English

Etymology 1

From Middle English cas < Old English cas (us) (noun case) < Old French cas (an event) < Latin casus (a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case), perfect passive participle of cadere (to fall, sink, drop) < Proto-Indo-European base *kad- (to fall).

Noun

case (cases)

1. A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
2. One of several similar instances or events which are being studied and compared.
3. (grammar): A grammatical concept in many languages, used to classify an inflected form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective as serving a particular role in a sentence. Its applicability to English is limited.

Translations

• Arabic: دَعْوَى (dáʕwa) m (1), دَعَاوَى (daʕáːwa) pl; حَالَةٌ (ħáːla) f, حَالاَتٌ (ħaláːt) pl (2,3)
• Belarusian: склон (sklon) m (3)
• Bulgarian: падеж (padéž) m (3)
• Czech: pád m (3)
• Danish: fald (3)
• Dutch: naamval m (3), casus m (3)
• Finnish: oikeusjuttu (1); tapaus (2); sijamuoto (3)
• French: cause f (1); cas m (2,3)
• German: Fall m (1,2); Kasus m (3)
• Greek: δίκη (díki) f (1); περίπτωσις (períptosis) f (2); πτώσις (ptósis) f (3)
• Hebrew: יחסה (yakhasah) f (3)
• Hungarian: eset (3)
• Japanese: 事件 (じけん , jíken) (2); 格 (かく, kakú) (3)
• Korean: 경우 (gyeong-u) (2); 격 (gyeok) (3)
• Latin: causa f (1); casus m (2,3)
• Portuguese: causa f (1); caso m (2,3)
• Russian: судебное дело (sudébnoje délo) n (1); случай (slúčaj) m (2); падеж (padéž) m (3)
• Slovak: pád m (3)
• Spanish: causa f (1); caso m (2,3)

See also

• Wiktionary Appendix:Grammatical cases

Etymology 2

From Middle English cas < Old North French casse , Old French chasse (box, chest, case) < Latin capsa (box, bookcase), from capere (to take, seize, hold).

Noun

case (cases)

1. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
2. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine .
3. A suitcase.
4. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
5. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
6. In typography, the nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a "capital" (upper case) or "small" (lower case) letter.

Translations

• Arabic: عُلْبَةٌ (ʕúlba) f, عُلَب (ʕúlab) pl (1)
• Bulgarian: сандък (sandäk) m (1)
• Croatian: sanduk m (1)
• Czech: bedna f (1)
• Danish: kasse (1)
• Dutch: kist f (1)
• Finnish: pakkaus (1); laukku (2,3); kotelo (5); isot kirjaimet (versaali) (uppercase), pienet kirjaimet (gemena) (lowercase) (6)
• French: écrin m (1); casse f (6)
• German: Kiste f (1); Koffer m (2,3); Vitrine f (4); Gehäuse n (5); Kasten , Schriftkasten m (6)
• Greek: κιβώτιον (kivótion) n (1)
• Hungarian: láda (1)
• Italian: cassetta (1)
• Japanese: 箱 (はこ , hakó) (1)
• Korean: 상자 (sangja) (1)
• Norwegian: kiste (1)
• Polish: skrzynia (1)
• Portuguese: caixa f (1,5,6)
• Romanian: ladă (1)
• Russian: ящик (jáščik) m (1); наборная касса (nabórnaja kássa) f (6)
• Serbian: сандук (sanduk) m (1)
• Slovak: debna f (1)
• Spanish: caja f (1,5,6)
• Swedish: lår c
• Turkish: sandık
• Ukrainian: скриня (skrynja) f (1)

Related Terms

• case harden
• hard case

Transitive verb

case (cases, cased , casing )

1. To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment. (especially case and cased )
2. (colloquial): To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery. (Especially cases and casing .)

Translations

• Finnish: panna koteloon (1)
• German: einpacken (1)

Italian

Noun

case f plural

1. (plural of casa) houses