casi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "casi"

Asturian

Adverb

casi

1. Alternative form of cuasi

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈka.zi]

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin cāseus.

Noun

casi m (plural casis)

1. curd (firm part of pressed cheese)

   Synonym: mató

2. (pathology) The proteinaceous dead cell mass resulting from caseous necrosis.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

casi

1. inflection of casar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “casi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.zi/
• Rhymes: -azi
• Hyphenation: cà‧si

Noun

casi m

1. plural of caso

Anagrams

• -isca, asci, scia, scia-, scià, sica

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.siː/, [ˈkäːs̠iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.si/, [ˈkäːs̬i]

Noun

cāsī m

1. inflection of cāsus:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

Sicilian

Noun

casi

1. plural of casa f
2. plural of casu m

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi. Doublet of cuasi. The two were originally in a complementary distribution that depended on stress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkasi/ [ˈka.si]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asi
• Syllabification: ca‧si

Adverb

casi

1. almost

Derived terms

• casi casi
• de casi no se muere nadie
• los casis no cuentan

 

Further reading

• “casi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “casi”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 908

Venetan

Noun

casi

1. plural of caso