabes mélomanes, un casque rose fluo, un drôle de sac, un gâteau d'anniversaire, une biennale d'art contemporain, une ceinture ... «TF1, Jul 15»
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Radio-Canada journalist wakes from coma after being severely …
2/2 C'est ce casque qui lui a sauvé la vie, dites-le à vos amis cyclistes. #lachespasIsa pic.twitter.com/Jz0ENw5D4u. — Marie-Maude Denis ... «Montreal Gazette, Jun 15»
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Radio-Canada journalist, Isabelle Richer, seriously injured in biking …
Richer was hit by a truck while cycling in Rougemont on Saturday. 2/2 C'est ce casque qui lui a sauvé la vie, dites-le à vos amis cyclistes. «Globalnews.ca, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Casque [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/casque>. Apr 2024 ».
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